Scholars trace the origin of the city proper to sometime between the fifth and the seventh centuries C.E., when successive waves of barbarians swept down from the north, burning and pillaging the communities on the mainland.
समुद्रात जाऊन मिळणारे अरुंद फाटे तीन फूट उंचीच्या भरतीसाठी पुरेसे असून येथून बोटींची ये - जाही होऊ शकते.