Andhra Pradesh is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of 162,975 km2 and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat, of about 974 km. Its official language is Telugu; one of the classical languages of India and the 11th-most spoken language in the world.
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Andhra Pradesh is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of 162,975 km2 and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat, of about 974 km. Its official language is Telugu; one of the classical languages of India and the 11th-most spoken language in the world. Andhra Pradesh hosted 121. 8 million visitors in 2015, a 30% growth in tourist arrivals over the previous year, making it the third most-visited state in India. The state is also known as the land of the world-famous diamond Koh-i-Noor and many other global known diamonds due to their presence in its Kollur Mine once. In the 3rd century BCE, Andhra was a vassal kingdom of Ashoka but after his death Andhra became powerful and extended its empire to the whole of Maratha country and beyond. It was ruled by Satavahanas, Eastern Chalukyas, and Andhra Ikshvakus, Vijayanagara Empire, Mauryan Empire, Cholas, Pallavas, Salankayanas, Vishnukundinas, Kakatiyas and Rashtrakutas. The Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati is one of world’s most visited religious sites, with 18.million visitors per year. The region is also home to a variety of other pilgrimage centres, such as Pancharama Kshetras, Rama Jyotirlinga and Kodanda Jirlinga.
According to the Rigvedic texts such as Aitareya Brahmana, the Andhras left north India from the banks of the River Yamuna and settled in south India. A group of people named Andhra was mentioned in the 8th century BCE Rig Vedic text Aitarva. The area was once a major Buddhist pilgrimage site in India and a Buddhist learning center which can be seen in many sites in the form of ruins, chaityas and stupas. It also has a union territory, Yanam – a district of Puducherry which lies to the south of Kakinada in the Godavari delta on the eastern side of the state. It’s the only state with three capitals, with Visakhapatnam being the executive capital while Amaravati and Kurnool serve as legislative and judicial capitals respectively. It ranks 27th among Indian states in Human Development Index and has a jurisdiction over almost 15,000 square kilometres of territorial waters. It comprises two major regions, namely Rayalaseema in south-west and Coastal Andhra bordering the Bay of Bengal in the east and north-east. The State has a total of thirteen districts, nine located in Coastal andhra and four in Rayalasesema.
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