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Gujarat (India) Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Statistical Atlas of Gujarat, 2 vol. (1982ā84); and Centre for Monitoring Gujarat Economy, Gujarat Economic Development Through Maps (1983), describe physical aspects and demographic and economic patterns. K.R. Dikshit, Geography of Gujarat (1970), briefly outlines all relevant topics. Kanaiyalal M. Munshi, GujarÄt and Its Literature, from Early Times to 1852, 3rd ed. (1967), traces the evolution of Gujarati literature. Gregory L. Possehl, Indus Civilization in Saurashtra (1980), and The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective (2002, reprinted 2009); and H.D. Sankalia, Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology of Gujarat (1987), examine aspects of the regionās past.
Also useful are Asoke Kumar Majumdar, Chaulukyas of Gujarat: A Survey of the History and Culture of Gujarat from the Middle of the Tenth to the End of the Thirteenth Century (1956); M.S. Commissariat, A History of Gujarat, 3 vol. (1938ā80), dealing with the state from the Muslim sultanate to the breakup of the Mughal Empire; M.N. Pearson, Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat: The Response to the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century (1976); K.S. Mathew, Portuguese and the Sultanate of Gujarat, 1500ā1573 (1986); A.M. Shah, Exploring Indiaās Rural Past: A Gujarat Village in the Early Nineteenth Century (2002); M.S. Moray, History of Buddhism in GujarÄt, rev. ed. (2007); and Nalin Mehta and Mona G. Mehta (eds.), Gujarat Beyond Gandhi: Identity, Society, and Conflict (2011), a collection of essays on a wide range of topics.
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| Added details on the āwhite revolution.ā | Jan 24, 2025 | ||
| Article updated. | Dec 30, 2024 | ||
| Added mention of the Statue of Unity. | Dec 08, 2024 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - India - Gujarat. | Apr 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - India - Gujarat. | Dec 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Gujarat, India. | May 16, 2022 | ||
| In the Government and society section, updated the number of administrative districts. | Jul 24, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: India Video - Gujarat. | Jan 03, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 19, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Gujarat, India. | Jan 30, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 01, 2016 | ||
| Geography section revised and updated. | Feb 01, 2016 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jan 29, 2016 | ||
| History section revised and updated. | Jan 29, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 29, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: MapsofIndia.com - Gujarat, India. | Nov 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Gujarat, India. | Jun 25, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Gujarat, India. | May 05, 2014 | ||
| Population and area data updated. | Oct 25, 2012 | ||
| Changed "garaba" to "garba" and "navaratra" to "Navratri"; revised description of garba. | Apr 16, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Haryana Online - Gujarat. | Aug 25, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 12, 2009 | ||
| History section thoroughly revised. | Mar 13, 2009 | ||
| Geography section thoroughly revised. | Mar 13, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Travelmasti.com - Gujarat. | Feb 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Gujarat History - History of Gujarat. | Jan 22, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Official Portal of the Government of Gujarat. | Oct 13, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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