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Ganjam district

Ganjam is a coastal district of southern Odisha, India, centred on the city of Berhampur. In the 6th and 7th centuries it formed part of Kongoda, the kingdom of the Shailodbhava dynasty. Under British rule it belonged to the Madras Presidency until it was joined to Odisha in 1936.

Ganjam district
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ganjam district. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ganjam-district
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