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  2. List of Indian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Abul Fazl's Ain-i-Akbari (Bikaner manuscript, edited by Syed Ahmad Khan) names 19 Tomara kings. It places the first Tomara king in 372 CE (429 Vikram Samvat). It might be possible that the era mentioned in the original source used by Abul Fazl was Gupta era, which starts from 318 to 319 CE; Abul Fazl might have mistaken this era to be Vikrama ...

  3. List of Hindu empires and dynasties - Wikipedia

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    The history of India up to (and including) the times of the Buddha, with his life generally placed into the 6th or 5th century BCE, is a subject of a major scholarly debate. The vast majority of historians in the Western world accept the theory of Aryan invasion with c. 1500-1200 BCE dates for the displacement of Indus civilization by Aryans ...

  4. Monarchy in ancient India - Wikipedia

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    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 further development under the times of the Jain and Buddhist rulers.

  5. List of Satavahana emperors - Wikipedia

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    The Matsya Purana states that 30 Andhra kings ruled for 460 years, but some of its manuscripts name only 19 kings whose reigns add up to 448.5 years. The Vayu Purana also mentions that there were 30 Andhra kings, but its various manuscripts name only 17, 18, and 19 kings respectively; the reigns add up to 272.5, 300, and 411 years respectively ...

  6. History of India - Wikipedia

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    Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across his empire.

  7. Category:Ancient Indian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Indo-Greek kings (3 C, 36 P) Indo-Parthian kings (12 P) ... Pages in category "Ancient Indian monarchs" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.

  8. Kingship (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    In Hinduism, kingship was a monarchy institution guided by the religious laws of Hinduism, with corresponding complex and hierarchical structure. Hindu monarchies headed by Hindu kings were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC and later in South East Asia. [1]

  9. List of rulers of India - Wikipedia

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    For Lists of rulers of India, see: List of Indian monarchs (c. 3000 BCE – 1956 CE) List of presidents of India (1950–present)