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Gulf of Carpentaria
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Arabian Sea
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Persian Gulf
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The Indian Ocean and Asia
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Muscat and Hormuz were fortified outposts intended to control the entrance to the Persian Gulf. Diu and Daman were on opposite sides of the Gulf of Cambay and were intended to direct the maritime trade with northern India. Bombay Island and the...
Gujaratis
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...is dry. The Saurashtra (also known as Kathiawar) region consists of a peninsula bounded by the Gulf of Cambay, the Arabian Sea, and the Gulf of Kachch. Broad coastal plains surround low plateaus and hills. One of these, Gir Range (about...
Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Masudi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...916 he visited Basra and Istakhr (Persepolis) and then traveled in India, where he saw the area of Bombay, the Gulf of Cambay, and the Moslem towns of Multan and Mansura in Sind. That he also saw Ceylon and the China Sea, as he claims, has...
Afonso de Albuquerque
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the principal spice-distributing center for the Persian Gulf, and proceeded to India. He reached Cannanore in December...shipping. On his return to India, he secured from the King of Cambay the right to construct a fortress in Diu. His success brought...
Khambat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Khambat or Cambay , town (1991 pop. 76,724), Gujarat state, W India, on the Mahi...Until 1948 it was the capital of the former princely state of Khambat. The Gulf of Khambat, a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea, lies between Kathiawar...

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Narmada
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Narmada a river which rises in Madhya Pradesh, central India, and flows generally westwards to the Gulf of Cambay; it is regarded by Hindus as sacred.

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VAALCO AWARDED CB-OS/1 EXPLORATION BLOCK IN GULF OF CAMBAY
PR Newswire; 9/6/1995; 700+ words ; ...exploration block covering the Gulf of Cambay, on the West Coast of India...consortium with the government. The Gulf of Cambay block is a 3,590 square kilometer...situated in the northern part of the Gulf of Cambay. The block contains two discoveries...
Feasibility study for new oil terminal in the Gulf of Cambay, India.
Magazine article from: Energy Report; 3/1/1997; 514 words ; ...Holland's De Weger Architecten-en Ingenieursbureau is to carry out a feasibility study for a new oil terminal in the Gulf of Cambay, north of Mumbai. The study will be conducted in association with an Indian consultancy. The project will also involve...
The lost city of Cambay. ((Frontline).(India)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...picked up from the seabed of the Gulf of Cambay gets scientific verification...flowed into the `sagara in the Gulf of Khambat (Cambay)'. The region falls in the...himself extensively surveyed the Gulf of Cambay. The Indian authorities have...
BRITISH GAS TO SELL ITS STAKE IN CAMBAY BLOCK TO HOEC.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/19/2003; 700+ words ; ...is close to selling its 62.64 per cent stake in the Cambay Basin exploration block CB-OS/1 to HOEC. Talks have...in development of CB-OS/1 exploration block in the Gulf of Cambay, which was part of the US$350 million deal to buy...
India: Primera Energy Resources signs PSC for onshore Cambay Basin block.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 1/6/2009; 700+ words ; ...western state of Gujarat. The Cambay basin has been actively explored...source rocks of north and south Cambay basin petroleum systems are estimated...Total in-place reserves of the Cambay basin, including the Gulf area, is approx. 9.7 BBO...
RIL announces oil find in Cambay basin.
News Wire article from: UPI Energy Resources; 11/10/2009; 630 words ; ...first oil discovery in an onshore block located in the Cambay basin near the Gulf of Khambhat. RIL said the oil discovery lies in an...block about 80 miles from the city of Ahmedabad in the Cambay basin. The company said the block covers an area...
ONGC raises stake by 30 pc in HOEC's block of Cambay basin.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 2/18/2008; 480 words ; ...raises stake by 30 pc in HOEC's block of Cambay basin Mumbai, Feb 18 (PTI) State-run...in Hindustan Oil Exploration Company's Cambay basin discovery block by 30 per cent...per cent participating interest in the Gulf 'A' Development Area in Block CB-OS...
Oil spill exercise 'Sagar Manthan-IV' concludes in Gulf of Kutch
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/10/2007; 614 words ; ...Similar exercises were also held thrice earlier in the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay) and GOK where the resource agencies responded...such exercise, 'Sagar Manthan-III' was held in Gulf of Cambay on March 28-29, 2005. It may be recalled that...
COAST GUARD CONDUCTS NATIONAL LEVEL OIL SPILL EXERCISE AT GULF OF KACHCHH
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/10/2007; 624 words ; ...Similar exercises were also held thrice earlier in the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay) and GOK where the Resource Agencies responded...such exercise, 'Sagar Manthan-III' was held in Gulf of Cambay on March 28-29, 2005. It may be recalled that...
Modelling of salinity for maintaining a freshwater reservoir- Gulf of Khambhat in India.(Report)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Ecology & Development; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...probability. Keywords: Freshwater, Flushing time, Gulf of Khambhat, Hydrologic modeling, India, Kalpasar...subcontinent (Gulati et al., 1993). In response, the Gulf of Cambay, also called as the Gulf of Khambhat, the larger of the two gulfs in the...