State of Gujarat
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A State of Gujarat is a provincial state within India.
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- It can contain a Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh (used by salt havesters).
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- See: Asiatic Lion, Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat, Gujarati People, Somnath Temple, Rann of Kutch, Dwarkadhish Temple, Mohandas Gandhi, Agariyas, Kutchi.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gujarat Retrieved:2021-11-21.
- Gujarat is a state on the western coast of India with a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population of 60.4 million. It is the fifth-largest Indian state by area and the ninth-largest state by population. Gujarat is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Its capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujarati people of India are indigenous to the state, and their language Gujarati, is the state's official language. The economy of Gujarat is the fifth-largest in India, with a gross state domestic product (GSDP) of and has the country's 10th-highest GSDP per capita of . Gujarat ranks 21st among Indian states in human development index. The state traditionally has low unemployment and is widely considered one of the most industrially developed states of India and a manufacturing hub. The state encompasses 23 sites of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation (more than any other region within the former IVC), with the most important sites being Lothal (world's first dry dock), Dholavira (IVC's 5th largest site) and Gola Dhoro (wherein 5 seals uncommon throughout most of the IVC were found). Lothal is believed to have been one of the world's first seaports. Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch and Khambhat, served as ports and trading centres in the Maurya and Gupta empires, and during the succession of royal Saka dynasties in the Western Satraps era. Along with Bihar, Mizoram and Nagaland, Gujarat is one of four Indian states to prohibit the sale of alcohol. The Gir Forest National Park in Gujarat is home to the only wild population of the Asiatic lion in the world.