Khambhāt

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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. Khambhāt is perhaps the only place in India where the Harappan craft of agate bead making is found in the living tradition. Surprisingly Khambhāt has no stone deposits; the craft has survived mainly through acquiring stones from the Rajpipla hills, about 200 km away from the city. Khambhat has historically been an important centre of Jainism, and contains several old Jain temples and collections of Jain palm-leaf manuscripts...

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