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The following list enumerates Hindu monarchies in chronological order of establishment dates. These monarchies were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC, [1] went into slow decline in the medieval times, with most gone by the end of the 17th century, although the last one, the Kingdom of Nepal, dissolved only in the 2008.
Thachudaya Kaimal. Kalachuris of Kalyani. Karkota dynasty. Katyuri kings. Khangarot. Chauhan (Koli clan) Chavda (Koli clan) Kongu Chera dynasty. Kota Vamsa.
R. C. Majumdar, on the other hand, assumed a period of 25 years for each generation, and placed him in c. 550 CE. The following is a list of the dynasty's rulers (IAST names in brackets) and estimates of their reigns, assuming a period of 25 years. Harichandra (Haricandra) alias Rohilladhi (r. c. 550 CE), founder of dynasty; Rajilla (r. c. 575 CE)
The Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646 CE) was the most prominent Medieval Indian Hindu empire of southern India established on the banks of Tungabhadra River in present-day Karnataka and consisted of the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana, Maharashtra and Sri Lanka.
For Lists of rulers of India, see: List of Indian monarchs (c. 3000 BCE – 1956 CE) List of presidents of India (1950–present) List of prime ministers of India (1947–present) Categories: India history-related lists. Lists of political office-holders in India.
Peshwa. The Peshwa[a] was the second highest office in the Maratha Confederacy, next in rank and prestige only to that of the Chhatrapati. Initially serving as the appointed prime minister in the Maratha Kingdom, the office became hereditary after the death of Shahu in 1749. During the reign of Shahu, the office of Peshwa grew in power and the ...
Monarchy was the predominant form of government in India until the not-too-distant past. [1] Monarchy in ancient India was ruled by a King who functioned as its protector, a role which involved both secular and religious power. The meaning and significance of kingship changed dramatically between the Vedic and Later Vedic period, and underwent ...
Territories of the Maurya Empire conceptualized as core areas or linear networks separated by large autonomous regions in the works of scholars such as: historians Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund; [1] Burton Stein; [2] David Ludden; [3] and Romila Thapar; [4] anthropologists Monica L. Smith [5] and Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah; [4] archaeologist Robin Coningham; [4] and historical demographer ...