Historical Indian empires Historical Indian empires The Bahmani Sultanate (Also called the Bahmanid Empire) was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India. The sultanate was founded in 1347 by the Turkish governor Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, who revolted against the Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughluq. His revolt was successful, and he established an independent state on Deccan out of the Delhi Sultanate's southern provinces. The Bahmani capital was Ahsanabad ( Gulbarga) between 1347 and about 1425, when it was moved to Muhammadabad ( Bidar). The Bahmani contested for control of the Deccan with the Hindu Vijayanagara empire to the south. The sultanate reached the peak of its power during the vizierate ( 1466– 1481) of Mahmud Gawan. After 1518 the sultanate broke up into five states, Ahmednagar, Berar, Bidar, Bijapur, and Golconda, known collectively as the Deccan sultanates. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bahmani Sultanate"
The Cheras were one of the three ancient Tamil dynasties who ruled the southern peninsula of India at the beginning of its recorded history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chera"
The Chola Empire rose to power in the 9th century in the Tamil speaking districts of Southern India. Although the Chola Dynasty existed since at least 100 BCE., it was during the 9th Century CE that it began its rise into a major world power. Under Rajaraja Chola (Rajaraja The Great) and his son Rajendra Chola, the Cholas rose as a notable military, economic and cultural power in Asia. The Chola Empire stretched from southern Maldives as far north as the Himalaya Mountains and West Bengal in North India. Rajaraja Chola conquered peninsular South India, and annexed parts of Sri Lanka by defeating the Pandyas. Rajendra Chola went beyond, occupying coastal Burma, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Sumatra, Java, Malaya in South East Asia and Pegu islands with his fleet of ships. He defeated Mahipala, the king of Bihar and Bengal, and to commemorate his victory he built a new capital called Gangaikonda Cholapuram. Tamil Chola armies exacted tribute from Thailand and Cambodia. The power of the Cholas declined around the 13th century. The Cholas were the first Indian empire to engage in naval conquest overseas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cholas"
Gangas along with Kadambas are the two oldest kingdoms of ancient Karnataka in modern-day India. Gangas had Kolar as their capital before moving it to Talakadu near Mysore. Gangas were Jains and patronised jainism as state religion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gangas"
The history of South India begins with the Sangam age, from 200 BC to 300 AD. It is called so after the sangam literature. There were several rulers and dynasties significant in South Indian history. These included the Cholas, Pandyas, Pallavas, Cheras, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Kakatiyas, Hoysalas and ...more on Wikipedia about "History of South India"
The Hoysala Empire ruled part of southern India from 1000 to 1346. Their capital city was Belur. The Hoysala Empire is remembered today primarily for its architecture, Over a hundred surviving temples are scattered across Karnataka, finest examples of which are found in the cities of Belur, Halebid and Somnathpura ...more on Wikipedia about "Hoysala Empire"
Kadambas was an ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka, who ruled from their capital of Banavasi from (345-525AD) later branched into Goa, Hanagal and Chandavar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kadambas" Everybody should like shortopedia
The Kakatiya Dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that ruled parts of what is now Andhra Pradesh, India from 1083 to 1323. They were one of the few Telugu kingdoms that lasted for centuries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kakatiya"
Kalinga was an ancient kingdom of central-eastern India, in the province of Orissa. Kalinga was a rich and fertile land that extended from the river Subarnarekha to Godavari and from Bay of Bengal to Amarkantak range in the West. The kingdom had a formidable maritime empire with trading routes linking Bali, Sumarta and Java. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kalinga (India)"
The Kidarite Kingdom was founded during the middle of the 4th century CE by a Kushan vassal in Pakistan, named Kidara. He rose to power and overthrew the old Kushan dynasty. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kidarite Kingdom"
The Kingdom of Kuninda (or Kulinda in ancient literature) was an ancient central Himalayan kingdom from around the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century, located in the modern state of Uttaranchal in northern India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kuninda kingdom"
:This page is about the historical Kushan Empire. For the Exiles from the computer game Homeworld, see here. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kushan Empire"
