Gujarat - Wikipedia
WEBGujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state encompasses 23 sites of the ancient Indus …
Gujarat | History, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 19, 2024 · Gujarat, state of India, located on the country’s western coast, on the Arabian Sea. It encompasses the entire Kathiawar Peninsula as well as the surrounding area on the mainland. The coastline of Gujarat is 992 miles long, and no part of the state is more than 100 miles from the sea.
Gujarati people - Wikipedia
WEBThe Gujarati people, or Gujaratis, are an Indian ethnolinguistic group who reside in or can trace their ancestry or heritage to a region of the Indian subcontinent primarily centered in the present-day western Indian state of Gujarat. …
History of Gujarat - Wikipedia
WEBEarly history (before 4000 BCE) The cultural history of Gujarat begins from the Middle Pleistocene. The lands of Gujarat has been continuously inhabited from the Lower Paleolithic (c. 200,000 BP) period. Several sites of Stone Age are discovered in riverbeds of Sabarmati, Mahi river and lower Narmada rivers of Gujarat.
Gujarat summary | Britannica
WEBGujarat is a leading industrialized state of India and a petroleum producer. It is also famous for its arts and crafts. Ahmadabad Summary. Ahmadabad, city, eastern Gujarat state, west-central India. It lies along the Sabarmati River about 275 miles (440 km) north of …
Gujarat - Indus Valley, Mauryan Empire, Mughal Rule | Britannica
WEBThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Gujarat - Indus Valley, Mauryan Empire, Mughal Rule: Early human settlement in Gujarat has been traced to hundreds of thousands of years ago—to the Stone Age—in the valleys of the Sabarmati and Mahi rivers in the eastern part of the state.
Gujarat – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WEBGujarat ( Gujarati: ગુજરાત) is a state in the western region of India. Lothal, near to Ahmedabad and Dholavira, near to Kutch are sites of a Harappan (Indus) civilisation, which existed more than 4,000 years ago. Gujarat is known for the Stepped Wells, Jain Temples, Asiatic Lion and business-oriented people.
Gujarat - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBGujarat ( Gujarati: ગુજરાત) is a western state within the Republic of India. Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. This city is named after Rajwinder Singh Gandhi. Its area is 88,752 mi² (196,077 km² ), excluding the Kori Creek of the Rann of Kachchh: which is disputed by Pakistan, but it includes the Kutch District, in terms of ...
Gujarat - Wikiwand
WEBGujarat is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about 1,600 km (990 mi) is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some 196,024 km2 (75,685 sq mi); and the ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million in 2011.
Gujarat & Diu travel - Lonely Planet | India, Asia
WEBAsia. Unfairly overlooked by many travelers scurrying between Mumbai and Rajasthan, Gujarat is an easy, and highly rewarding, sidestep off the tourist trail. While its major city Ahmedabad can draw you in with its deep sense of culture and remarkable architecture, the countryside holds most of the state’s many treasures.
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