Purna, the disciple of Gautama Buddha, belonged to "Vasai" i.e. earlier "Shoorparak", and he preached in the Eastern India.
During the times of Raja Bhimdev of Puri, in order to solve the religious difference in between the Kshatriyas, the 106 th Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Sukhabodha Tirtha arrived in Vasai during the 13th century AD.