Empire
|
Established
|
Disestablished
|
Capital(s)
|
Language(s)
|
Today part of
|
Map
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Gandhara Kingdom
|
1500 BCE
|
535 BCE
|
Puṣkalavati, Taxila, Purushapura
|
Sanskrit
|
Afghanistan Pakistan
|
|
Gopal Bansa
|
1400 BCE
|
841 BCE
|
Pashupatinath Temple, Gaushala, Kathmandu
|
Sanskrit
|
Nepal
|
|
Pundravardhana Kingdom
|
1280 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Mahasthangarh
|
Pali, Sanskrit
|
Bangladesh India
|
|
Kuru Kingdom
|
1200 BCE
|
525 BCE
|
Āsandīvat, Hastinapura, Indraprastha
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Anga Kingdom
|
1100 BCE
|
500 BCE
|
Champa
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Bangladesh
|
|
Panchala Kingdom
|
900 BCE
|
400 BCE
|
Ahichatra, Kampila
|
Sanskrit
|
India Nepal
|
|
Mahispal Bansa
|
841 BCE
|
700 BCE
|
Kathmandu
|
Sanskrit
|
Nepal India
|
|
Kirata Kingdom
|
700 BCE
|
300 AD
|
Yalung, Thankot, Eastern Nepal
|
Kiranti languages, Sanskrit, Pali Prakrit
|
Nepal India Bhutan Tibet China Pakistan Bangladesh
|
|
Kingdom of Kosala
|
700 BCE
|
500 BCE
|
Shravasti, Ayodhya
|
Sanskrit
|
India Nepal
|
|
Vrijji Kingdom
|
700 BCE
|
400 BCE
|
Vaishali
|
Maithili, Sanskrit
|
India Nepal
|
|
Malla Republic
|
700 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Kusavati, Kushinagar
|
Sanskrit
|
India Nepal
|
|
Matsya Kingdom
|
700 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Viratanagari
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Surasena Kingdom
|
700 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Mathura
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Avanti Kingdom
|
700 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Ujjayini
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Asmaka Kingdom
|
700 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Potali
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Kingdom of Vatsa
|
700 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Kauśāmbī
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Shakya
|
700 BCE
|
200 BCE
|
Kapilavastu Tilaurakot
|
Sanskrit, Pali
|
Nepal India
|
|
Magadha Kingdom
|
600 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Rajagriha
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Bangladesh Nepal
|
|
Kingdom of Kashi
|
600 BCE
|
345 BCE
|
Banaras
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Chedi Kingdom
|
600 BCE
|
300 BCE
|
Suktimati
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Haryanka Dynasty
|
550 BCE
|
413 BCE
|
Rajagriha, Pataliputra
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Nepal
|
|
Kingdom of Tambapanni
|
543 BCE
|
505 BCE
|
Tambapanni
|
Sinhalese
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
|
505 BCE
|
377 BCE
|
Upatissa Nuwara
|
Sinhalese
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Ror Dynasty
|
450 BCE
|
489
|
Rori
|
Sanskrit
|
Pakistan
|
|
Shishunaga Empire
|
413 BCE
|
345 BCE
|
Rajgir, Vaishali, Pataliputra
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Nepal
|
|
Anuradhapura Kingdom
|
377 BCE
|
1017
|
Anuradhapura
