The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c6.s8.2

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The oldest of these families was that of the Śilāhāras of which there were three leading branches—two in the Koṅkaṇ and one above the Ghāts. The southern Koṅkaṇ branch appears to have occupied the seaboard south of Bombay as far as Goa at least, while the northern branch had their headquarters at Puri, a place not yet satisfactorily located but possibly in the centre of Sālsette island, where, around and north of Marol village, there are still indications of an ancient settlement.¹ The family above the Ghāts occupied the districts surrounding Karāḍ and Kolhāpur.