This stimulating volume is an interpretative, well organized and scholarly work on the communication and transport system in coastal Odisha. Drawing mainly from original sources, this book provides a comprehensive picture of the growth and development of communications including waterways, roadways, railways, post and telegraphs, means of transport and conveyance in a very critical and analytical matter. Being a scholarly work, this book will be of immense help not only to the researchers, students, teachers, tourists and Government officials but also to the general readers as well.

Born in Jagadalapur near Berhampur of Ganjam district in 1984, Dr. Gokulananda Patra passed B.A. from KhaIlikote College, Berhampur in 2004 securing first position in first class Honours with distinction and Post Graduation in History from the same institution in 2006 with first class first position. He was awarded Ph.D. Degree in History in 2016 from Berhampur University under the guidance of Prof. Bhagaban Sahu. He is the Life Member of many academic organisations like Orissa History Congress, South Indian History Congress and Indian History Congress. He has published five Research Papers in the different journals of Nation and International repute. At present he is serving as the Lecturer in History in K.M. Science College, Narendrapur, Ganjam.