The Silaharas were a petty dynasty of rulers who belonged to North Konkan. At the beginning of the 13th century, there were two Silahara families-one ruling from Kolhapur and the other from Thana. We hear of one Vijayaditya of this family who was a subordinate of Bijjala Kalachuri (1152-67).

The Silaharas find mention as subordinates of Tailapa III, the Chalukyan Emperor. Singana, the Yadava king, is known to have fought the Silahara king Bhoja II of the Kolhapur branch (son of Vijayaditya) in 1215.

These rulers played, for a short while, decisive roles in tilting the political balance between the Kalachuris and the Chalukyas. Singana finally put an end to the Silahara independence by annexing that principality to their kingdom. The Thana branch continued till 1260 to exist as a feudatory power of the Yadavas. In 1260 Mahadeva, the Yadava king destroyed the last Silahara ruler Somesvara in a naval battle.

The Kadambas of Hanagal and Goa were petty dynasties which were the descendant relics of the ancient Kadamba dynasty which had become extinct by being annexed to the Chalukyan Kingdom (7th century). These dynasties had by no means any important status among the South Indian powers. In the 14th century these principalities were brought under the sway of the Vijayanagar Empire.