|
Sinhalese, Tamil
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Malava Empire
|
350 BCE
|
650
|
Vidisha
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Nanda Empire
|
345 BCE
|
322 BCE
|
Pataliputra
|
Magadhi Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan
|
|
Paurava Dynasty [3]
|
400 BCE
|
301 BCE
|
Punjab
|
Sanskrit
|
Indiav Pakistan
|
Maurya Empire
|
321 BCE
|
180 BCE
|
Pataliputra
|
Magadhi Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Pakistan Afghanistan Bangladesh Nepal Iran Bhutan Myanmarv Tajikistan
|
|
Chera Dynasty
|
300 BCE
|
1102
|
Karur, Kodungallur, Kollam
|
Malayalam, Tamil
|
India
|
|
Pandyan Empire
|
300 BCE
|
1345
|
Korkai, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Vizhinjam
|
Tamil
|
India Sri Lanka
|
|
Gangaridai Kingdom
|
300 BCE
|
Unknown
|
-
|
-
|
Bangladesh Bhutan India
|
|
Shunga Empire
|
185 BCE
|
75 BCE
|
Pataliputra, Vidisha
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan
|
|
Kingdom of Samatata
|
180 BCE
|
335
|
-
|
-
|
Bangladesh India
|
|
Deva Dynasty of Saketa
|
150 BCE
|
10 BCE
|
Ayodhya
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Satavahana Empire
|
100 BCE
|
225
|
Pratishthana, Amaravati
|
Prakrit, Tamil, Telugu
|
India
|
|
Kanva Dynasty
|
75 BCE
|
30 BCE
|
Pataliputra or Vidisha
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Northern Satrap Dynasty
|
60 BCE
|
150
|
Sagala, Mathura
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Pakistan
|
|
Chutu Dynasty
|
30 BCE
|
280
|
Banavasi
|
Prakrit
|
India
|
|
Apracharaja Dynasty
|
15 BCE
|
50
|
Bajaur
|
Prakrit, Scythian language
|
Afghanistan Pakistan
|
|
Suren Kingdom
|
19
|
225
|
Taxila, Kabul
|
Greek, Pali, Parthian, Sanskrit
|
Afghanistan Pakistanv India
|
|
Kshaharata Empire
|
35
|
405
|
Ujjain, Barygaza
|
Pali, Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Pakistan
|
|
Funan Empire
|
50
|
550
|
Vyadhapura
|
Khmer, Sanskrit
|
Laos Cambodia Thailand Vietnam Myanmar
|
|
Nagvanshi Dynasty
|
83 CE
|
1952 CE
|
Khukhragarh, Navratangarh
|
Prakrit, Nagpuri
|
India
|
|
Parataraja Kingdom
|
125
|
300
|
Balochistan
|
Pali, Prakrit, Sanskrit, Scythian
|
Pakistan Afghanistan
|
|
Salakanagara Kingdom
|
130
|
362
|
-
|
Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Langkasuka Kingdom
|
150
|
1475
|
-
|
Malay
|
Malaysia Thailand
|
|
Kingdom of Gangga Negara
|
150
|
1025
|
Beruas
|
Malay
|
Malaysia
|
|
Kingdom of Champa
|
192
|
1832
|
Indrapura, Vijaya, Panduranga
|
Chamic languages, Sanskrit
|
Vietnam Laos Cambodia
|
|
Andhra Ikshvaku Dynasty
|
200
|
275
|
-
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit, Tamil
|
India
|
|
Bharashiva Dynasty
|
205
|
335
|
Padmavati
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Soma Dynasty
|
205 AD
|
305 AD
|
Kathmandu
|
Sanskrit
|
Nepal
|
|
Kalabhra Empire
|
250
|
600
|
Kaveripumpattinam, Madurai
|
Prakrit, Tamil
|
India
|
|
Gupta Empire
|
275
|
590
|
Pataliputra
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Bangladesh Pakistan Nepal
|
|
Paurava Dynasty (reinstated)[4]
|
c. 4th Century AD
|
c. 7th Century AD?
