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The Shilahara Dynasty (''also Shilahara, Sinhara, Shailahara, Shrilara, and Silara'') was a feudal clan that established itself in northern and southern Konkan, present-day Mumbai and southern Maharashtra during the Rashtrakuta period. Their descendants and the descendants of their generals are seen even today in Maharashtra, Goa and Karwar (Karnataka) as the Shelar and Sawant/Savant clan of the Kshatriya Marathas of the Konkan respectively. 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, Kollapura and Belagavi 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. All the branches of this family traced their descent from the mythical Vidyadhara prince Jimutavahana, who sacrificed himself to rescue a dragon (''naga'') from the clutches of Garuda. The family-name ''Shilahara'' (meaning "mountain-peak food" in Sanskrit) is supposed to have been derived from this incident. Even single inscriptions have more than one form of the name, one has the three forms Silara, Shilara and Shrillara. Lassen suggests that the Shilaharas were of Afghan origin as Silar Kafirs are still found in Afghanistan, but the "Ayya" used in the names of almost all their ministers and the non-Sanskrit names of some of the chiefs support the view that they were of Kannada origin. The Shilaharas of South Konkan were the vassals of Rashtrakutas and ruled from 765 to 1020.〔Dept. Gazetteer: Thane,1982: Dept. Gazetteer: 2002〕 shilahara means rock breaker; the coins clearly depict the rock breaking tools ==North Konkan (Thane Branch)== After Rashtrakuta power became weak the last known ruler of this family, Rattaraja, declared his independence. But Chalukya Jayasimha, the younger brother of Vikramaditya, overthrew him and appropriated his possessions. North Konkan was conquered by the Rashtrakuta king Dantidurga sometime in the second quarter of the eighth century.〔Dept. Gazetteer: 2002〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shilahara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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