The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c12.718

c12.718

SILAHARAS: of the Southern Koṅkaṇ, 25-26, 213, 535-538; their origin; various forms of the name; their hereditary title and banner; southern branch seems to be the oldest of the three branches; connected with the kings of Simhala or Ceylon, 536; their genealogical tree, 537; the founder of the family Sanaphulla appointed governor of the Koṅkaṇ by Krishna I. (754-782), 392, 537; the last prince of the family Raṭṭarāja becomes feudatory of the Western Chālukya king Irivabeḍaṅga Satyāśraya and the power of the family dies with him, 433, 537-538; extant of their territory, 538. Of the Northern Koṅkaṇ, 15-25, 538-544; their family tree, 15, 539; various forms of the name, legend about their origin; suggestion as to their identity with Silar Afridis, 15 and note 4; their hereditary title and banner, 16, 174, 299 note 4, 538 note 8; worshippers of Śiva, 17; their capital, 16 and note 2, 19, 540, 541; under Amoghavarsha, Pullaśakti acquires the feudatory government (843-44), 17, 541; continue under the Rashtrakūṭas to the close of the tenth century, 16, 404, 405, 406; Aparājita assumes independence, 16, 426; quarrels with the Kolhāpur or Karaḍ branch, 19 and note 1, 543, 567; Jayakeśin I. the Kadamba prince wrests Goa from them (1059), 216, 543, 567; feudatories of the Western Chālukyas of Kalyāṇi, 430, 450, 498; their power in abeyance, 544; restored by Vijayāditya Śilāhara king of Karaḍ or Kolhāpur, 25, 524, 544, 548, 570; claim independence and make Thāna their capital, 24, 544; their rule put an end to by the Devagiri Yādavas, 240; their possessions, 16; condition of their kingdom 21. Of Karaḍ or Kolhāpur, 544-549; extent of their territory, 544; their family tree, 545; their hereditary title, banner, and family goddess, 546; hold temporarily the North Koṅkaṇ about 1040-1050, 546-547; their marriage connection with the Western Chālukyas, 217-218, 449, 546, 547; reinstate the North Koṅkaṇ Śilāhāras, 25, 544, 548, 570; Western Chālukya feudatories, 452, 456, 458, 460; Kalachurya feudatories, 475; under Bhoja II. assume independence, 549; their power put an end to, 240, 549.