👑 Capitals through time
Where India was ruled from, century by century. Larger dots are cities that served several kingdoms.
Cities ruled from most often
Pataliputra 6
Magadha → Mauryan Empire → Shunga Dynasty → Kanva Dynasty → Gupta Empire …
Madurai 5
Early Pandyas (Sangam era) → Pandya Kingdom (First Empire) → Pandya Empire (Second Empire) → Madurai Sultanate → Madurai Nayaks
Kabul 5
Turk Shahis → Durrani Empire → Emirate of Afghanistan → Kingdom of Afghanistan → Afghanistan
Kathmandu 5
Malla Dynasty of Nepal → Kantipur (Kathmandu) → Kingdom of Nepal — expansion era → Kingdom of Nepal → Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Kannauj 4
Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty → Maukhari Dynasty → Gurjara-Pratihara Empire → Gahadavala Dynasty
Delhi 4
Tomaras of Delhi → Delhi Sultanate → Mughal Empire → Sur Empire
Patan 4
Chaulukyas (Solankis) of Gujarat → Malla Dynasty of Nepal → Vaghela Dynasty → Lalitpur (Patan)
Colombo 4
Portuguese Ceylon → Dutch Ceylon → British Ceylon → Dominion of Ceylon
Mathura 3
Surasena → Indo-Scythian (Saka) Kingdoms → Kushan Empire
Taxila 3
Indo-Greek Kingdoms → Indo-Scythian (Saka) Kingdoms → Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Srinagar 3
Karkota Dynasty of Kashmir → Lohara Dynasty of Kashmir → Kashmir Sultanate
Thanjavur 3
Chola Empire → Thanjavur Nayaks → Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
Every capital, in date order 49
121 of 197 capitals are on the map — only places whose location is already recorded on YugMap are shown; the rest are listed by name.