List of capitals of India

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This is a list of locations which have served as the capital city of major historical empires as well as modern states in the Indian subcontinent. The current capital city of the Indian Republic is New Delhi, which replaced Calcutta in 1911 during the British Raj.

Early period[edit]

Nanda Empire
Maurya Empire
Gupta Empire
Pala Empire
  • Jaunpur: Capital of Sharqī dynasty (1394–1479).

Medieval period[edit]

Modern period[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rajgir: On Hallowed Ground". 3 September 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2020. between the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, all roads led to the great city of Rajgir
  2. ^ Pletcher, Kenneth (15 August 2010). The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 128. ISBN 9781615301423. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. ^ Ashutosh Joshi (1 January 2008). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. New India Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-8189422820.
  4. ^ Hall, Peter (2002). Cities of tomorrow. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing. pp. 198–206. ISBN 0-631-23252-4.
  5. ^ Charles Allen, Kipling Sahib, London, Little Brown, 2007