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Konkan division is one of the six administrative divisions of Maharashtra state in India. It comprises the central portions of the Konkani region, excluding Goa and Damaon , which were absorbed into Maharashtra owing to the States Reorganisation of India .
The region has been recognised by name, since at least the time of Strabo in the third century CE. [1] It had a thriving mercantile port with Arab tradesmen from the 10th century. [ 2 ] The best-known islands of Konkan are Ilhas de Goa , the site of the Goa state 's capital at Panjim ; also, the Seven Islands of Bombay , on which lies Mumbai ...
Geographically, historically, politically, and according to cultural sentiments, Maharashtra has five main regions: Konkan (Konkan division) Paschim Maharashtra, also known as Desh (Pune division) North Maharashtra (Nashik Division) - contains Khandesh [a] Marathwada (Aurangabad division)
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
Coastal South West India spans across the entire Arabian Sea coastline of the Indian subcontinent from the coastline of the Gulf of Kutch in its westernmost corner and stretches across the Gulf of Khambhat, and through the Salsette Island and Mumbai along the Konkan and southwards across the Raigad region and through Kanara and further down through Mangaluru and along the Malabar unto the ...
This kingdom is identified as the Konkan region (coastal region) of Maharashtra. Other such Brahmin populated kingdoms includes Dravida, Andhra and Karnata. Over time, these Brahmins migrated southward as far as Kerala. The name Konkana probably have originated from the older name Kanwa-gana (meaning the clan of Kanwa) a clan of Bhrahmins ...
Map of Sindhudurg district with its talukas Tirlot Bridge, north of Amberi. Sindhudurg district (Marathi pronunciation: [sin̪d̪ʱud̪uɾɡə]) is an administrative district of the Konkan division in India, which was carved out of the erstwhile Ratnagiri district. The district headquarters are located at Oros.
Aparanta, or Aparantaka (meaning "Western border") was a geographical region of ancient India. It corresponded to the northern part of the Konkan region on the western coast of India. English civil servant-turned-historian J. F. Fleet believed that the Aparanta region included Kathiawad, Kutch, and Sindh, beside Konkan. However, historical ...