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Gujarat was also known as Pratichya and Varuna. [114] The Arabian Sea makes up the state's western coast. The capital, Gandhinagar is a planned city. Gujarat has an area of 75,686 sq mi (196,030 km 2) with the longest coastline (24% of Indian sea coast) 1,600 km (990 mi), dotted with 41 ports: one major, 11 intermediate and 29 minor.
The history of Gujarat began with Stone Age settlements followed by Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlements like Indus Valley Civilisation. [1] Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch, served as ports and trading centers in the Nanda, Maurya, Satavahana and Gupta empires as well as during the Western Kshatrapas period. After the fall of the ...
Gandhinagar (/ ɡ ɑː n d ɪ ˈ n ə ɡ ər /, Gujarati: [ˈɡɑːndʱinəɡəɾ] ⓘ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India.Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the industrial corridor between the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai.
In 2018, scientists from the Geological Survey of India and the Indian Institute of Technology discovered the fossil remains of a previously unknown dinosaur species in the Thar Desert region of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The dinosaur is named Tharosaurus indicus, after the Thar Desert and India. [293]
In modern times, business tycoon Kanaksi Khimji, from the famous Khimji family of Gujarat [123] was conferred title of Sheikh by the Sultan, the first ever use of the title for a member of the Hindu community. [124] [125] The Muscati Mahajan is one of the oldest merchants associations founded more than a century ago. [126] [127]
Vadodara (Gujarati: [ʋəˈɽodɾɑ] ⓘ), formerly Baroda, is a major city in the Indian state of Gujarat.It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, 141 km (88 mi) from the state capital of Gandhinagar.
Junagadh (જૂનાગઢ ⓘ) is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat.Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, 355 kilometres (221 mi) southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state.
Effective modern treatment was not developed until the early part of the 20th century when Canadians Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolated and purified insulin in 1921 and 1922. [37] The condition was named "heart pain" (Sanskrit हृत्शूल) in ancient India and was again described by Sushruta. [30]