Raigad

Raigad, historical region of western India. It is situated immediately south of Mumbai (Bombay). Though part of the Konkan coastal plain, its terrain undulates with rugged transverse hills reaching from the steep scarp slopes of the Sahyadri Hills of the Western Ghats in the east to bluffs on the Arabian Sea coast in the west. The coastal bluffs are separated by seasonal river valleys that support most of the area’s agriculture. Rice and coconuts are...