THE arabian sea to the west, of salsette to creek the east and vasai creek to the north. Navi mumbai is east of thane creek and thane is north of vasai creek. The city district is region commonly referred to the island city or south mumbai. THE remaining areas belong to various defence the mumbai port trust, the atomic energy borivall and commission national park. IT sits on salsette island it partially shares with the than district. A part from the bhatsa dam, there are six major lakes that supply water to the city:- vaitama, upper vaitama, tansa, tulsi is used only for agricultural and industrial purposes. THE coastline of the city is indented with creeks and bays, the thane creek on the eastern on the west front.
Etymology
People from Mumbai
IT gained popularity after the official name change to mumbai terms such as bombayite are also use.
History
Early history
In the 3rd century BCE, the islands formed part of the Maurya Empire, during its expansion in the south, ruled by the Buddhist emperor Ashoka of Magadha.[70] The Kanheri Caves in Borivali were excavated from basalt rock in the first century CE,[71] and served as an important centre of Buddhism in Western India during ancient Times.[72] The city then was known as Heptanesia (Ancient Greek: A Cluster of Seven Islands) to the Greek geographer Ptolemy in 150 CE.[73] The Mahakali Caves in Andheri were cut out between the 1st century BCE and the 6th century by the shilaharas from 810 to 1260 and 525), 13th century and his capital in mahikawati.