|
Brahmapur
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Pallava Empire
|
275
|
897
|
Kanchipuram
|
Tamil, Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Licchavi
|
305 AD
|
1200 AD
|
Kathmandu
|
Vajjika, Sanskrit, Maithili language
|
Nepal India Bhutan
|
|
Kataha
|
330
|
1136
|
Kataha
|
Old Malay, Sanskrit
|
Malaysia
|
|
Kadamba Empire
|
345
|
525
|
Banavasi
|
Kannada, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Aulikara Dynasty
|
350
|
550
|
Mandsaur
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Western Ganga Dynasty
|
350
|
575
|
Talakadu, kolar
|
Kannada, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Kamarupa Kingdom
|
350
|
1140
|
Pragjyotishpura, Haruppeswara, Durjaya
|
Assamese, Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Bhutan Bangladesh Myanmar
|
|
Tarumanagara Kingdom
|
358
|
669
|
Sundapura
|
Sundanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Vishnukundina Dynasty
|
420
|
624
|
Nalgonda, Eluru, Amaravati
|
Sanskrit,Telugu
|
India
|
|
Sharabhapuriya Dynasty
|
465
|
590
|
Sharabhapura
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Maitraka Dynasty
|
475
|
776
|
Vallabhi
|
Apabhramsa, Prakrit, Sanskrit, Sauraseni
|
India
|
|
Pushyabhuti Dynasty
|
500
|
647
|
Sthanvishvara, Kanyakubja
|
-
|
India Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Pakistan
|
|
Nala Kingdom
|
515
|
585
|
Pushkari
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Rai Dynasty
|
524
|
632
|
Aror
|
Sanskrit
|
Pakistan
|
|
Chalukya Dynasty
|
543
|
753
|
Badami
|
Kannada, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Kalachuri Dynasty
|
550
|
620
|
Mahishmati
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Chenla Empire
|
550
|
802
|
Shrestapura, Bhavapura, Isanapura, Shambhupura
|
Khmer, Sanskrit
|
Cambodia Thailand Laos Vietnam
|
|
Chahamana Dynasty
|
550
|
1194
|
Shakambhari
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Maukhari Dynasty
|
550
|
800
|
Kannauj
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Kalingga Kingdom
|
550
|
650
|
-
|
Old Javanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Gauda Kingdom
|
590
|
626
|
Karnasuvarna
|
-
|
India Bangladesh
|
|
Panduvamshi Dynasty
|
600
|
790
|
Shripura
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Eastern Chalukya Empire
|
624
|
1189
|
Vengi, Rajahmundry
|
Sanskrit, Telugu
|
India
|
|
Karkota Empire
|
625
|
885
|
Srinagar, Parihaspore, Srinagar
|
Sanskrit
|
India Pakistan Afghanistan Bangladesh
|
|
Brahman Dynasty of Sindh
|
632
|
724
|
-
|
Sanskrit
|
Pakistan Iran
|
|
Srivijaya Empire
|
650
|
1377
|
Palembang, Kewu, Chaiya, Jambi
|
Old Malay, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Thailand Cambodia Philippines Vietnam Brunei
|
|
Shailendra Dynasty
|
650
|
1025
|
Batang, Kalingga
|
Old Javanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Galuh Kingdom
|
669
|
1482
|
Kawali
|
Sundanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Sunda Kingdom
|
669
|
1579
|
Kawali, Pakuan Pajajaran
|
Sundanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Kalachuri Tripuri Dynasty
|
675
|
1212
|
Tripuri
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Chavda Dynasty
|
690
|
942
|
Panchasar, Aṇahilaváḍa
|
Old Gujarati, Prakrit
|
India
|
|
Mallabhum Kingdom
|
694
|
1800
|
Bengali, Sanskrit
|
Laugram, Pradyumnapur, Bishnupur
|