Magadha (मगध) was an ancient kingdom of India, mentioned in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. It was also one of the four main kingdoms of India at the time of Buddha, having risen to power during the reigns of Bimbisara (c. 544- 491 BCE) and his son Ajatashatru (c. 491- 460 BCE). The core of the kingdom was that portion of Bihar lying south of the Ganges, with its capital at Rajagriha (modern Rajgir). Magadha expanded to include most of Bihar and parts of Bengal with the conquest of Anga, and then expanded up the Ganges valley annexing Kosala and Kashi. ...more on Wikipedia about "Magadha"
The Maratha Empire (also spelled Mahratta and also called the Maratha Confederacy), of India, was founded by Chhatrapati Shivaji in 1674 when he carved out an independent Maratha zone around Pune from the Bijapur Sultanate. After a lifetime of exploits and guerrilla warfare with the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Shivaji died in 1680, leaving a Maratha kingdom of great extent but strategically and vulnerably located. The Mughal invasion started around 1682 and lasted till 1707: so for 25 years the Marathas fought one of the longest ongoing battles in human history. Shahu, a grandson of Shivaji became ruler until his death in 1749.At the time of death he appointed peshwa as head of the state with certain conditions to follow. The battle of Panipat in 1761 crippled the Maratha empire and corroded the power of Peshwa forever. Now the Maratha Confederacy was the real authority, with titular king and prime minister. The last Peshwa, Baji Rao II, was defeated by the British in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. But the memory of Shivaji kept their cause alive, and during the late 19th century a wave of socio-political breakthrough revolutions caused a transformation of the entire State and nation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maratha Empire"
Matsya (Fish in Sanskrit) was the first Avatara of Vishnu. ...more on Wikipedia about "Matsya"
The Mauryan Empire was India's first great unified empire. It lasted from 321 to 185 BCE, and was ruled by the Mauryan dynasty. At its height it ruled virtually all of northern and central India, Pakistan , much of Afghanistan and a small part of Iran ( Baluchistan). Archaeologically, it coincides with the Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW) period. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mauryan Empire"
The Mughal Empire, ( Persian: شاهان مغول, Urdu: مغل بادشاہ) was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled parts of what is today Afghanistan, Balochistan and most of the Indian Subcontinent between 1526 and 1857. The empire was founded by the Timurid leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. The word "Mughal" is the Indo-Aryan version of " Mongol". The religion of the Mughals was Islam. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mughal Empire"
The Pala Empire was a dynasty in control of the Bihar and Bengal regions of South Asia from the 8th to the 12th century. The name Pala means "protector" and was used as an ending to the names of all Pala monarchs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pala Empire"
The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient state at the tip of South India, founded around the 6th century BCE. It was part of the Dravidian cultural area, which also comprised other kingdoms such as that of the Pallava, the Chera, the Chola, the Chalukya and the Vijayanagara. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pandyan kingdom"
The Qutb Shahi dynasty (whose members were also called the Qutub Shahis) was the ruling family of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India. They were Shia Muslims and belonged to a Turkmen tribe from the Turkmenistan- Armenia region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Qutb Shahi dynasty"
(Satavahana) The Sātavāhanas, also known as the Andhras, were a dynasty which ruled in Southern and Central India starting from around 230 BCE. Although there is some controversy about when the dynasty came to an end, the most liberal estimates suggest that it lasted about 450 years. Long before that their kingdom had disintegrated into successor states. ...more on Wikipedia about "Satavahana"
Sher Shah Suri ( Persian: شر شاه سورى) also known as Sher Khan and as The Lion King, was founder of the Sur Dynasty of northern Indian rulers. He was born into an Afghan family in Punjab in 1472. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sher Shah Suri"
The Sunga empire (or Shunga empire) controlled the eastern part of India from around 185 to 73 BCE. It was established after the fall of the Indian Mauryan empire. The capital of the Sungas was at Pataliputra. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sunga Empire"
The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. It was founded by Harihara, also known as Hakka, and his brother Bukka Raya. It is named after its capital city Vijayanagara, whose impressive ruins surround Hampi in modern Karnataka, India. It lasted from about 1336 to perhaps about 1660, though throughout its last century it was in a slow decline due to a massive and catastrophic defeat at the hands of an alliance of the sultanates, and the capital was taken and brutally razed and looted. Its foundation, and even great part of its history, is obscure; but its power and wealth are attested by more than one European traveller, such as the Portuguese travelers Domingo Paes and Nuniz, and the Venetian Niccolò Da Conti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vijayanagara Empire"
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