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About Dholka
Dholka is a city and municipality in the Ahmedabad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the headquarters of Dholka Taluka, and is 48 km by road via Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway southwest of the city of Ahmedabad. Dholka has an average elevation of 17 metres (56 ft).
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History
Large numbers of old buildings in the city suggest that it was important in ancient times; archaeologists have discovered small stone chert tools made of chalcedony, quartz and agate which date to the Middle Stone and Iron Ages.
Dholka is said to stand on the site of Viratpur, or Matsyanagar, which, in their wanderings, the Pandavas found governed by queen Sudishva of the Kaiyo or Bhil race. Her brother, Kichak Kaiyo, a prince of great power, was, according to the story, slain for an attempt on the chastity of Draupadi.
Here too in 144 AD, Kanaksen, a prince of the race of the sun, Suryavansh, is said to have settled.
At the close of the eleventh century, the town was adorned with a lake – still its chief ornament – by Minaldevi, the mother of Jayasimha Siddharaja of the Chaulukya dynasty.
From the History section of Dholka on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 43 km away.
- Bāola 14 km northwest, about 14 min by car
- Bareja 20 km northeast, about 20 min by car
- Kheda 25 km east, about 25 min by car
- Sarkhej 29 km north, about 29 min by car
- Sānand 30 km north, about 30 min by car
- Nandej 31 km northeast, about 31 min by car
- Mahemdāvād 34 km east, about 34 min by car
- Ahmedabad 36 km northeast, about 36 min by car
- Anand 56 km east, about 56 min by car
- Gandhinagar 60 km northeast, about 1 h by car
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