 Sātoskār in his encyclopedic work on Goan culture,suggests that they are a part of the tribe and reached Goa around 700 BC.From 1352 to 1366 AD Goa was ruled by "Khiljī".In 1472, the "Bahāmanī" Muslims attacked, demolished many temples, and forced the Hindus to convert to Islam.To avoid this religious persecution, several Śeṭ families fled to the neighbourhood kingdom of Sondā.