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Once an anonymous little fishing village in the Eastern Ghats overlooking the Bay of Bengal Vishakapatnam or Vizag has risen to become one of the countrys busiest commercial ports and largest shipbuilding yard. The seaside town has seen the might and power of several ancient dynasties-the Chalukyas and the Cholas who had already played a pivotal role in King Ashokas seafaring activities in Kalinga (Orissa of today) - as a major port in the Maurya kingdom of which it had become a part in 250 BC. The Vijaynagar kings found it a strategic point in their trading activities and later the British used it for enhancing their trading fortunes.
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