India Bangladesh
|
|
Limbuwan
|
7th Century CE
|
1774
|
Morang, Bijaypur
|
Limbu, Lepcha
|
Nepal India Bhutan
|
|
Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
|
730
|
1036
|
Kannauj
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India Nepal
Afghanistan Pakistan
|
Mataram Kingdom
|
732
|
1006
|
Mdaη i Bhumi Mataram, Mamrati, Poh Pitu, Mdaη i Tamwlang, Mdaη i Watugaluh, Mdaη i Wwatan
|
Old Javanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Saindhava Dynasty
|
735
|
920
|
Bhutamabilika
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Tomara Dynasty
|
736
|
1151
|
Delhi
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Pala Empire
|
750
|
1199
|
Bikrampur, Pataliputra, Gauda, Monghyr, Somapura, Mahipal, Ramavati
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
Bangladesh India Nepal Pakistan
|
|
Haripunjaya Kingdom
|
750
|
1292
|
Lamphun
|
Thai
|
Thailand
|
|
Rashtrakuta Empire
|
753
|
982
|
Manyakheta
|
Kannada, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Khmer Empire
|
802
|
1431
|
Mahendraparvata, Hariharalaya, Koh Ker, Yasodharapura
|
Khmer, Sanskrit
|
Cambodia Laos Myanmar Thailand Vietnam
|
|
Chudasama Dynasty
|
825
|
1472
|
Vamanasthali, Junagadh
|
Old Gujarati, Prakrit
|
India
|
|
Later Chola Empire
|
848
|
1279
|
Pazhaiyaarai, Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram
|
Tamil
|
India Sri Lanka Maldives Indonesia Singapore Malaysia
|
|
Somavamshi Dynasty
|
850
|
1150
|
Yayatinagara
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Yadava Dynasty
|
850
|
1334
|
Devagiri
|
Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Utpala Dynasty
|
855
|
1003
|
Avantipur
|
Sanskrit
|
India Afghanistan Pakistan
|
|
Hindu Shahi Dynasty
|
879
|
1026
|
Kabul
|
Sanskrit
|
Pakistan Afghanistan India
|
|
Paramara Dynasty
|
900
|
1305
|
Dhar
|
Prakrit, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Bali Kingdom
|
914
|
1908
|
Bedulu, Samprangan, Gelgel, Klungkung
|
Kawi, Balinese
|
Indonesia
|
|
Pagan Empire
|
940
|
1297
|
Pagan
|
Burmese, Mon, Pyu
|
Myanmar
|
|
Khasa Kingdom
|
954
|
1450
|
Sinja Valley
|
Khas, Sanskrit
|
Nepal
|
|
Western Chalukya Empire
|
973
|
1189
|
Manyakheta, Basavakalyan
|
Kannada, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Rajahnate of Butuan
|
1001
|
1756
|
Butuan
|
Butuanon, Old Malay
|
Philippines
|
|
Lohara Dynasty
|
1003
|
1320
|
Srinagar
|
Sanskrit
|
India Afghanistan Pakistan
|
|
Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
|
1017
|
1310
|
Polonnaruwa
|
Pali, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Kahuripan Kingdom
|
1019
|
1045
|
Kahuripan
|
Old Javanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Hoysala Empire
|
1026
|
1343
|
Halebidu, Belur
|
Kannada, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Janggala Kingdom
|
1045
|
1136
|
Hujung, Galuh
|
Old Javanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Kediri Kingdom
|
1045
|
1221
|
Kadiri
|
Old Javanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Sena Dynasty
|
1070
|
1230
|
Nabadwip
|
Sanskrit
|
Bangladesh India
|
|
Eastern Ganga Empire
|
1078
|
1434
|
Dantapura, Kalinganagara, Kataka
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Gahadavala Dynasty
|
1080
|
1194
|
Varanasi, Kanyakubja
|
Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Karnat Dynasty
|
1097
|
1324
|
Simraungadh
