By-

Jyot Bhuptani
Manan Damani
 Vivan Vora
 Hrishi Vakharia

HISTORY OF GOA
 GOA LOCATION
Goa is a state placed on the western
coast of India its neighbours are
Maharashtra and Karnataka.
 The 1961 Indian annexation of Goa , was an
action by India’s armed forces that ended
THE Portuguese rule in its Indian enclaves in
1961. The armed action, code named
PORTUGUESE Operation Vijay by the Indian government,
involved air, sea and land strikes for over 36
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ending 451 years of Portuguese colonial
rule in Goa.
 The first settlers of Goa
are known to be Brahmins
called Saraswats. They
FIRST were so called because
they inhabited originally
SETTLERS OF banks of the River
GOA Saraswati in North India.
Goa became the part of
the Mauryan Empire in
the 3rd century BC.
 The historic city of Margao
still exhibits the cultural
influence of the Portuguese,
HISTORIC who first landed in the early
16th century as merchants
CITY OF and conquered it soon
thereafter. Goa is a former
MARGAO Portuguese province; the
Portuguese overseas territory
of Portuguese India existed
for about 450 years until it
was annexed by India.
 Goa has two World
Heritage Sites: the Bom
Jesus Basilica and
churches and convents of
THE HERITAGE Old Goa. The basilica
holds the mortal remains
of St. Francis Xavier,
SITES regarded by many
Catholics as the patron
saint of Goa.
 The history of the Mauryas is almost non-
existent. The existing records disclose the
names of only three of the dynasty's kings,
namely Suketavarman, who ruled some time in
the 4th or 5th centuries BC, Chandravarman in
THE the 6th century BC, and Ajitavarman in the 7th
century BC, who ruled from Kumardvipa or
modern Kumarjuve, but beyond that the
MAURYAN records provide no clue as to their mutual
relationship. These dates were determined by

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comparing the style of the Nagari script in
which these records are written with the
evolution of this script, which may be dated
fairly accurately. It is possible to infer from the
places mentioned in these records and their
discovery locations that at its zenith, the
Western Maurya Kingdom comprised the Lata
or South Gujarat, coastal Maharashtra, Goa,
and approximately half of the North Kanara.
 The early Goan society
underwent a radical
change when Indo-Aryan
EARLY GOAN and Dravidian migrants
SOCIETY amalgamated with the
aboriginal locals forming
the base of early Goan
culture.
 Until 1993 the existence of humans in Goa during
the Paleolithic and Mesolithic period was highly
debated. The discovery of rock art engravings on
lateritic platforms and granite boulders
from Usgalimal on the banks of west-flowing
PALEOLITHIC river Kushavati River, has shed light on
the prehistory of Goa. The rock shelter at
AND Usgalimal has enough space for 25 to 30 people.
The perennial stream in the vicinity which might
MESOLITHIC have served Stone age man for centuries as a
source of water. An anthropomorphic figure
ERA of Mother goddess and tectiforms resembling
tree-like motifs have been found. This site was
discovered by Dr P.P.Shirodkar. Exploration of
several Mesolithic sites of the Mandovi-
Zuari basin and other sites.