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A naval dockyard has been discovered in Lothal. What does it convey?
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Solution
- The Dockyard at Lothal is considered as the first naval dockyard of the world,
- It has favourable features in terms of height, width and length compared to the modem dockyards of Mumbai and Visakhapatnam.
- Boats of 60-75 tonnes capacity and 20-25 metres in length could enter Lothal DOCK.
- It was designed in such a manner as to ensure berthing 20-30 boats, a fairly large size.
- Large foreign and Indian ships could enter the harbour without any difficulty.
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