Empire
Established
Disestablished
Capital(s)
Language(s)
Today Part of
Map
Gandhara Kingdom
1500 BCE
535 BCE
Puṣkalavati , Taxila ,
Purushapura
Sanskrit
Afghanistan
Pakistan
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
Kingdom of Kosala
700 BCE
500 BCE
Shravasti , Ayodhya
Sanskrit
India
Nepal
Kamboja Kingdom
700 BCE
300 BCE
Rajpur
Sanskrit
Afghanistan
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
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
Shishunaga Empire
413 BCE
345 BCE
Rajgir , Vaishali , Pataliputra
Prakrit , Sanskrit
India
Nepal
Anuradhapura Kingdom
377 BCE
1017
Anuradhapura
Sinhalese , Tamil
Sri Lanka
Nanda Empire
345 BCE
321 BCE
Pataliputra
Magadhi Prakrit , Sanskrit
India
Bangladesh
Nepal
Pakistan
Maurya Empire
322 BCE
180 BCE
Pataliputra
Magadhi Prakrit , Sanskrit
India
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Nepal
Iran
Myanmar
Tajikistan
Pandyan Empire
300 BCE
1650
Korkai , Madurai ,
Tirunelveli , Vizhinjam
Sanskrit , Tamil
India
Sri Lanka
Gangaridai Kingdom
300 BCE
Unknown
-
-
Bangladesh
India
Mahameghavahana dynasty
255 BCE
450
-
-
India
Shunga Empire
185 BCE
75 BCE
Pataliputra , Vidisha
Prakrit , Sanskrit
India
Bangladesh
Nepal
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
Kannada
India
Apracharaja Dynasty
15 BCE
50
Bajaur
Prakrit , Scythian language
Afghanistan Pakistan
Kushan Empire
30
375
Bagram , Peshawar , Taxila , Mathura
Bactrian , Greek , Sanskrit
Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
China
Kshaharata Empire
35
405
Ujjain , Barygaza
Pali , Prakrit , Sanskrit
India
Pakistan
Funan Empire
50
550
Vyadhapura
Khmer , Sanskrit
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Vietnam
Myanmar
Parataraja Kingdom
125
300
Balochistan
Pali , Prakrit , Sanskrit ,
Scythian
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Salakanagara Kingdom
130
362
-
Sanskrit
Indonesia
Chera Dynasty
130
1102
Karur , Kodungallur , Kollam
Malayalam , Tamil
India
Langkasuka Kingdom
150
1475
-
Malay
Malaysia
Thailand
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
Kalabhra Empire
250
600
Kaveripumpattinam , Madurai
Prakrit , Tamil
India
Gupta Empire
275
590
Pataliputra
Prakrit , Sanskrit
India
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Nepal
Pallava Empire
275
897
Kanchipuram
Prakrit , Sanskrit , Tamil
India
Kadamba Empire
345
525
Banavasi
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
Maitraka Dynasty
475
776
Vallabhi
Apabhramsa,
Prakrit , Sanskrit ,
Sauraseni
India
Pushyabhuti Dynasty
500
647
Sthanvishvara , Kanyakubja
-
India
Bangladesh
Nepal
Pakistan
Rai Dynasty
524
632
Aror
Sanskrit
Pakistan
Chalukya Dynasty
543
753
Badami
Apabhramsa,
Prakrit , Sanskrit ,
Sauraseni
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
Eastern Chalukya Empire
624
1189
Vengi , Rajahmundry
Kannada , 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
Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
730
1036
Kannauj
Prakrit , Sanskrit
India
Nepal
Mataram Kingdom
732
1006
Mdaη i Bhumi Mataram,
Mamrati, Poh Pitu, Mdaη i Tamwlang,
Mdaη i Watugaluh,
Mdaη i Wwatan
Old Javanese ,
Sanskrit
Indonesia
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
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
Sanskrit , Tamil
India
Sri Lanka
Maldives
Indonesia
Singapore
Malaysia
Yadava Dynasty
850
1334
Devagiri
Kannada , Marathi ,
Sanskrit
India
Paramara Dynasty
900
1305
Dhar
Prakrit , Sanskrit
India
Bali Kingdom
914
1908
Bedulu , Samprangan , Gelgel ,
Klungkung
Kawi , Balinese
Indonesia
Khasa Kingdom
954
1450
Sinja Valley
Khas , Sanskrit
Nepal
Western Chalukya Empire
973
1189
Manyakheta , Basavakalyan
Kannada , Sanskrit
India
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
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
Deva Dynasty
1156
1250
Bikrampur
Bengali , Sanskrit
Bangladesh
India
Kakatiya Dynasty
1163
1323
Orugallu
Telugu
India
Sutiya Kingdom
1187
1673
Swarnagiri , Ratnapur , Sadiya
Assamese
India
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
Majapahit Empire
1293
1527
Majapahit, Wilwatikta
Old Javanese ,
Sanskrit
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Brunei
Thailand
Timor Leste
Philippines
Reddy Dynasty
1325
1448
Addanki , Kondavidu , Rajahmundry
Telugu
India
Musunuri Nayaka Dynasty
1326
1370
Warangal
Telugu
India
Vijayanagara Empire
1336
1646
Vijayanagara , Penukonda , Chandragiri
Kannada , Sanskrit , Telugu
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
Maratha Empire
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
Nepal
Dogra Dynasty
1947
1952
Srinagar
Kashmiri
India
Pakistan
China