[3] The town has a long history and several old architectural monuments including the Moti Gohram tomb, locally known as "the Taj Mahal of Baluchistan".

[4] Gandawa was one of the provincial headquarters of the Bhil dynasty of India [5] The oldest name associated with the city is Qandabil, which appears in medieval Arabic sources.

[1] In 720, al-Muhallab's rebelling sons fled to Qandabil, expecting to be given refuge, but their ally Wada' shut the gates and refused them entry and they were killed fighting against their pursuer Hilal ibn Ahwaz al-Tamimi.

[1] Medieval Qandabil was the capital of the district called Budha or Budhiya (which was named not because its inhabitants were Buddhists but rather because they belonged to the Budh ethnic group) and had the town of Kizkanan or Kikan, possibly the same as present-day Kalat, as one of its dependencies.

[6] Also in the 10th century, al-Istakhri described Qandabil as "the central market-place of the Budha hinterland, where 'the Budh people' sold their produce and obtained their supplies".

[1] By the late 10th century, palm trees had been planted in the area around Qandabil – the anonymous author of the Hudud al-'Alam wrote that it was "a big city, prosperous and pleasant, producing large quantities of dates.