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Mangalore

Also known as Mangaluru

Mangalore (Mangaluru) is a port city on the coast of Karnataka, south-western India, at the mouth of the Netravati and Gurupura rivers. It was a capital of the Alupa dynasty and a trading port visited by Arab and later Portuguese merchants. Contested by the Kingdom of Mysore and the British in the 18th century, it gave its name to the Treaty of Mangalore of 1784.

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