[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884) › c17.16 # Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c17.16 Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c17.16 - **Language:** English ### [c17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c17.16) ¹⁴ The town is called the Lakshmî of the Western Ocean It was probably the capital of the Maurya king of the Konkan and afterwards of the Śilâhâras - [Previous: c17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c17.15) - [Next: c17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c17.17) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c17.16) · Pramāṇa