Koraput
About Koraput district
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HISTORY:- Koraput (Odia: କୋରାପୁଟ ଜିଲ୍ଲା) is a district of Odisha, India, and known for rich and diverse types of mineral deposits. It is located along the Eastern Ghats. Koraput district was ruled by several dynasties such as Satavahanas, Ikshvakus, Nalas, Ganga kings and kings of Surya vans. In ancient times when the Nalas ruled this tract with Pushkari near modern Umarkote was their capital city. In the medieval period, Nandapur developed as the capital under the Silavamsi kings and after them under the kings of the solar dynasty.[2]Viravikrama Deo of the solar dynasty shifted his capital to Jeypore about the...