MACHILIPATNAM

Machilipatnam is a district administrative headquarters, a railroad terminus, and an important educational center of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh. It was a flourishing seaport on the east coast during the time of the Satavahanas and in the 17th century AD, it was a center of French, British, and Dutch trade. Machilipatnam was a commercial port of importance. It is one of the earliest known B  ...