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Kalyan

Kalyan is a city in Thane district, Maharashtra, India, on the Ulhas river north-east of Mumbai. In antiquity it was a port linking the Deccan with western trade, mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea and in donors' inscriptions in the Kanheri and Nashik caves. It remained an important port and town under later dynasties and the Marathas.

Kalyan
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kalyan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kalyan
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