|
Maithili Language
|
Nepal India
|
|
Chero dynasty
|
12th CE
|
18th CE
|
|
Bhojpuri, Nagpuri
|
India
|
|
Sambhuvaraya Dynasty
|
1150
|
1375
|
Rajagambhiram, Padaveedu
|
Sanskrit, Tamil
|
India
|
|
Vanni Nadu Dynasty
|
1150
|
1803
|
Vanni
|
Tamil
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Deva Dynasty
|
1156
|
1250
|
Bikrampur
|
Bengali, Sanskrit
|
Bangladesh India
|
|
Kakatiya Dynasty
|
1163
|
1323
|
Orugallu
|
Sanskrit, Telugu
|
India
|
|
Khen Dynasty
|
1185
|
1498
|
Kamarupanagara, Kamatapura
|
Assamese, Kamtapuri
|
India Myanmar
|
|
Sutiya Kingdom
|
1187
|
1673
|
Swarnagiri, Ratnapur, Sadiya
|
Assamese
|
India
|
|
Malla Dynasty
|
1200
|
1768
|
Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, Patan, Nepal
|
Newari, Nepali, Sanskrit, Maithili Language
|
Nepal India Tibet China
|
|
Jaffna Kingdom
|
1215
|
1624
|
Nallur
|
Tamil
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Singhasari Kingdom
|
1222
|
1292
|
Tumapel
|
Old Javanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia
|
|
Ahom Kingdom
|
1228
|
1826
|
Charaideo, Garhgaon, Rangpur, Jorhat
|
Assamese, Tai-Ahom
|
India Myanmar
|
|
Sambhuvaraya Dynasty
|
1236
|
1375
|
Rajagambhiram, Padaveedu
|
Tamil
|
India
|
|
Yajvapala Dynasty
|
1237
|
1289
|
Nalapura
|
-
|
India
|
|
Vaghela Dynasty
|
1244
|
1304
|
Dholka
|
Apabhramsa, Old Gujarati, Prakrit
|
India
|
|
Rajahnate of Cebu
|
1250
|
1565
|
Singhapala
|
Cebuano, Malay, Tamil
|
Philippines
|
|
Majapahit Empire
|
1293
|
1527
|
Majapahit, Wilwatikta
|
Old Javanese, Sanskrit
|
Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Brunei Thailand Timor Leste Philippines
|
|
Sena Dynasty (Nepal)
|
13th Century CE
|
18th Century CE
|
Makwanpurgadhi, Chaudandi, Palpa
|
Nepali, Maithili Language, Khas, Bengali, Sanskrit
|
Nepal India
|
|
Reddy Dynasty
|
1325
|
1448
|
Addanki, Kondavidu, Rajahmundry
|
Telugu
|
India
|
|
Musunuri Nayakas
|
1150
|
1369
|
Warangal
|
Telugu
|
India
|
|
Vijayanagara Empire
|
1336
|
1646
|
Vijayanagara, Penukonda, Chandragiri
|
Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu
|
India
|
|
Oiniwar Dynasty
|
1353
|
1526
|
Madhubani
|
Maithili language
|
India
|
|
Kallala dynasty
|
1404
|
1789
|
Sinja Valley
|
Khas language, Nepali, Sanskrit
|
Nepal India
|
|
Gajapati Kingdom
|
1434
|
1541
|
Cuttack
|
Odia
|
India
|
|
Koch Dynasty
|
1515
|
1949
|
Chikana, Kamatapur
|
Kamtapuri, Assamese, Bengali, Sanskrit
|
India
|
|
Madurai Nayak Dynasty
|
1529
|
1736
|
Madurai, Tiruchirapalli
|
Tamil, Telugu
|
India
|
|
Thanjavur Nayak Kingdom
|
1532
|
1673
|
Thanjavur
|
Tamil, Telugu
|
India
|
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Gorkha Kingdom
|
1559
|
1768
|
Gorkha Darbar
|
Nepali
|
Nepal
|
|
Raj Darbhanga
|
1577
|
1947
|
Darbhanga
|
Maithili
|
India
|
|
Maratha Empire
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1674
|
1818
|
Raigad, Gingee, Satara, Pune
|
Marathi, Sanskrit
|
India Pakistan
|
|
Pudukkottai Kingdom
|
1680
|
1800
|
Pudukkottai
|
Tamil
|
India
|
|
Sivaganga Kingdom
|
1725
|
1733
|
Sivaganga
|
Tamil
|
India
|
|
Kingdom of Nepal
|
1768
|
2008
|
Kathmandu
|
Nepali, Sanskrit
|
Nepal India Tibet China Bangladesh
|
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Dogra Dynasty
|
1846
|
1952
|
Srinagar
|
Kashmiri
|
India Pakistan Tibet China
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