📍 Place
Kannauj
👑 Capital of 4 kingdoms and empires · 6 events here
The large dot is this place; small dots are places within 80 km.
Through time
👑 Ruled from here
c. 500 CE – c. 647 CEPushyabhuti (Vardhana) DynastyCapital: Thanesar, later Kannaujc. 550 CE – c. 606 CEMaukhari DynastyCapital: Kannaujc. 730 CE – c. 1036Gurjara-Pratihara EmpireCapital: Kannauj (from c. 816)c. 1089 – c. 1197Gahadavala DynastyCapital: Kannauj / Varanasi
What happened here within 25 km
- c. 612 CE Harsha makes Kannauj his capital · Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty
- 643 CE Harsha's assemblies at Kannauj and Prayag · Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty
- 647 CE Death of Harsha · Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty
- c. 816 CE ⚔ Nagabhata II captures Kannauj · Gurjara-Pratihara Empire
- c. 916 CE ⚔ Indra III sacks Kannauj · Rashtrakuta Empire
- 1540 ⚔ Battle of Kannauj · Sur Empire