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2 Ancient and early medieval Southern Indian dynasties. ... 7.1 Empire of India (1876–1947 CE) ... 12 Vinayakapala 954–955 13
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.
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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.
Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancient Indian emperor, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, ascends as emperor of the Maurya Empire. 266 BCE: Ashoka conquers and unifies most of Indian subcontinent, along with most of Afghanistan and Balochistan. 265 BCE: Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga.
[140] [141] By the time of his grandson, Kanishka the Great, the empire spread to encompass much of Afghanistan, [142] and then the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent. [143] Emperor Kanishka was a great patron of Buddhism; however, as Kushans expanded southward, the deities of their later coinage came to reflect its new Hindu majority.
Emperors of India (4 C, 6 ... Pratihara emperors (12 P) R. Rashtrakuta emperors (15 P) S. Shunga ... Vijayanagara emperors (29 P) Pages in category ...
An emperor - most probably Ashoka - with his two empresses Asandhimitra and Karuvaki and three attendants, in a relief at Sanchi. [2] The emperor's identification with Ashoka is suggested by a similar relief at Kanaganahalli, which bears his name. [139] [2] Ashoka with his empress Tishyarakshita, at Kanaganahalli near Sannati, 1st–3rd century CE.