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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 134. Not illustrated. Chapters: Thane, Kalyan, India, Bhiwandi, Ambarnath, Ulhasnagar, Palghar, Shahapur, Maharashtra, Dahanu, Kalyan-Dombivali, Satpati, Palm Beach Marg, Gawand baug, Chandanwadi, Thane, Jawhar, Vithalwadi, Murbad, Chinchani, Waghbil, Titwala, Vada, Thane, Vikramgad, Kaasar Vadavali, Manor, India, Navghar-Manikpur, Gokhivare, Khoni, Maharashtra, Talasari, Saphale, Vashind, Padagha, Pasthal, Shelar, Kon, Sandor, Maharashtra, Gholwad, Talao Pali, Mokhada, Sartodi, Vasai Creek, Highland Residency, Khardi, Ulhas Nagar, Kopri-Pachparkhadi, Atgaon, Vasind, LakeCity Mall, Kharbav, Vazira Naka, . Excerpt: Kalyan (Marathi: ) is a city in the Thane district of Maharashtra, and a major railway junction in the vicinity of Mumbai, India. It is the capital of Kalyan Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city has been combined with its neighbouring township of Dombivli to form the City Corporation of Kalyan-Dombivli. It is considered a part of the Greater Mumbai metropolitan agglomeration, along with Navi Mumbai and the cities of Bhiwandi, Thane. Kalyan is a port for more than two millennia until siltation and the rise of Mumbai eclipsed it and its sister ports, Sopara, Thane, Vasai, etc. The port was ruled by the Maurya and Gupta Empires of North India and later was part of a petty Konkan principality vassal to the Yadava dynasty of Deogiri. Extensive ruins in Kalyan indicate the city's former magnificence. After the Khilji sack of Deogiri, the Yadavas fled into the Konkan region and set up their base at Mahikawati, modern Mahim; Kalyan was a part of the brief Yadava state of Mahikawati. Mahikawati was conquered by the Muslims who set up petty coastal principalities. As a major entrepot, Kalyan soon became, by 530-535 CE the seat of a Nestorian bishop. The Churches of South Asia which were ecclesiastically ...
