Realm · approximate borders · 875–1000
Hindu Shahi kingdom
Kabulistan, Gandhara and northern Punjab, between Kashmir to the east and the Samanids and Ghaznavids to the west. Kabul was lost to the Saffarids in 870 and regained c.
880–900. The Shahis lost the lands west of the Indus in 1001 and fell in 1026.
See Hindu Shahi kingdom on the map in 875
- On the map
- 875–1000
- Capital
- Kabul, then Udabhanda (Hund) on the Indus
Rulers named in the sources
- Kalarapala (Kallar) c. 822–870
- Samantadeva c. 870
- Lalliya c. 880–902
- Kamaluka (Toramana) c. 903–?
- Bhimadeva took Ghazni c. 963, end of reign c. 964
- Jayapala c. 964–1001
South Asian kingdoms to 1000 CE
Kingdoms of South Asia before 1000 CE: the Western Gangas of Karnataka, the Licchavis of Nepal, Zhangzhung in Western Tibet, the Hindu Shahis, the kingdoms of Sindh and Multan, the Vishnukundinas and Eastern Chalukyas of Andhra, the Kalachuris, the Chera Perumals, the dynasties of Odisha and Dakshina Kosala, the Later Guptas, the Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri and Porus.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Western Ganga dynasty
- Wikipedia: Licchavi (kingdom)
- Wikipedia: Zhangzhung
- Wikipedia: Hindu Shahis
- Wikipedia: Emirate of Multan
- Wikipedia: Rai dynasty
- Wikipedia: Brahmin dynasty of Sindh
- Wikipedia: Vishnukundina dynasty
- Wikipedia: Eastern Chalukyas
- Wikipedia: Kalachuris of Tripuri
- Wikipedia: Chera Perumals of Makotai
- Wikipedia: Eastern Ganga dynasty
- Wikipedia: Shailodbhava dynasty
- Wikipedia: Bhauma-Kara dynasty
- Wikipedia: Somavamshi dynasty
- Wikipedia: Sharabhapuriya dynasty
- Wikipedia: Panduvamshis of Dakshina Kosala
- Wikipedia: Later Gupta dynasty
- Wikipedia: Kalachuris of Mahishmati
- Wikipedia: Andhra Ikshvaku
- Wikipedia: Porus
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia (1978), plate III.D.2: South Asia in the age of Pusyabhuti and Calukyan ascendancy, c. 550-700 (DSAL)
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia: The Gupta-Vakataka age, c. 300-500 (DSAL)
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia: The age of the Gurjara-Pratiharas, Palas and Rastrakutas, c. 700-975 (DSAL)
- Wikimedia Commons: Western-ganga-empire-map.svg (core Western Ganga territory)
- R. C. Majumdar (ed.), The Classical Age (History and Culture of the Indian People, vol. 3), archive.org
- R. C. Majumdar (ed.), The Age of Imperial Kanauj (History and Culture of the Indian People, vol. 4), archive.org