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List of largest empires ever existed in India (with capital in present day Republic of India). 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. In general, the list centers on the side of including any land area that was explored and explicitly claimed, even if the areas were populated very sparsely or not at all.

Land area in Square Kilometers

  1. Maurya Empire 5,000,000 [1]
  2. British Indian Empire 4,903,312 .....all of present day India except exclaves of Goa and Pondicherry.
  3. Pala Empire 4,600,000
  4. Mughal Empire 4,500,000 [2]
  5. Kushan Empire 3,800,000 [3]
  6. Chola Empire 3,600,000 [4][5]
  7. Gupta Empire 3,500,000 [6]
  8. Modern India 3,287,263 ...(for comparison)
  9. Tughlaq Sultanate 3,200,000 [7]
  10. Maratha Empire 2,800,000
  11. Khilji Sultanate 2,700,000 [8][9]
  12. Indo-Greek Kingdom 2,500,000 [10]
  13. Satavahana dynasty 2,000,000

References

  1. ^ Peter Turchin, Thomas D. Hall and Jonathan M. Adams, "East-West Orientation of Historical Empires", Journal of World-Systems Research Vol. 12 (no. 2), pp. 219-229 (2006).
  2. ^ Peter Turchin, Thomas D. Hall and Jonathan M. Adams, "East-West Orientation of Historical Empires", Journal of World-Systems Research Vol. 12 (no. 2), pp. 219-229 (2006).
  3. ^ Maddison, op cit. For alternate estimates, see the Economic History Services' USA/UK GDP search tool.
  4. ^ "The Cholas"" University of Madras"K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Peter Turchin, Thomas D. Hall and Jonathan M. Adams, "East-West Orientation of Historical Empires", Journal of World-Systems Research Vol. 12 (no. 2), pp. 219-229 (2006).
  7. ^ Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly 41 (3): 475–504. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053
  8. ^ Peter Turchin, Thomas D. Hall and Jonathan M. Adams, "East-West Orientation of Historical Empires", Journal of World-Systems Research Vol. 12 (no. 2), pp. 219-229 (2006).
  9. ^ Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly 41 (3): 475–504. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053
  10. ^ Rein Taagepera "Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 600 B.C. to 600 A.D.", Social Science History Vol. 3, 115-138 (1979).
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