History of Mumbai

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Indigenous tribals have inhabited Mumbai (Bombay) since the Stone Age. The (a Marathi-Konkani people) were the earliest known settlers of the islands. Between the 2nd century BCE and the 10th century CE, the islands came under the control of successive indigenous dynasties: the Satavahanas, Vakatakas, Konkan Mauryas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Shilaharas, Seuna Yadavas Bhima of Mahikavati established a small kingdom in the area during the late 13th century and brought settlers. The Delhi Sultanate captured the islands in 1348, and they were later passed to the Sultanate of Guzerat in 1391. The Treaty of Bassein (1534), between the Portuguese viceroy Nuno da Cunha and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, placed the islands into Portuguese possession in 1534. The islands suffered the Anglo-Mughal War (1686) and the Maratha Liberation of Vasai (1737-39) towards the transition to the 18th century. During the English East India Company's rule the mid-18th century, it emerged as an important port city, having...

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