Polities
Civilizations, janapadas, republics, kingdoms, empires, sultanates and colonial powers — 237 matches.
| Name | Type | Span | Region | Capital | Rulers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom ↳ part of Maratha Empire |
Kingdom | 1674 – 1855 | South | Thanjavur | |
| Carnatic (Nawabs of Arcot) | Kingdom | 1692 – 1855 | South | Arcot | 2 |
| Hotak Dynasty | Dynasty | 1709 – 1738 | Northwest | Kandahar | 2 |
| Nawabs of Bengal ★ | Kingdom | 1717 – 1765 | East | Murshidabad | 5 |
|
Gaekwad State (Baroda) ↳ part of Maratha Empire |
Kingdom | 1721 – 1949 | West | Baroda | |
|
Mahé ↳ part of French India |
Colonial settlement | 1721 – 1954 | Coastal | ||
| Rohilkhand | Kingdom | 1721 – 1774 | Gangetic Plain | Aonla / Bareilly | 2 |
| Awadh (Nawabs of Oudh) | Kingdom | 1722 – 1856 | Gangetic Plain | Faizabad, later Lucknow | 4 |
| Jat Kingdom of Bharatpur | Kingdom | 1722 – 1947 | North | Deeg / Bharatpur | 1 |
| Hyderabad State (Nizams) ★ | Kingdom | 1724 – 1948 | Deccan | Aurangabad, later Hyderabad | 2 |
| Travancore | Kingdom | 1729 – 1949 | South | Padmanabhapuram, later Thiruvananthapuram | 2 |
|
Holkar State (Indore) ↳ part of Maratha Empire |
Kingdom | 1731 – 1948 | Central | Maheshwar, later Indore | 2 |
|
Scindia State (Gwalior) ↳ part of Maratha Empire |
Kingdom | 1731 – 1948 | Central | Ujjain, later Gwalior | 2 |
|
Yanam ↳ part of French India |
Colonial settlement | 1731 – 1954 | Coastal | ||
|
Bhonsles of Nagpur ↳ part of Maratha Empire |
Kingdom | 1739 – 1853 | Central | Nagpur | |
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Karaikal ↳ part of French India |
Colonial settlement | 1739 – 1954 | Coastal | ||
| Durrani Empire | Empire | 1747 – 1823 | Northwest | Kandahar, later Kabul | 1 |
| Sikh Misls | Confederacy | 1748 – 1799 | North | Amritsar | |
|
Danish Serampore ↳ part of Danish India |
Colonial settlement | 1755 – 1845 | Coastal | ||
| Kingdom of Nepal — expansion era | Kingdom | 1768 – 1816 | Himalaya | Kathmandu | 2 |
| British Ceylon | Colonial power | 1796 – 1948 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | |
| Sikh Empire ★ | Empire | 1799 – 1849 | North | Lahore | 4 |
| Kingdom of Nepal ★ | Kingdom | 1816 – 2008 | Himalaya | Kathmandu | 5 |
| Emirate of Afghanistan | Kingdom | 1823 – 1926 | Northwest | Kabul | 4 |
| British Raj (Crown Rule) ★ | Colonial power | 1858 – 1947 | Pan-Indian | Calcutta, New Delhi from 1911 | 10 |
| Kingdom of Bhutan ★ | Kingdom | 1907 – present | Himalaya | Punakha, later Thimphu | 5 |
| Kingdom of Afghanistan | Kingdom | 1926 – 1973 | Northwest | Kabul | 2 |
| Dominion of India ★ | Modern state | 1947 – 1950 | Pan-Indian | New Delhi | 3 |
| Pakistan (West & East) ★ | Modern state | 1947 – 1971 | Northwest | Karachi, later Islamabad | 4 |
| Dominion of Ceylon ★ | Modern state | 1948 – 1972 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 3 |
| Republic of India ★ | Modern state | 1950 – present | Pan-Indian | New Delhi | 16 |
| Republic of Maldives ★ | Modern state | 1968 – present | Islands | Malé | 5 |
| Islamic Republic of Pakistan ★ | Modern state | 1971 – present | Northwest | Islamabad | 5 |
| People's Republic of Bangladesh ★ | Modern state | 1971 – present | East | Dhaka | 3 |
| Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ★ | Modern state | 1972 – present | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 7 |
| Afghanistan ★ | Modern state | 1973 – present | Northwest | Kabul | |
| Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ★ | Modern state | 2008 – present | Himalaya | Kathmandu |