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Machilipatnam lay on the delta of the Ganga river.

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The above statement is false.
The town of Machilipatnam, or Masulipatnam, was a hub of intense trading activity in the seventeenth century. The English and the Dutch East India Company tried to assert their dominance over Masulipatnam as it gradually became an important port on the coast of Andhra. As a result, there was fierce competition among diverse trading groups, such as the Persian merchants, Golconda nobles, European traders, and Telugu Komati Chettis, making Masulipatnam populous and prosperous. However, Masulipatnam lost its prosperity when the European company traders moved to Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras. Thus, it declined over the eighteenth century and is a rickety little town today.
The correct statement would be, the town of Machilipatnam or Masulipatnam lay on the delta of the Krishna river.

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