Everything about Silhara Dynasty totally explained
The
Hindu Silhara dynasty ruled the region around present-day
Mumbai between
810 and
1240.
They were split into three branches; one branch ruled North
Konkan, the second South Konkan (between
765 to
1029), while the third ruled what is now known as modern districts of Satara, Kolhapur and Belgaon between
940 to
1215 after which they were overwhelmed by the
Chalukya.
The dynasty originally began as vassals of the
Rashtrakuta dynasty which ruled the
Deccan plateau between the 8th and 10th centuries. Govinda II, a
Rashtrakuta king, conferred the kingdom of North Konkan (modern districts of
Thane,
Mumbai and
Raigad) on Kapardin (
Sanskrit: Wearing the kaparda, a peculiar braid or knot of hair - also a term for Hindu god
Shiva) I, founder of the Northern Silhara family, around
800. Since then North Konkan came to be known as Kapardi-dvipa or Kavadidvipa. The capital of this branch was Puri, now known as Rajapur in the Raigad District.
The dynasty bore the title of
Tagara-puradhishvara, which indicates that they originally hailed from Tagara (modern Ter in the
Osmanabad District).
Around 1343 the island of
Salsette, and eventually the whole archipelago, passed to the
Muzaffarid dynasty.
Shilaharas of Southern Maharashtra at Kolhapur was the latest of the three and was founded about the time of downfall of the Rashtrakuta Empire.
Monuments
A number of ancient monuments in
Mumbai pay tribute to this dynasty's prowess:
- The Walkeshwar Temple and the Banganga Tank were built during the reign of Chittaraja, a king of this dynasty .
- The Ambarnath temple, also near Mumbai, was also built by Chittaraja in 1060
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