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Exotic Beach and Taj Mahal, Goa has a reputation.
Psychedelic trance, spiked lassis, rave revelries,
flowing alcohol, heady hedonism. It's the black
sheep of India, alluring and more seductive
than any Khajuraho mural.
Goa covers an area of 3702 square kilometers
and comprises two Revenue district viz North
Goa and South Goa. Boundaries of Goa State are
defined in the North Terekhol river which separates
it from Maharashtra, in the East and South by
Karnataka State and West by Arabian Sea. Goa
lies in Western Coast of India and is 594 Kms
(by road) away from Mumbai city.
History of Goa
Goa's known history stretches back to the 3rd
century BC, when it formed part of the Mauryan
Empire. It was later ruled by the Satavahanas
of Kolhapur, around 2000 years ago it was passed
on to the Chalukya Dynasty, who controlled it
between 580 to 750. Over the next few centuries
Goa was successively ruled by the Silharas, the
Kadambas and the Chalukyas of Kalyani, rulers
of Deccan India.
In 1312, Goa came under the governance of the
Delhi Sultanate. However, the kingdom's grip
on the region was weak, and by 1370 they were
forced to surrender it to Harihara I of the
Vijayanagara empire. The Vijayanagara monarchs
held on to the territory until 1469, when it
was appropriated by the Bahmani sultans of Gulbarga.
After that dynasty crumbled, the area fell to
the hands of the Adil Shahis of Bijapur who
established as their auxiliary capital the city
known under the Portuguese as Velha Goa.
In 1510, the Portuguese defeated the ruling
Bijapur kings with the help of a local ally,
Timayya, leading to the establishment of a permanent
settlement in Velha Goa (or Old Goa).
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