The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.75

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Basya—Bassein in the province of Bombay. Baśyâ is mentioned in one of the Kanheri inscriptions. It was included in Barâlâtâ (Barâr), one of the seven divisions of Paraśurâma-kshetra. The principal place of pilgrimage in it is the Bimala or Nirmala Tirtha mentioned in the Skanda Purâna. The Bimaleśvara Mahâdeva was destroyed by the Portuguese (Da Cunha's Hist. of Chaul and Bassein). It was the kingdom of the Silâhâras, from whom it passed into the hands of the Yâdavas in the thirteenth century (JRAS, vol. II, p 380).