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Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency the Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island

1909

HISTORY From the very birth of time the strip of coast land in The Hindu the middle of which lies the island of Bombay has been the Period.* gathering-ground of various races and civilizations : and ever since the dim days when the first shipmaster launched his frail bark upon the waters of Ocean the trade between Western India Babylon and Egypt has been monopolized in turn by invaders from th [...] Now the arrival of the ancient Earth-mother on these shores was shortly followed by two great events which jointly contributed to change the character of the races inhabiting Bombay and the coast of the Northern Kokan —namely the opening of trade with the West and the spread of Aryan culture over the Maratha country and the coast. [...] These pioneers of religion were the forefathers of the Golaks and the Samvedis who albeit in these days fallen from their high estate are acknowledged to have been in distant years the priests of the elder races of the Kokan.' Men now point the finger of scorn at the Golzk as base-born ; the Samvedi reft of all honour and prrogative earns a bare living by the sweat of his brow : and yet [...] 6 The close of the 5th century A. D. which witnessed the dissolution of the Gupta empire in the north of India also sounded the knell of Traikutaka dominion in Bobay and the surrounding country ; after which the local rulers were princes of the Maurya family who have left the legacy of their name to the More branch ot the latter-day Marathas. [...] In consequence of the scare in Bombay caused by the Mysore war and by the offer of Napoleon Buonoparte to assist "Citoyen Tippu " and later in consequence of the great fire the Konkani community were moved out of the Fort to old Nagpada and other areas to the north-west of the modern Crawford markets.
government politics public policy
Pages
518
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii S.M. Edwardes view
Chapter VI. History
1-202 S.M. Edwardes view
Chapter VII. Justice and Protection
203-307 S.M. Edwardes view
Chapter VIII. Land Administration
308-434 S.M. Edwardes view
Chapter IX. Revenue and Finance
435-492 S.M. Edwardes view