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Kalachuris of Tripuri
Dynasty
Level 2
c. 675 CE – 1212
Central Indian dynasty that peaked under Lakshmi-Karna.
- Capital
- Tripuri
- Region
- Central
- Duration
- 537 years
- Main period
- Regional Kingdoms & Ghaznavid/Ghurid Expansion
Approximate extent.
At a glance
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675 CE800 CE10001212
Rulers
- Lakshmi-Karna Kingc. 1041 – c. 1073
Selected rulers; gaps in the list are not gaps in the dynasty.
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📄 Research papers
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How feudal was Indian feudalism?
The case for 'Indian feudalism' after the Guptas: land grants, decline of trade and dependent peasants.
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Was there feudalism in Indian history?
The best-known critique of the feudalism model; read it alongside R. S. Sharma's reply.
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Political Processes and Structure of Polity in Early Medieval India: Problems of Perspective
Proposes 'integration' — the spread of state society into new regions — as the key to early medieval India.
Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Kalachuris of Tripuri 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: 342 years
Pallava Dynasty ★
South · c. 275 CE – c. 897 CE
Overlap: 222 years
Chalukyas of Badami ★
Deccan · c. 543 CE – c. 753 CE
Overlap: 78 years
Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari ★
West · c. 650 CE – c. 1194
Overlap: 519 years
Gurjara-Pratihara Empire ★
North · c. 730 CE – c. 1036
Overlap: 306 years
Pala Empire ★
East · c. 750 CE – c. 1161
Overlap: 411 years
Rashtrakuta Empire ★
Deccan · c. 753 CE – c. 982 CE
Overlap: 229 years
Chola Empire ★
South · c. 848 CE – 1279
Overlap: 364 years
Ghaznavid Empire ★
Northwest · c. 977 CE – c. 1186
Overlap: 209 years
Polonnaruwa Kingdom ★
Sri Lanka · c. 1070 – 1232
Overlap: 142 years
Sultanate of the Maldives ★
Islands · c. 1153 – 1968
Overlap: 59 years
Western Ganga Dynasty
South · c. 350 CE – c. 1000
Overlap: 325 years
Kamarupa
Northeast · c. 350 CE – c. 1140
Overlap: 465 years
Licchavi Kingdom of Nepal
Himalaya · c. 400 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 75 years
Maitraka Dynasty
West · c. 475 CE – c. 776 CE
Overlap: 101 years
Later Guptas of Magadha
East · c. 490 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 75 years
Pandya Kingdom (First Empire)
South · c. 590 CE – c. 920 CE
Overlap: 245 years
Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi
Deccan · c. 624 CE – c. 1075
Overlap: 400 years
Karkota Dynasty of Kashmir
North · c. 625 CE – c. 855 CE
Overlap: 180 years
Brahmin Dynasty of Sindh (Chach)
Northwest · c. 632 CE – c. 712 CE
Overlap: 37 years
Turk Shahis
Northwest · c. 665 CE – c. 822 CE
Overlap: 147 years
Umayyad Caliphate — Sindh province
Northwest · c. 712 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 38 years
Guhilas of Medapata
West · c. 728 CE – 1303
Overlap: 484 years
Tomaras of Delhi
North · c. 736 CE – c. 1152
Overlap: 416 years
Abbasid Caliphate — Sindh province
Northwest · c. 750 CE – c. 854 CE
Overlap: 104 years
Thakuri Kingdom of Nepal
Himalaya · c. 750 CE – 1200
Overlap: 450 years
Chera Perumals of Makotai
South · c. 800 CE – c. 1124
Overlap: 324 years
Paramara Dynasty
Central · c. 800 CE – 1305
Overlap: 412 years
Hindu Shahis
Northwest · c. 822 CE – c. 1026
Overlap: 204 years
Chandela Dynasty
Central · c. 831 CE – 1315
Overlap: 381 years
Habbarid Emirate
Northwest · c. 854 CE – c. 1011
Overlap: 157 years
Utpala Dynasty of Kashmir
North · c. 855 CE – c. 1003
Overlap: 148 years
Chaulukyas (Solankis) of Gujarat
West · c. 940 CE – 1244
Overlap: 272 years
Western Chalukyas of Kalyani
Deccan · c. 973 CE – c. 1189
Overlap: 216 years
Lohara Dynasty of Kashmir
North · c. 1003 – c. 1171
Overlap: 168 years
Hoysala Empire
South · c. 1026 – 1343
Overlap: 186 years
Soomra Dynasty
Northwest · c. 1026 – 1351
Overlap: 186 years
Sena Dynasty
East · c. 1070 – 1230
Overlap: 142 years
Eastern Ganga Dynasty
East · c. 1078 – 1434
Overlap: 134 years
Gahadavala Dynasty
Gangetic Plain · c. 1089 – c. 1197
Overlap: 108 years