[5] Khandesh lies in Western India on the northwestern corner of the Maharashtra, in the valley of the Tapti River.

None of these rivers is navigable, and the Tapti flows in a deep bed which historically made it difficult to use for irrigation.

Most of Khandesh lies south of the Tapti and is drained by its tributaries: the Gomai, Girna, Bori, and Panjhra.

The alluvial plain north of the Tapti contains some of the richest tracts in Khandesh, and the land rises towards the Satpuda hills.

To the north and west, the plain rises into rugged hills, thickly wooded, and inhabited by members of the Bhil tribe.

A tradition of Nandurbar (Khandesh) presents before us an account of an Ahir Raja Nanda, who fought the Turks.

The abhira was in Mahabharata and then it was considered as a kanhadesh (Krishna) [8] In 1295, Khandesh was under the Chauhan ruler of Asirgarh when Ala-ud-din Khilji of Delhi wrested control.

[11]: 250  The mid-17th century has been described as the time of Khandesh's "highest prosperity" owing to trade in cotton, rice, indigo, sugarcane, and cloth.