GOA-PANAJI

BY
PURU
 GOA
Goa is Indias smallest state by area and the fourth
smallest by population.
Located in south west india in the region known as the
Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to
the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south,
while the Arabian sea forms its western coast.
Population-14.5 lakhs
Language-konkani,portuguese
Divided as north and south goa
PANAJI
Panaji or Pangim, usually known in English as Panjim is the capital of Goa
and the headquarters of North Goa district.
Panaji means “land that never floods”.
It lies on the banks of the Mandovi River .
Population of 65,000 in the city and approximately 100,000 in the
metropolitan area. And area, and density is 3200/sq.km. (2011)
Panaji is 3rd largest city of Goa
It has terraced hills, concrete buildings with balconies and red-tiled roofs,
churches, and a riverside promenade.
There are avenues lined with gulmohar, acacia and other trees.
Commercial headquarters Tourist transit point
HISTORY
• BEFORE 1510
1. Satavahanas (231 BC -225 AD) were the first
empires of Indian model,and were great lovers of
art and folklore After theirara collapse there was
two centuries of dark ages From 6th century
onwards Aryanisation of Goa began under Mauryas
and it intensified under chalukyas
2. Rashtrakutas originated in Goa, succeeded
Chalukyas but as defeated by chalukyas itself
during the 10th century
3. Muslim invasion happened and Bahmanis ruled
goa during 1248- 1369 and 1472-1498: adilshahis
from 1498 till Portuguese conquest.
4. The Portuguese conquest of Goa occurred when
the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de
Albuquerque captured the city in 1510. Goa was
not among the cities Albuquerque had received
orders to conquer: he had only been ordered by
the Portuguese king to capture Hormuz, Aden, and
Malacca.
Planning concepts
• Portuguese colonial settlements were located in key coastal locations, either to service and secure the sea lanes or to tap important
sources of commerce.
• Whenever possible, they were built on hilly land, thus maintaining the castrensian tradition of defense on high ground that dated to pre-
Roman times
• Every Portuguese overseas city had the same models of reference, predominantly drawn fro m Lisbon - the metropolis -which gave them
an un-mistakable "national" character.
• The settlements were basically defensive nuclei, adapted to the morphology of the land; their main purpose was the control of territory.
When fortified places were associated with commercial activities on the seashore or on the margin of a river, they were organized on two
levels: the port and commercial activities at sea level and the administrative buildings, basic institutions, and most of the housing on high
ground. The two areas were connected by a more or less straight road that climbed the hilI, and in time would become the main street of
the settlement, the so-called Rua Direita.