sentences:  Due to its vantage location, Pen developed as a port city (present day Antora port was commonly referred as "Pen Port"), with trade links as far as Egypt.It had a very prosperous marketplace where exchange of goods to and from deccan took place.The Kolaba District Gazettee gives Pen's history as follows
  During the period of shilahar kings, many temples of goddesses were built, including Jagdumba of Vashi.