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Kalabhra Interregnum
Dynasty
Level 2
c. 250 CE – c. 600 CE
Poorly documented rulers of the Tamil country between the Sangam kings and the Pallavas/Pandyas.
- Region
- South
- Duration
- 350 years
- Main period
- Post-Mauryan Powers
Approximate extent.
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Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Kalabhra Interregnum for a significant part of its history. The bar shows when, within its own span.
Anuradhapura Kingdom ★
Sri Lanka · c. 437 BCE – c. 1017
Overlap: 350 years
Kushan Empire ★
Northwest · c. 30 CE – c. 375 CE
Overlap: 125 years
Gupta Empire ★
Gangetic Plain · c. 240 CE – c. 550 CE
Overlap: 300 years
Pallava Dynasty ★
South · c. 275 CE – c. 897 CE
Overlap: 325 years
Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty ★
North · c. 500 CE – c. 647 CE
Overlap: 100 years
Chalukyas of Badami ★
Deccan · c. 543 CE – c. 753 CE
Overlap: 57 years
Early Pandyas (Sangam era)
South · c. 400 BCE – c. 300 CE
Overlap: 50 years
Early Cholas (Sangam era)
South · c. 300 BCE – c. 300 CE
Overlap: 50 years
Early Cheras (Sangam era)
South · c. 300 BCE – c. 300 CE
Overlap: 50 years
Western Kshatrapas
West · c. 35 CE – c. 415 CE
Overlap: 165 years
Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri
Deccan · c. 225 CE – c. 340 CE
Overlap: 90 years
Vakataka Dynasty
Deccan · c. 250 CE – c. 500 CE
Overlap: 250 years
Kadamba Dynasty
South · c. 345 CE – c. 525 CE
Overlap: 180 years
Western Ganga Dynasty
South · c. 350 CE – c. 1000
Overlap: 250 years
Kamarupa
Northeast · c. 350 CE – c. 1140
Overlap: 250 years
Licchavi Kingdom of Nepal
Himalaya · c. 400 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 200 years
Alchon Huns (Hunas)
Northwest · c. 460 CE – c. 560 CE
Overlap: 100 years
Maitraka Dynasty
West · c. 475 CE – c. 776 CE
Overlap: 125 years
Rai Dynasty of Sindh
Northwest · c. 489 CE – c. 632 CE
Overlap: 111 years
Later Guptas of Magadha
East · c. 490 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 110 years
Maukhari Dynasty
Gangetic Plain · c. 550 CE – c. 606 CE
Overlap: 50 years