The city of Thane is situated on the western banks of Thane creek with Parsik hills on the east and Yeoor hills on the west. The city was then know as Shreesthanak. It was more popularly known as the Capital of the Shilahar dynasty. The history of Thane city can be broadly categorized into 5 eras.

‘Aparant’ is the ancient name of the geographical area hosting Thane city. During the Indian expedition of the Greek Emperor Alexander, a number of philosophers, historians and geographists visited India. Among them a Greek historian ‘Tolemi’ has mentioned about the city of Thane in his writings. A famous sailor named Marcopolo had also visited Thane in 1290 ‘A.D. and noted it to be one of the best cities in the world. A place called | ‘Ghodbunder was famous for horse trading thus deriving its name from the word ghoda i.e. horse and bunder meaning port.

During this period a fabric called ‘Tansi’ was exported from Thane. During the period from 13 A.D. to 17 A.D., the Muslims, Portuguese, Marathas, & the British dynasties ruled Thane. From 810A.D. to 1260A.D. the Shilahar Dynasty ruled over Thane. The Emperors of Shilahar dynasty were disciples of Lord Shiva and the Kopineshwar Temple has been built during their reign. During this period, At this time the Shilahars also divided the city into different sections and named them as ‘padas’. it is seen that these padas exist even today by names of Naupada, Patlipada, Agripada etc.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Old Banyan Trees in Thane

Thane has several very very old trees. Hardly many people know about it. Due to rampant construction large amount of trees are being cut and get unnoticed. Thane city has many places densely vegetated which are under the eye of builders. Examples are the 
1) Clariant company - Kolshet
2) Glaxo - Pokhran I
3) Aessen PVT - Pawar Nagar
4) Bayer - Kolshet
There are many more packed with dense vegetation which are the green lungs of Thane. We need to save it.
A very big and very very old Banyan Tree demarcated by TMC standing in Kolshet Area of then Clariant Company. This banyan tree is around 300 years old and its trunk is spread over an huge area. This is a live example of nature's wonder and one of the rarest trees in the city. Also, this road houses a number of such trees. This is also one of the most beautiful roads in Thane city. The road is divided not necessarily by concrete blocks, but by beautiful ancient banyan and Ashoka trees spread densly. The area is sold to Lodha Builders and now all such rich vegetation is in real dangers.
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