Gurjara-Pratiharas, Palas and Rashtrakutas [c. 700 CE – 975 CE]

Dynasties  

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NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHWEST

 

NORTH-CENTER

 

NORTHEAST

 

WEST

 

SOUTH

Gurjara-Pratiharas Map

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Copyright © 1978 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota, assigned 1988 to Joseph E. Schwartzberg, additional material copyright © 1992 by Joseph E. Schwartzberg.

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See division of region here.

Rulers  

 

NORTHWEST and FAR NORTHWEST

Brahman Dynasty c. 632 CE-724 CE[1]

CONTINUED
Dāhir
c. 679 CE-712 CE
Hullishāh (Jaisiya?)
c. 712 CE-724 CE
Ṣiṣah
c. 724 CE

Kārkoṭas of Kashmir [2]

Durlabhavardhana
 
Pratāpāditya
 
Candrāpīḍa
c. 711 CE-720 CE
Tārāpīḍa
c. 720 CE-725 CE
Lalitāditya Muktāpīḍa
c. 724 CE-760 CE [3]
Kuvalayāpīḍa
 
Vajrāditya
 
Pṛthivyāpīḍa
 
Saṃgrāmāpīḍa
 
Jayāpīḍa Vinayāditya
c. 779 CE-810 CE
Lalitāpīḍa
 
Saṃgrāmāpīḍa II
 
Cippaṭajayāpīḍa
 
Ajitāpīḍa
 
Anaṅgāpīḍa
 
Utpalāpīḍa
 

NORTH-CENTER

Gurjara-Pratīhāras [4] (725-1027)

Nāgabhaṭa I
c. 725 CE-760 CE
Devarāja
c. 750 CE-
Vatsarāja
c. -790 CE
Nāgabhaṭa II
c. 790 CE-833 CE
Rāmabhadra
c. 833 CE-836 CE
Mihira Bhoja
c. 836 CE-885 CE
Mahendrapāla
c. 890 CE-910 CE
Mahīpāla
c. 910 CE-?
Bhoja II
c. ?-914 CE
Vināyakapāla
c. 930 CE-945 CE
Mahendrapāla II
c. 945 CE-950 CE
Vināyakapāla II
c. 950 CE-959 CE
Vijayapāla
c. 960 CE-1018 CE
CONTINUED

Kalachuris of Chedi/Tripuri [5]

Vamaraja-deva
c. 675 CE-700 CE
Shankaragana I
c. 750 CE-775 CE
Lakshmana-raja I
c. 825 CE-850 CE [6]
Kokalla I
c. 850 CE-890 CE
Shankaragana II
c. 890 CE-910 CE
Shankaragana II under alias Mugdhatunga Balaharsha
c. 910 CE-915 CE
Yuvaraja-deva I
c. 915 CE-945 CE
Lakshmana-raja II
c. 945 CE-970 CE
Shankaragana III
c. 970 CE-980 CE

 

Candellas of Jejākabhukti [7]

Nannuka
c. 831 CE-845 CE
Vākpati
c. 845 CE-865 CE
Jayaśakti and Vijayaśakti
c. 865 CE-885 CE
Rāhila
c. 885 CE-905 CE
CONTINUED

NORTHEAST

Pāla [8] (750-1161) [9]

Gopāla
c. 750 CE-775 CE
Dharmapāla
c. 775 CE-812 CE
Devapāla
c. 812 CE-850 CE
Mahendrapāla
c. 850 CE-865 CE
Śūrapāla
c. 865 CE-873 CE
Vigrahapāla
c. 873 CE-875 CE
Nārāyaṇapāla
c. 875 CE-932 CE
Rājyapāla
c. 932 CE-967 CE
Gopāla II
c. 967 CE-987 CE
CONTINUED

Mlechchha dynasty [10]

Salastamba
c. 650 CE-670 CE
Vijaya alias Vigrahastambha
 
Palaka
 
Kumara
 
Vajradeva
 
Harshadeva alias Harshavarman
c. 725 CE-745 CE
Balavarman II
 
Jivaraja
 
Digleswaravarman
 
Harjjaravarman
c. 815 CE-832 CE
Vanamalavarmadeva
c. 832 CE-855 CE
Jayamala alias Virabahu
c. 855 CE-860 CE
Balavarman III
c. 860 CE-880 CE
Tyagasimha
c. 890 CE-900 CE

 

Bhaumakaras of Orissa [11] (736-?)

Śivakaradeva I
c. 736 CE-780 CE
Śubhakaradeva I
c. 780 CE-800 CE
Śivakaradeva II
c. 800 CE-820 CE
Śāntikaradeva I
c. 820 CE-835 CE
Śubhakaradeva II
c. 835 CE-838 CE
Śubhakaradeva III
c. 838 CE-845 CE
Tribhuvanamahādevī
c. 845 CE-850 CE
Śāntikaradeva II
c.850 CE-865 CE
Śubhakaradeva IV
c. 865 CE-882 CE
Śivakaradeva III
c. 882 CE-890 CE
Tribhuvanamahādevī II
c. 890 CE-896 CE
Tribhuvanamahādevī III
c. 896 CE-905 CE
Śāntikaradeva III
 
Śubhakaradeva V
 
Gaurīmahādevī
 
Dandimahādevī
 
Vakulamahādevī
 
Dharmamahādevī
 

WEST

Chāḷukyas of Bādāmi (Vātāpi)[12]

Vinayāditya
c. 696 CE-733/4 CE
Vijayāditya
c. 696 CE-733/4 CE
Vikramāditya II
c. 733/4 CE-744/5 CE
Kīrtivarman II
c. 744/5 CE–753 CE
CONTINUED

 

