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Vadali, Gujarat

Coordinates: 23°56′31″N 73°02′17″E / 23.942°N 73.038°E / 23.942; 73.038
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Vadali is a city in Vadali Taluka of Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, India. It is located on State Highway connecting Himatnagar and Ambaji. It's surrounded by mountains which are parts of aravali range which starts from gujarat. This small town is 30km away from famous tourist place Polo forest

Vadali has a population of 23,000.

History

Vadali, a considerable and very ancient town thirteen kilometres north of Idar, is perhaps the O-cha-li or Vadari which Chinese traveller Xuanzang visited between Malwa and Valabhi circa 640 CE. In the eleventh century, Vadali was the centre of a large kingdom.[which?][1]

Sahanapala, son of Haripala (a Pratihara of the Paramara king Dharavarsha) built the mandapa of the Vaidyanath temple at Vadali in Vikram Samvat 1264 (1208 CE).[2]

Economy

The chief source of income of people is agriculture. The villages surrounding Vadali grows large number of vegetables Specially valor. It supplies vegetables to Sabarkantha district and as far as Ahmedabad, Surat and In Rajasthan also.

References

  1. ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. p. 442. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Gazetteers: Sabarkantha District. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. 1974. p. 74.

23°56′31″N 73°02′17″E / 23.942°N 73.038°E / 23.942; 73.038