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As promised, top 20 Indian dynasties with the map and a picture of art/architecture of the time & a mention of the most notable ruler
Do comment how many were you aware of & what was missed?
Maurya empire – Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE and lasted till 185 BCE.
By far the biggest Indic empire before Marathas redid it 2000 years later.
Other famous names in this dynasty are Ashoka and Bindusara
1) Satvahanas 2nd and 3rd century – Started by Simuka in the Deccan region and expanded to Central India.
Official language was Prakrit and Brahmi script.
Most known ruler Gautamiputra Satakarni.
Kushan Empire – Indo-Greek Empire extending across present day Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Most famous ruler – Kanishka the great.
Gupta – massive Empire in Gangetic plains from 3rd to 6th century.
Probably the most well-known of the ancient Hindu empires today after the Maurya Empire.
Most famous rules were Chandragupta (NOT Maurya), Skandagupta and Samudragupta)
Maha megha vahana empire – Ruled Kalinga (Odisha) from 1st BCE to almost 4th century CE.
The greatest king of this dynasty was Kharavela who patronised Jain faith.
Kalachuri – There were two Kalachuris the regular and the Tripuri.
Between them they ruled present day MP, Andhra & Maharashtra in 6th and 7th centuries.
Gurjara-Pratihara – Ruled most of North India from 7th to 11th century.
Most famous rules were Nagabhatta 1 who contained Arabs from coming into India in 7th century & Raja Mihira Bhoja of 10th century – one of the greatest Hindu kings
Chalukya – Ruled almost all of Deccan and South India from 6th to 10 century. Later morphed into Badami, Eastern and Western Chalukyas.
Most famous them would be Immadi Pulakeshi also called Pulakeshi 2
Rashtrakuta – Ruled central India to Karnataka from 6th to 8th century.
Most famous rulers would be Dantidurga who established this dynasty and Amoghavarsha.
Pala – Massive empire from 7th to 11thcentury covering Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and UP.
Most notable ruler would be Mahipal who once had a war with Rajendra Chola's armies…..and lost!
Chola – I don’t think this one needs any introduction. If you need intro then chullu bhar paani main doob maro :)
Most famous of Chola rulers were Raja Raja and his son Rajendra Chola.
Pandya – There were early Pandyas which was mostly restricted to parts of Tamil Nadu and then the later Pandyas who replaced the Cholas as the de facto power over most of South India.
Most famous king can be said to be Maravaram Kulasekara
Hoysala – Ruled most of Karnataka and Deccan from 10th to 14th century from Halebid and Belur
Most famous king can be said to be Vishnuvardhana.
Yadava – Also called Seuna, ruled Deccan from 10th to 13th century.
Reached their peak under a king called Simhana 2
Kakatiya – Ruled Telangana, Andhra, Eastern Karnataka for 200+ years from 12thto 13th century.
The most famous of the rulers would be Rudramma Devi that definitely people from Andhra would have heard about. Rest of India not sure.
Ganga-Gajapati – This one baffles me. Western + Eastern Ganga dynasty eventually Gajapati dynasty this empire lasted 1000+ years & controlled Odisha
But today its literally obliterated from our mainstream info.
Greatest emperors would be Kapilendra Deva and Narsimha Deva
Vijayanagara – I hope that at least South Indians are aware of this as it controlled almost all of South India for almost 500 years from 14th century till 17th century from capital Hampi
The high point was Krishnadeva raya and his victory at battle of Raichur where he singlehandedly kicked the rear of Deccan sultans
Ahom – Hidden from non Assamiya Indians till Lachit Borphukan & battle of Saraighat started to be promoted by pro Hindu groups off late.
Can't imagine how an empire that was more than 800 years long and successfully resisted all Turkic attempts at invasions was sidelined
Maratha – If you need intro for this then do soo side like Dharmendar in Sholay.
The single biggest Indian empire after Maurya and extended from Attock to Cuttack at its peak after Bajirao Ballal's & Raghoba's conquests
Started by one and only Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Sikh empire – One more case of all Indians should have known but mostly only Sikhs and Punjabis do.
Lasted only 50 odd years but under b it covered all of undivided Punjab, Kashmir and a lot of Pashtunistan also with capital in Lahore
Other notable mentions that we were not able to cover in top 20 but definitely need special mention – Pallavas, Solanki (Chaulukya), Karkota Kashmir,Vakataka, Gauda, Tomara, Karakota and Mewar-Rajputana confederation
Mughals and Deccan sultanate was not included for two reasons
a) They were Turkic not indigenous Indians
b) they have already been covered by mainstream historians so much that us repeating it would be waste of your time
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