Rāṣṭrakūṭas [13] (753-982) [14] 

Dantivarman I
 
Indra I
 
Govinda I
 
Karka I
 
Indra II
 
Dantidurga
c. 735 CE-755 CE
Kṛṣṇa I
c. 755 CE-772 CE
Govinda II
c. 775 CE-780 CE
Dhruva Dhārāvarṣa
c. 780 CE-793 CE
Govinda III
c. 793 CE-814 CE
Amoghavarṣa
c. 814 CE-880 CE
Kṛṣṇa II
c. 878 CE-914 CE
Indra III
c. 914 CE-929 CE [15]
Amoghavarṣa II
c. 928 CE-929 CE
Govinda IV
c. 930 CE-935 CE
Amoghavarṣa III
c. 936 CE-939 CE
Kṛṣṇa III
c. 939 CE-967 CE
Khoṭṭiga
c. 967 CE-972 CE
Karkka II
c. 972 CE-973 CE
Indra IV
 

SOUTH

Eastern Chāḷukyas [16]

Kubajavishnuvardhana
c. 624 CE-641 CE
Jayasimha I
c. 641 CE-73 CE
Indra Bhaṭṭāraka
c. 673 CE
Vishnuvardhana II
c. 673 CE-682 CE
Mangi Yuvarāja
c. 682 CE-706 CE
Jayasimha II
c. 706 CE-718 CE
Kokkiḷḷi
c. 719 CE
Vishnuvardhana III
c. 719 CE-755 CE
Vijayāditya I
c. 755 CE-772 CE
Vishnuvardhana IV
c. 772 CE-808 CE
Vijayāditya II
c. 808 CE-847 CE
Kali Vishnuvardhana V
c. 847 CE-849 CE
Guṇaga Vijayāditya III
c. 849 CE-892 CE
Chālukya Bhīma I
c. 892 CE-921 CE
Vijayāditya IV
c. 921 CE
Amma I
c. 921 CE-927 CE
Beta Vijayāditya V
c. 927 CE
Tāḷa I
c. 927 CE
Vikramāditya II
c. 927 CE-928 CE (11 months)
Bhīma II
c. 928 CE
Yuddhamalla II
c. 928 CE-935 CE
Chālukya Bhīma II
c. 935 CE-947 CE
Amma II
c. 947 CE-970 CE (with breaks)
Tāḷa II
 
Dānārnava
c. 970 CE-973 CE
CONTINUED

Pallavas

Narasimhavarman II
c. 700 CE-728 CE
Parameśvaravarman II
c. 728 CE-731 CE
Nandivarman II
c. 731 CE-796 CE
Dantivarman
c. 796 CE-847 CE
Nandivarman III
c. 846 CE-869 CE
Nripatungavarman
c. 859 CE-899 CE
Aparājita
c. 885 CE-903 CE
Kampavarman
c. 870 CE-912? CE
CONTINUED

 

Cholas (848-1279) [17]

Vijayālaya
c. 850 CE-871 CE
Āditya I
c. 871 CE-907 CE
Parāntaka I
c. 907 CE-955 CE
Rājāditya
c. 949 CE
Gaṇḍarāditya
c. 949 CE-957 CE
Madhurāntaka Uttama Chola
c. 970 CE-985 CE
Ariñjaya
c. 956 CE-957 CE
Parāntaka II (Sundara Chola)
c. 957 CE-973 CE
CONTINUED

 

 

Pandyas [18]

Kaḍungōn
c. 590 CE-620 CE
Māṛavarman Avaniśūḷāmaṇi
c. 620 CE-645 CE
Śēndan
c. 654 CE-670 CE
Arikesari Māṛavarman
c. 670 CE-700 CE
Kōccaḍaiyan
c. 700 CE-730 CE
Māṛavarman Rājasimha I
c. 730 CE-765 CE
Jaṭila Parāntaka Neḍunjaḍaiyan
c. 756 CE-815 CE
Śrīmāṛa Śrīvallabha
c. 815 CE-862 CE [19]
Varaguṇavarman II
c. 862 CE-885 CE
Parāntaka Vīranārāyana
c. 860 CE-905 CE
Māṛavarman Rājasimha II
c. 905 CE-920 CE
CONTINUED

[1] Wink, André. Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World. Leiden ; New York: E.J. Brill, 1990.p. 153 

[2] Davidson, 2002, p. 45 

[3] Eaton, 2019, p. 28 

[4] Davidson, 2002, p. 49 

[5] Rajiv Kumar Verma (2015). "Kalachuri Inscriptions : A Reflection of Dwindling Political Power" (PDF). Veethika. 1 (3). 

[6] Voppa-raja, described as Kokalla's predecessor in the Gyaraspur inscription, was either a son of Lakshmana-raja I, or another name for that king. See Richard Salomon (1996). "British Museum stone inscription of the Tripurī Kalacuri prince Valleka". Indo-Iranian Journal. 39 (2): 133–161. doi:10.1163/000000096790084999. JSTOR 24662062. 

[7] Dikshit, R. K. The Candellas of Jejākabhukti. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1976. 

[8] Huntington and Huntington 1990, p.542, chart I 

[9] Eaton, 2019, p. 76 

[10] Ray, H.C. (1931). Dynastic History Of Northern India Vol. 1. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. 

[11] Yoritomi 1990, pp. 142-143

[12] Davidson, 2002, p. 34 

[13] Davidson, 2002, p. 50. Also check Sastri 1966 p. 210 

[14] Eaton, 2019, p. 28 

[15] Eaton, 2019, p. 29 

[16] Sastri 1966 207-208 

[17] Sastri 1966 209 

[18] Sastri 1966 172 

[19] Eaton, 2019, p. 29 

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