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Stone Age 70,000–7000 BCE
Mehrgarh Culture 7000–3300 BCE
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· Iron Age Kingdoms · 1200–700 BCE
Maha Janapadas 700–300 BCE
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· Maurya Dynasty · 321–184 BCE
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· Kushan Empire · 60–240 CE
· Gupta Empire · 240–550
· Chola Empire · 848–1279
Islamic Sultanates 1206–1596
· Delhi Sultanate · 1206–1526
· Deccan Sultanates · 1490–1596
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The following list of Indian monarchs is one of several lists of incumbents.

Rulers and dynasties who ruled a portion of the Indian subcontinent and were based in South Asia will be included in this list.

For more information, see History of South Asia.


Contents

Sun Dynasty (c. 1700 BC - 1500 BC)

Puru-Bharata Dynasty (c. 1700 BC - 1026 CE)

Please note that these dates are debated among scholars of Indology.

Bharata Dynasty (c. 1700-1400 BC)

Puru Dynasty (c. 1400-1200 BC)

Kuru Dynasty (c. 1200-450 BC)

Paurava Dynasty (c. 450-316 BC)

Janjua Shahi Dynasty (964-1026 CE)

Magadhan Kings (c. 1700 BC - 550 CE)

Brihadratha Dynasty (c. 1700-799 BC)

Shishunaga Dynasty (684-424 BC)

Shakya Dynasty (c. 650-500 BC)

Nanda Dynasty (424-321 BC)

Maurya Dynasty (324-184 BC)

Shunga Dynasty (185-73 BC)

Kanva Dynasty (73-26 BC)

Gupta Dynasty (c. 240-550 CE)

Pandya Dynasty (c. 550 BC - Present)

Central Pandya Dynasty (c. 550 BC - 1311 CE)

Pandalam Dynasty (903 - Present)

Foreign Emperors in North-Western India (c. 538 BC - 750 CE)

These empires were vast, centered in Persia or the Mediterranean; their satrapies (provinces) in India were at their outskirts.

Persian Achaemenid Dynasty (c. 538-330 BC)

Argead Dynasty (326-323 BC)

Seleucid Diadochi (323-321 BC)

Arab Umayyad Caliphate (711-750 CE)

Chera Dynasty (c. 300 BC - 1314 CE)

Ancient Chera Kings (c. 300 BC - 397 CE)

Kulashekhara Dynasty (825-1314 CE)

Satavahana Dynasty (c. 230 BC - 199 CE)

Hellenistic Euthydemid Dynasty (c. 221-85 BC)

Unlike the far larger empires of Alexander the Great and his Seleukid diadoch, centered in the region

Chola Dynasty (c. 100 CE - 1279 CE)

Sangam Cholas (c. 100 C.E. - 240 C.E.)

Chola Emperors (848-1279 CE)

Indo-Scythian Rulers (c. 85 BC - 45 CE)

North-western India (c. 90 BC - 10 CE)

Apracharaja Rulers (12 BC - 45 CE)

Mathura area (c. 20 BC - 20 CE)

Minor local rulers

Indo-Parthian Rulers (c. 21-100 CE)

Kushana Dynasty (80-225)

Pallava Dynasty (275-882)

Early Pallavas (275-355)

Middle Pallavas (355-537)

Later Pallavas (537-882)

Kadambas of Banavasi (345-525 CE)

Western Ganga dynasty of Talakad (350-1024 CE)

Chalukya Dynasty (543-1156)

Chalukyas of Badami (543-757)

Chalukyas of Kalyani (973-1156)

Shashanka dynasy (600-625)

Harsha dynasty (606-648)

Rashtrakutas of Manyaketha (735-982)

Shahi Dynasty (c. 890-895)

Brahmin Shahi Dynasty (c. 890-964)

Janjua Shahi Dynasty (964-1026 CE)

Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri ((850 - 1334)

Hoysala Dynasty (1000-1346)

Kalachuri (Southern) Dynasty (1130 - 1184)

Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526)

Despite the name, the capital was repeatedly elsewhere then Delhi city, not always near

Slave Dynasty (1206-1290)

Khilji Dynasty (1290-1320)

Tughlaq Dynasty (1321-1398)

Invasion of Timur in 1398 and the end of the Tughluq Dynasty as known earlier.

Sayyid Dynasty (1414-1451)

Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526)

Bahmani Sultanate (1322-1527)

Vijayanagara Empire (1336-1660)

Sangama Dynasty (1336-1487)

Saluva Dynasty (1490-1567)

Tuluva Dynasty (1542-1614)

Mughal Empire (1526-1857)

Mughal Dynasty (first rule, 1526-1540)

Suri Dynasty (1540-1555)

Mughal Dynasty (restored, 1555-1857)

Maratha Empire (1674-1818)

Empire divided between two branches of the family c.1707-10 AD; division formalized in AD 1731.

