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Kathiawar

Also known as Saurashtra peninsula, Saurashtra

Kathiawar, also called Saurashtra, is a large peninsula of western India in the state of Gujarat, bounded by the Gulf of Kutch and the Gulf of Khambhat. Named after the Kathi people, it was divided in the colonial period among some two hundred princely states supervised by the Kathiawar Agency. It includes Somnath, Dwarka, the Girnar hills and the Gir forest.

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