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MEDIEVAL INDIA

MEDIEVAL INDIA

In ancient and medieval India, most of the early dynasties, such as the Nandas, Mauryas, Sungas, Kanvas, and Guptas, ruled from Pataliputra. In the south, capitals included Thanjavur, Kanchipuram, Madurai, Warangal, and Dwarsamudra.

List of major dynasty and their capitals  :-

Dynasty

Capital

i) Haryanka Dynasty (6th century B.C – 413 B.C)

Rajgir (Girivraja)

ii) Shishunaga Dynasty (413 B.C – 345 B.C)

Girivraja, Vaishali

iii) Nanda Dynasty (345 B.C – 322 B.C)

Pataliputra

iv) Mauryan Dynasty (322 B.C – 185 B.C)

Pataliputra

v) Indo-Scythians Kingdom (The Shaka) (150 B.C – 400 C.E)

Sigal, Taxila, Mathura

vi) The Kushans / Yeuchi

Purushapur (Peshawar)

vii) The Sunga Dynasty (185 B.C – 75 B.C)

Pataliputra

viii) The Kanva Dynasty (75 B.C – 30 B.C)

Pataliputra

ix) The Satavahanas (1st Century B.C.E – 2nd Century C.E)

Pratishthana (Paithan), Amaravati

x) The Chola Dynasty

Thanjavur

xi)  Chandel Dynasty

Khajuraho/ Mahova

xii) The Pandyan Dynasty (4th century BCE – 1345 AD)

Madurai

xiii) The Chera Dynasty (3rd Century BCE – 12th Century CE)

Mahodayapuram, Quilon, Karur

xiv) Hunas

Sialkot

xv) The Pallava Dynasty (275 C.E – 897 C.E)

Kanchipuram

xvi) Chalukya Dynasty (Badami)

Badami

xvii) Chalukya Dynasty (Bengal)

Bengal

xviii) Chalukya Dynasty (Kalyani)

Mungeri, Manyakhet / Kalyan

xix) Pala

Munger

xx) Hoysala Dynasty

Dwara Samudra (halebid)

xxi) Sangam Dynasty

xxii) Yadavas Dynasty

Kanchipuram

xxiii) Tuluv  Dynasty

Vijayanagar

xxiv) Kakatiyas Dynasty

Warangal

xxv) Saluva Dynasty

Vijayanagar

xxvi) Gupta Dynasty

Pataliputra

xxvii)Bahmani Dynasty

Gulbarga (Bidar)

xxviii) Mughal Dynasty

Delhi and Agra

xxix) Rashtrakuta Dynasty

Manyakheta

xxx) Western Ganga Dynasty

Talakad

xxxi) Tughlaq Dynasty

Delhi

xxxii) Sayyid Dynasty

Delhi

xxxiii) Kalachuri Dynasty

Mahishmati

xxxiv) Khilji Dynasty

Delhi

xxxv) Lodi Dynasty

Delhi

xxxvi) Kadamba Dynasty

Banavasi

xxxvii) Pushyabhuti Dynasty (also known as Vardhana Dynasty)

Thanesar