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Chutia Kingdom
Kingdom
Level 3
c. 1187 – 1524
Upper Assam kingdom absorbed by the Ahoms.
- Capital
- Sadiya
- Region
- Northeast
- Duration
- 337 years
- Main period
- Delhi Sultanate & Regional Kingdoms
Approximate extent.
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An Introduction to Indian Art, Part I (Class 11)
The standard base for art and architecture questions — stupas, temples and sculpture.
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History of Medieval India
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📄 Research papers
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Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-Colonial India
Uses Andhra inscriptions to show how identities were described in the Kakatiya and Sultanate era.
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Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States
A documented, case-by-case study of temple destruction and its political context, 1192–1760.
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🇮🇳 Indian scholarship
The Pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics
How Persian became the language of Mughal government and of Hindu and Muslim elites alike.
Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Chutia Kingdom for a significant part of its history. The bar shows when, within its own span.
Chola Empire ★
South · c. 848 CE – 1279
Overlap: 92 years
Polonnaruwa Kingdom ★
Sri Lanka · c. 1070 – 1232
Overlap: 45 years
Sultanate of the Maldives ★
Islands · c. 1153 – 1968
Overlap: 337 years
Malla Dynasty of Nepal ★
Himalaya · 1201 – 1769
Overlap: 323 years
Delhi Sultanate ★
North · 1206 – 1526
Overlap: 318 years
Ahom Kingdom ★
Northeast · 1228 – 1826
Overlap: 296 years
Mewar (Sisodia) ★
West · 1326 – 1949
Overlap: 198 years
Vijayanagara Empire ★
South · 1336 – 1646
Overlap: 188 years
Bahmani Sultanate ★
Deccan · 1347 – 1527
Overlap: 177 years
Kingdom of Mysore ★
South · 1399 – 1950
Overlap: 125 years
Kingdom of Kandy ★
Sri Lanka · c. 1469 – 1815
Overlap: 55 years
Kalachuris of Tripuri
Central · c. 675 CE – 1212
Overlap: 25 years
Guhilas of Medapata
West · c. 728 CE – 1303
Overlap: 116 years
Paramara Dynasty
Central · c. 800 CE – 1305
Overlap: 118 years
Chandela Dynasty
Central · c. 831 CE – 1315
Overlap: 128 years
Chaulukyas (Solankis) of Gujarat
West · c. 940 CE – 1244
Overlap: 57 years
Hoysala Empire
South · c. 1026 – 1343
Overlap: 156 years
Soomra Dynasty
Northwest · c. 1026 – 1351
Overlap: 164 years
Sena Dynasty
East · c. 1070 – 1230
Overlap: 43 years
Eastern Ganga Dynasty
East · c. 1078 – 1434
Overlap: 247 years
Khasa Malla Kingdom
Himalaya · c. 1100 – c. 1400
Overlap: 213 years
Zamorins of Calicut
South · c. 1124 – 1766
Overlap: 337 years
Kachwahas of Amber (Jaipur)
West · c. 1128 – 1949
Overlap: 337 years
Kakatiya Dynasty
Deccan · c. 1163 – 1323
Overlap: 136 years
Seuna (Yadava) Dynasty
Deccan · c. 1187 – 1317
Overlap: 130 years
Pandya Empire (Second Empire)
South · c. 1190 – 1345
Overlap: 155 years
Jaffna Kingdom
Sri Lanka · c. 1215 – 1619
Overlap: 309 years
Marwar (Rathore)
West · c. 1226 – 1949
Overlap: 298 years
Madurai Sultanate
South · 1335 – 1378
Overlap: 43 years
Kashmir Sultanate
North · 1339 – 1586
Overlap: 185 years
Samma Dynasty
Northwest · 1351 – 1524
Overlap: 173 years
Bengal Sultanate
East · 1352 – 1576
Overlap: 172 years
Timurid Empire (Herat)
Northwest · 1370 – 1507
Overlap: 137 years
Malwa Sultanate
Central · 1392 – 1562
Overlap: 132 years
Jaunpur (Sharqi) Sultanate
Gangetic Plain · 1394 – 1479
Overlap: 85 years
Gujarat Sultanate
West · 1407 – 1573
Overlap: 117 years
Kingdom of Kotte
Sri Lanka · 1412 – 1597
Overlap: 112 years
Gajapati Kingdom
East · 1434 – 1541
Overlap: 90 years
Ahmadnagar Sultanate (Nizam Shahi)
Deccan · 1490 – 1636
Overlap: 34 years
Bijapur Sultanate (Adil Shahi)
Deccan · 1490 – 1686
Overlap: 34 years