Goggiraja was

Shilahara The Shilahara Kingdom ( IAST: Śilāhāra; also Sinhara, Shailahara, Shrilara, and Silara) was a royal dynasty that established itself in northern and southern Konkan in 8th century CE, present-day Mumbai and Southern Maharashtra (Kolhapur) d ...

ruler of north

Konkan The Konkan ( kok, कोंकण) or Kokan () is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, running from Damaon in the north to Karwar in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau in the east. The hinterland ...

branch from 930 CE – 945 CE.

Jhanjha Jhanjha was Shilahara ruler of north Konkan branch from 910 CE – 930 CE. Vappuvanna was followed by Jhanjha . He is mentioned by Al-Masudi as ruling over Samur (i.e., Chaul in the Kolaba district) in 916 CE. He was a very devout Shaiva. He ...

was succeeded by his younger brother Goggiraja, but about him and his successor Vajjada I, Vajjada was followed by his brother Chhadvaideva, who is omitted in all later records, probably because he was an usurper. (Dept. Gazetteer: 2002)

References & Bibliography

* Bhandarkar R.G. (1957): Early History of Deccan, Sushil Gupta (I) Pvt Ltd, Calcutta. * Fleet J.F (1896) :The Dynasties of the Kanarese District of The Bombay Presidency, Written for the Bombay Gazetteer . * Department of Gazetteer, Govt of Maharashtra (2002) : Itihaas : Prachin Kal, Khand -1 (Marathi) * Department of Gazetteer, Govt of Maharashtra (1960) : Kolhapur District Gazetteer * Department of Gazetteer, Govt of Maharashtra (1964) : Kolaba District Gazetteer * Department of Gazetteer, Govt of Maharashtra (1982) : Thane District Gazetteer * A.S.Altekar (1936) : The Silaharas of Western India

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Silver Coin of Shilaharas of Southern Maharashtra (Coinex 2006 - Souvenir)
{{Shilahara dynasty Shilahara dynasty 10th-century rulers in Asia

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