Golay or Gholay is a village of
Abdasa Taluka of
Kutch district
Kutch district (), officially spelled Kachchh is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj. Covering an area of 45,674 km2, it is the largest district of India. The area of Kutch is larger than ...
of
Gujarat
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, India.
History
Under the
Chavda rule, it was known as Sarasgar Pattan, was, until superseded by
Jakhau, a place of some importance.
About a mile west of Golay, is a domed stone and brick building, twenty-six feet square and twenty-eight high, said to be the tomb of Mod the son of Jakhara, and to have been built in the fourteenth century by his son Jam Manai II.
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Villages in Kutch district
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