Editing Thane (section)

== History ==
A copper plate dating to AD 1078 was discovered near the foundations of Thane Fort in 1787. A land grant from Arikesara Devaraja, lord of [[Ter, Maharashtra|Tagara]], wherein he addresses the inhabitants of a city called "Sri Sthanaka".<ref>{{citation |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=n2mGL4CLCNsC&pg=PA112 112] |title=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland}}.</ref> For a long time, it was a military training and recruitment center of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]].

[[The East India Company]] occupied [[Salsette Island]], Thana Fort, [[Madh Fort|Fort Versova]] and the island fort of Karanja at the start of [[First Anglo-Maratha War]], but after a short time it was recaptured by the forces of [[Hari Pant|Haripant Phadke]] and [[Tukoji Rao Holkar|Tukoji Holkar]]. After the conclusion of the [[Treaty of Salbai]], both Thana Fort and the island of Salsette were taken over by the British.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sardesai |first1=Govind |title=New History of the Marathas Volume III |date=1915 |publisher=Phoenix Publications |page=119}}</ref>