Reference
A History of Assam
The classic history of Assam and the Ahom kingdom.
Kamarupa
Kingdom
Level 2
c. 350 CE – c. 1140
Assam kingdom under the Varman, Mlechchha and Pala dynasties.
- Capital
- Pragjyotishpura
- Region
- Northeast
- Duration
- 790 years
- Main period
- Gupta Empire & Regional Powers
Approximate extent.
At a glance
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Rulers
- Bhaskaravarman Kingc. 600 CE – c. 650 CEAlly of Harsha; hosted Xuanzang.
Selected rulers; gaps in the list are not gaps in the dynasty.
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Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Kamarupa 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: 667 years
Kushan Empire ★
Northwest · c. 30 CE – c. 375 CE
Overlap: 25 years
Gupta Empire ★
Gangetic Plain · c. 240 CE – c. 550 CE
Overlap: 200 years
Pallava Dynasty ★
South · c. 275 CE – c. 897 CE
Overlap: 547 years
Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty ★
North · c. 500 CE – c. 647 CE
Overlap: 147 years
Chalukyas of Badami ★
Deccan · c. 543 CE – c. 753 CE
Overlap: 210 years
Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari ★
West · c. 650 CE – c. 1194
Overlap: 490 years
Gurjara-Pratihara Empire ★
North · c. 730 CE – c. 1036
Overlap: 306 years
Pala Empire ★
East · c. 750 CE – c. 1161
Overlap: 390 years
Rashtrakuta Empire ★
Deccan · c. 753 CE – c. 982 CE
Overlap: 229 years
Chola Empire ★
South · c. 848 CE – 1279
Overlap: 292 years
Ghaznavid Empire ★
Northwest · c. 977 CE – c. 1186
Overlap: 163 years
Polonnaruwa Kingdom ★
Sri Lanka · c. 1070 – 1232
Overlap: 70 years
Western Kshatrapas
West · c. 35 CE – c. 415 CE
Overlap: 65 years
Kalabhra Interregnum
South · c. 250 CE – c. 600 CE
Overlap: 250 years
Vakataka Dynasty
Deccan · c. 250 CE – c. 500 CE
Overlap: 150 years
Kadamba Dynasty
South · c. 345 CE – c. 525 CE
Overlap: 175 years
Western Ganga Dynasty
South · c. 350 CE – c. 1000
Overlap: 650 years
Licchavi Kingdom of Nepal
Himalaya · c. 400 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 350 years
Alchon Huns (Hunas)
Northwest · c. 460 CE – c. 560 CE
Overlap: 100 years
Maitraka Dynasty
West · c. 475 CE – c. 776 CE
Overlap: 301 years
Rai Dynasty of Sindh
Northwest · c. 489 CE – c. 632 CE
Overlap: 143 years
Later Guptas of Magadha
East · c. 490 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 260 years
Maukhari Dynasty
Gangetic Plain · c. 550 CE – c. 606 CE
Overlap: 56 years
Gauda Kingdom (Shashanka)
East · c. 590 CE – c. 626 CE
Overlap: 36 years
Pandya Kingdom (First Empire)
South · c. 590 CE – c. 920 CE
Overlap: 330 years
Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi
Deccan · c. 624 CE – c. 1075
Overlap: 451 years
Karkota Dynasty of Kashmir
North · c. 625 CE – c. 855 CE
Overlap: 230 years
Brahmin Dynasty of Sindh (Chach)
Northwest · c. 632 CE – c. 712 CE
Overlap: 80 years
Turk Shahis
Northwest · c. 665 CE – c. 822 CE
Overlap: 157 years
Kalachuris of Tripuri
Central · c. 675 CE – 1212
Overlap: 465 years
Umayyad Caliphate — Sindh province
Northwest · c. 712 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 38 years
Guhilas of Medapata
West · c. 728 CE – 1303
Overlap: 412 years
Tomaras of Delhi
North · c. 736 CE – c. 1152
Overlap: 404 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: 390 years
Chera Perumals of Makotai
South · c. 800 CE – c. 1124
Overlap: 324 years
Paramara Dynasty
Central · c. 800 CE – 1305
Overlap: 340 years
Hindu Shahis
Northwest · c. 822 CE – c. 1026
Overlap: 204 years
Chandela Dynasty
Central · c. 831 CE – 1315
Overlap: 309 years