Trade and Agriculture
The Mahanadi is an important river in the state of Odisha. This river flows slowly for 900 km and deposits more silt than any other river in the Indian subcontinent.
The city of Cuttack, Sambalpur was a prominent trading places in the ancient world and the river itself has been referred to as the Manada in Ptolemy's works. However today the Mahanadi valley is best known for its fertile soil and flourishing agriculture. Prior to the Hirakud dam, the river carried more silt than any other river in the Indian subcontinent. As a result its delta had one of the highest yield per acre in the whole of India. Today agriculture primarily depends on a network of canals that arise from the river. Rice, oilseeds and sugarcane are the principal crops here. An equally fertile though smaller valley also exists near Raipurd in the river's early course.
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