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About Khambhāt
Khambhāt (; Gujarati: [kʰəmbʱɑt] ), also known as Cambay, is a city and the surrounding urban agglomeration in Anand district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was once an important trading center, but its harbour gradually silted up, and the maritime trade moved to Surat. Khambhāt lies on an alluvial plain at the north end of the Gulf of Khambhāt, noted for the extreme rise and fall of its tides, which can vary as much as thirty feet in the vicinity of Khambat. Khambat is known for its halvasan sweet, sutarfeni, akik stone and kites (patang), and for sources of oil and gas.
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History
Cambay was formerly a flourishing city, the seat of an extensive trade, and celebrated for its manufactures of silk, chintz and gold stuffs. The Arab traveler al-Mas'udi visited the city in 915 AD, describing it as a very successful port; it was mentioned in 1293 by Marco Polo, who, calling it Cambaet, noted it as a busy port. He mentions that the city had its own king. Indigo and fine buckram were particular products of the region, but much cotton and leather was exported through Cambay. In the early 1340s, the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta remarked on its impressive architecture and cosmopolitan population. "Cambay is one of the most beautiful cities as regards the artistic architecture of its houses and the construction of its mosques. The reason is that the majority of its inhabitants are foreign merchants, who continually build there beautiful houses and wonderful mosques -- an achievement in which they endeavour to surpass each other."An Italian traveler, Marino Sanudo, said that Cambeth was one of India's main two ocean ports. Another Italian, visiting in about 1440, Niccolò de' Conti, mentions that the walls of the city were twelve miles in circumference.
The Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa visited the city, which he calls Cambaia, in the early sixteenth century.
From the History section of Khambhāt on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Khambhāt
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Getting there and nearby towns
Vadodara Green Airport Harni (BDQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 63 km away.
- Dhuwaran 17 km southeast, about 17 min by car
- Petlād 26 km northeast, about 26 min by car
- Sojītra 27 km northeast, about 27 min by car
- Borsad 30 km east, about 30 min by car
- Jambusar 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
- Vallabh Vidyanagar 38 km northeast, about 38 min by car
- Anand 43 km northeast, about 43 min by car
- Vadodara 61 km east, about 1 h by car
- Ahmedabad 79 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Bhavnagar 78 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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Photo credits
- Pillar view of Jama Masjid Khambhat, Irfan1428, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jama Masjid Khambhat, Irfan1428, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Funambulus pennantii 179803469, Ashwin Viswanathan, CC BY 4.0
- ISS030-E-247474 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS042-E-61703 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS030-E-247475 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS042-E-61702 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Spicy Chana Dal Chaat - Western India, Mon!l1991, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS062-E-104001 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS030-E-247476 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS062-E-104002 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS030-E-217735 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS062-E-103999 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS062-E-103840 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS030-E-247473 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS062-E-104000 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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