The abandoned city was given the name "Velha Goa" to set it apart from the new capital Nova Goa and possibly also from Goa Velha, the Portuguese name for the town that once stood on the location of Govapuri.
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The Bahman sultanate then seized the city and established Old Goa on the island in 1440 after annexing it from the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar.
A previous port city that had been here during the Bijapur Sultanate had been replaced by Old Goa in 1510 by the Portuguese. Goa, in southwest India, fell under Portuguese control in 1510 and was made the capital of Portuguese India.
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