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Piram Island

Island fortress and Miocene fossil site, Gujarat, India

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Piram Island or Piram Bet is an island in Gulf of Cambay of Arabian Sea which falls under Bhavnagar district of Gujarat state, India. Except the campus of lighthouse, the island is privately owned.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Late Miocene sediments exposed

Late Miocene

Shipwrecks dated to fourteenth century

14th century

Mokhadaji captures island

1325

Tughluq attacks and fort destroyed

1347

Fort rebuilt by Surat merchant

c. 1729

British lighthouse constructed

1864-1865

Island settlement closed

2010

Owner intended to sell

2012

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Defensive Structures

FortressesBastionsTowers
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Environmental and Natural Features

Soil Layers
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Transportation and Communication Structures

Signal Towers
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Country

India

Coordinates

21.60° N, 72.35° E