Chronology of Goa Rulers

Existence of Goan land dates back to Mahabharata era. There are historical evidence for Goa being the part of empire of Great King Ashoka. One interesting fact about rulers of Goa is that till the 15th century or rather till the Portuguese rule Goa never remained capital city of kingdom. Chronology of Dynasties, ruled Goa goes like this

Muslim Bahmani Kingdom of Deccan [15th Century], in the 1492 this Kingdom was divided five small kingdoms namely Ahmadnagar, Berar , Bidar, Bijapur and Golconda. Goa was the part of Adil Khan ruled Bijapur.

In the 1498 Vasco da Gama discovered sea route for India from Europe by landing at Calicut and in the 1510 a Portuguese troop land at Goa under the leadership of Afonso Albuquerque.