Chhatrapatis at Satara

State annexed by the British in 1839

Chhatrapatis at Kolhapur

State acceded unto the dominion of India following the independence of India in 1947.

The Peshwas

Technically they weren't monarchs, but hereditary prime ministers, though in fact they ruled in stead of the Maharaja, and were hegemon of the mahratta confederation

Maharajas of Thanjavur

Descended from a brother of Shivaji; ruled independently and had no formal relationship with the Maratha Empire.

State was annexed by the British in 1799

Scindia Rulers of Gwalior

Following the independence of India in 1947, the state acceded unto the Dominion of India.

The major Muslim vassals of the Mughal/British Paramountcy (1707-1856)

Nawabs of Bengal (1707-1770)

Nawabs of Awadh=Oudh (1722-1856)

Nizams of Hyderabad (1724-1948)

Rulers of Mysore/Khudadad (1399-1950)

Wodeyar Dynasty (First rule, 1399-1782)

Reign of the Kings of Mysore (Wodeyar line) is interrupted by the reigns of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan.

Islamic Rulers of Mysore (1766-1799)

Wodeyar Dynasty (Restored) (1799-1950)

Sikh Empire (1801-1849)

The British Empire annexed Punjab in c.1845-49 AD; after two Anglo Sikh Wars

Maharaja of Cochin (Perumpadapu Swaroopam 1503 - 1964)

Veerakerala Varma nephew of Cheraman Perumal is supposed to be the first king of Cochin (This was around 7th Century AD). But the only record we have is from 1503 AD.

  1. Unniraman Koyikal I (---- to 1503)
  2. Unniraman Koyikal II (1503 to 1537)
  3. Veera Kerala Varma (1537-1565)
  4. Keshava Rama Varma (1565-1601)
  5. Veera Kerala Varma (1601-1615)
  6. Ravi Varma (1615-1624)
  7. Veera Kerala Varma (1624-1637)
  8. Godavarma (1637-1645)
  9. Veerarayira Varma (1645-1646)
  10. Veera Kerala Varma (1646-1650)
  11. Rama Varma (1650-1656).
  12. Rani Gangadharalakshmi (1656-1658).
  13. Rama Varma (1658-1662).
  14. Goda Varma (1662-1663)
  15. Veera Kerala Varma(1663-1687)
  16. Rama Varma (1687-1693)
  17. Ravi Varma (1693-1697)
  18. Rama Varma (1697-1701)
  19. Rama Varma (1701-1721)
  20. Ravi Varma (1721-1731)
  21. Rama Varma (1731-1746)
  22. Veera Kerala Varma (1746-1749)
  23. Rama Varma (1749-1760)
  24. Veera Kerala Varma (1760-1775)
  25. Rama Varma (1775-1790)
  26. Rama Varma (1790-1805)- SHAKTHAN THAMPURAN
  27. Rama Varma (1805-1809)- Vellarapalli-yil Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in "Vellarapali")
  28. Veera Kerala Varma (1809-1828) - Karkidaka Maasathil Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in "karkidaka" month(ME))
  29. Rama Varma (1828-1837) - Thulam-Maasathil Theepett1a Thampuran (King who died in "Thulam" month (ME))
  30. Rama Varma (1837-1844) - Edava-Maasathil Theepett1a Thampuran (King who died in "Edavam" month (ME))
  31. Rama Varma (1844-1851) - Thrishur-il Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in "Thrishivaperoor" or Thrishur)
  32. Veera Kerala Varma (1851-1853) - Kashi-yil Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in "Kashi" or Varanasi)
  33. Ravi Varma(1853-1864) - Makara Maasathil Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in "Makaram" month (ME))
  34. Rama Varma(1864-1888) - Mithuna Maasathil Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in "Mithunam" month (ME))
  35. Kerala Varma(1888-1895) - Chingam Maasathil Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in "Chingam" month (ME))
  36. Rama Varma(1895-1914) - aka Rajarshi, Abdicated Highness (Left for heavenly abode in 1932)
  37. Rama Varma(1914-1932) - Madrasil Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in Madras or Chennai)
  38. Rama Varma(1932-1941) - Dhaarmika Chakravarthi (King of Dharma), Chowara-yil Theepetta Thampuran (King who died in "Chowara")
  39. Kerala Varma (1941-1943) - Midukkan (syn: Smart, expert, great.) Thampuran
  40. Ravi Varma(1943-1946) - Kunjappan Thampuran (Brother of Midukkan Thampuran)
  41. Kerala Varma(1946-1948) - Ikya-Keralam (Unified Kerala) Thampuran
  42. Rama Varma (1948-1964) - Pareekshit Thampuran

ME - Malayalam Era

British Emperors of India (1877-1947)

Kings of India and Pakistan

After independence, but before declarations of republics:

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