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! class="unsortable"|Empire || Approximate<br/>maximum extent<br/>(Area in km²) || class="unsortable"|Size as<br/>percentage of area of<br/>Republic of India || Approximate<br/>date of<br/>maximum extent<br/> || class="unsortable" |Estimate by
! class="unsortable"|Empire || Approximate<br/>maximum extent<br/>(Area in km²) || class="unsortable"|Size as<br/>percentage of area of<br/>Republic of India || Approximate<br/>date of<br/>maximum extent<br/>
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| [[Maurya Empire]]|| 5,000,000 || –{{Percentage|5,000,000|3,287,263}} || {{dts|-250}}
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|[[British Raj]]
|[[British Raj]]
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|{{Percentage|{{Convert|1,766,000|mi2|km2|disp=number}}|3,287,263}}
|{{Percentage|{{Convert|1,766,000|mi2|km2|disp=number}}|3,287,263}}
|1911
|1911
|[[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (11th ed.)]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40096?msg=welcome_stranger|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Independence, Declaration of" to "Indo-|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[Mughal Empire]]|| 4,000,000 || {{Percentage|4,000,000|3,287,263}} || {{dts|1690}}
| [[Mughal Empire]] || 4,000,000 || {{Percentage|4,000,000|3,287,263}} || {{dts|1690}} || [[Peter Turchin]] et al.<ref name="Peter_2006"/>{{Break}}Rein Taagepera<ref name="Taagepera500">{{cite journal|author=Rein Taagepera|date=September 1997|title=Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3cn68807|journal=[[International Studies Quarterly]]|volume=41|issue=3|page=500|doi=10.1111/0020-8833.00053|jstor=2600793|authorlink=Rein Taagepera|accessdate=2021-04-22}}</ref>
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| [[Gupta Empire]]|| 3,500,000 ||{{Percentage|3,500,000|3,287,263}}
| [[Maurya Empire]] || 3,400,000–5,000,000 || {{Percentage|3,400,000|3,287,263}}–{{Percentage|5,000,000|3,287,263}} || {{dts|-261}} or {{dts|-250}} || [[Rein Taagepera]] (low)<ref name="Taagepera132">{{cite journal|last1=Taagepera|first1=Rein|author-link=Rein Taagepera|date=1979|title=Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 600 B.C. to 600 A.D.|journal=[[Social Science History]]|volume=3|issue=3/4|page=132|doi=10.2307/1170959|jstor=1170959}}</ref>{{break}}Peter Turchin et al. (high)<ref name="Peter_2006">{{cite journal|last1=Turchin|first1=Peter|author-link=Peter Turchin|last2=Adams|first2=Jonathan M.|last3=Hall|first3=Thomas D|date=December 2006|title=East-West Orientation of Historical Empires|url=http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/369/381|journal=Journal of World-Systems Research|volume=12|issue=2|page=223|issn=1076-156X|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>
| {{dts|400}}
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| '''[[Republic of India]]''' (for comparison) || '''3,287,263''' || '''{{Percentage|3,287,263|3,287,263}}''' || data-sort-value="1999" | - || Government of India<ref>{{cite web |url=http://india.gov.in/india-glance/profile |title=India: Profile |work=National Portal of India |access-date=14 October 2015 }}</ref>
| '''[[Republic of India]]''' (for comparison) || '''3,287,263'''|| '''{{Percentage|3,287,263|3,287,263}}'''|| data-sort-value="1999" | -
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| [[Delhi Sultanate]]|| 3,200,000 ||{{Percentage|3,200,000|3,287,263}}
| [[Delhi Sultanate]]|| 3,200,000 ||{{Percentage|3,200,000|3,287,263}}
| {{dts|1312}}
| {{dts|1312}} || Peter Turchin et al.<ref name="Peter_2006" />{{Break}}Rein Taagepera<ref name="Taagepera499">{{cite journal|author=Rein Taagepera|date=September 1997|title=Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3cn68807|journal=[[International Studies Quarterly]]|volume=41|issue=3|page=499|doi=10.1111/0020-8833.00053|jstor=2600793|authorlink=Rein Taagepera|accessdate=2021-04-22}}</ref>
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|-
| [[Maratha Empire]] || 2,500,000 ||{{Percentage|2,500,000|3,287,263}}
| [[Maratha Empire]]|| 2,500,000 ||{{Percentage|2,500,000|3,287,263}}
| {{dts|1760}} || Peter Turchin et al.<ref name="Peter_2006" />
| {{dts|1760}}
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|-
|[[Kushan Empire]]
|[[Kushan Empire]]
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|{{Percentage|2,000,000|3,287,263}}–{{Percentage|2,500,000|3,287,263}}
|{{Percentage|2,000,000|3,287,263}}–{{Percentage|2,500,000|3,287,263}}
|{{dts|200}}
|{{dts|200}}
|Peter Turchin et al. (low)<ref name="Peter_2006" />{{break}}Rein Taagepera (high)<ref name="Taagepera132" />
|-
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| [[Gupta Empire]] || 1,700,000–3,500,000 ||{{Percentage|1,700,000|3,287,263}}–{{Percentage|3,500,000|3,287,263}}
| {{dts|440}} or {{dts|400}} || Rein Taagepera (low)<ref name="Taagepera132" />{{break}}Peter Turchin et al. (high)<ref name="Peter_2006"/>
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| [[Empire of Harsha]] || 1,000,000 ||{{Percentage|1,000,000|3,287,263}}
| [[Empire of Harsha]] || 1,000,000 ||{{Percentage|1,000,000|3,287,263}}
| {{dts|625}} or {{dts|648}}
| {{dts|625}} or {{dts|648}} || Rein Taagepera (early)<ref name="Taagepera493">{{cite journal|author=Rein Taagepera|date=September 1997|title=Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3cn68807|journal=[[International Studies Quarterly]]|volume=41|issue=3|page=493|doi=10.1111/0020-8833.00053|jstor=2600793|authorlink=Rein Taagepera|accessdate=2021-04-22}}</ref>{{Break}}Peter Turchin et al. (late)<ref name="Peter_2006"/>
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Revision as of 19:20, 30 April 2021

This is a historical list of the largest empires in India with an area covering more than 1 million square kilometers. An empire involves the extension of a state's sovereignty over external territories. The values given here should generally be interpreted as being only indicative, and not as determining a precise ranking. The calculation of the land area of a particular empire is controversial.

Empire Approximate
maximum extent
(Area in km²)		 Size as
percentage of area of
Republic of India		 Approximate
date of
maximum extent
Maurya Empire 5,000,000 –152% 250 BC
British Raj 4,574,000[a] 139% 1911
Mughal Empire 4,000,000 122% 1690
Gupta Empire 3,500,000 106% 400
Republic of India (for comparison) 3,287,263 100% -
Delhi Sultanate 3,200,000 97% 1312
Maratha Empire 2,500,000 76% 1760
Kushan Empire 2,000,000–2,500,000 61%–76% 200
Empire of Harsha 1,000,000 30% 625 or 648
  1. ^ The area given here includes Burma (modern day Myanmar).

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