Editing Vasai (section)

===Pre-Portuguese era===
The history of Vasai dates back to the ancient [[Puranas|Puranic]] ages.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vasaiker.com/index.php/history-of-vasai|title=History of Vasai|last=Lopes|first=William|website=Vasaiker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230183312/http://www.vasaiker.com:80/index.php/history-of-vasai|archive-date=30 December 2017|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> Vasai was a trading ground for many [[Ancient Greece|Greek]], [[Arab identity|Arab]], [[History of Iran|Persian]] and [[Roman Empire|Roman]] traders and merchants who would enter through the west coast of [[Indian subcontinent|India]]. The [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] merchant [[Cosma Indicopleustes]] is known to have visited the areas around Vasai in the 6th century and the [[Tang dynasty|Chinese]] traveler [[Xuanzang]] later in June or July 640. According to historian [[José Gerson da Cunha]], during this time, Bassein and its surrounding areas appeared to have been ruled by the [[Chalukya dynasty]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Notes on the History and Antiquities of Chaul and Bassein|url=https://archive.org/details/notesonhistorya00cunhgoog|last=da Cunha|first=José Gerson|publisher=Thacker, Vining & Co.|year=1876|isbn=9788120608450|pages=[https://archive.org/details/notesonhistorya00cunhgoog/page/n209 129]}}</ref> 
Until the 11th century, several [[Arabian]] geographers had mentioned references to towns nearby Vasai, like [[Thane|Thana]] and [[Sopara]], but no references had been made to Vasai.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Notes on the History and Antiquities of Chaul and Bassein|url=https://archive.org/details/notesonhistoryan00jger|last=da Cunha|first=José Gerson|publisher=Thacker, Vining & Co.|year=1876|isbn=9788120608450|pages=[https://archive.org/details/notesonhistoryan00jger/page/130 130]}}</ref> Vasai was later ruled by the [[Silhara dynasty]] of [[Konkan]] and eventually passed to the [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty|Seuna dynasty]]. It was head of district under the Seuna (1184–1318). Later conquered by the [[Gujarat Sultanate]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Notes on the History and Antiquities of Chaul and Bassein|url=https://archive.org/details/notesonhistorya00cunhgoog|last=da Cunha|first=José Gerson|publisher=Thacker, Vining & Co.|year=1876|isbn=9788120608450|pages=[https://archive.org/details/notesonhistorya00cunhgoog/page/n211 131]}}</ref> where it was named ''Basai'', few years later [[Duarte Barbosa|Barbosa]] (1514) described it under the name Baxay (pronounced Basai) as a town with a good seaport belonging to the [[Muzaffarids (Gujarat)|King]] of [[Gujarat Sultanate|Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Notes on the History and Antiquities of Chaul and Bassein|url=https://archive.org/details/notesonhistoryan00jger|last=da Cunha|first=José Gerson|publisher=Thacker, Vining & Co.|year=1876|isbn=9788120608450|pages=[https://archive.org/details/notesonhistoryan00jger/page/132 132]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Thane/places_b.html|title=Chapter 19: Places|date=20 December 2006|website=Thane District Gazetteer|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref>

In 1295, the [[Republic of Venice|Italian]] explorer [[Marco Polo]] passed through Vasai.<ref name=":4" />