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🗺 History by state

History of Delhi

Kingdoms and empires18
Events on the map48
Historic places2
Population (2011)16,753,235

👑 Who held this land

Kingdoms, empires and cultures whose territory, as drawn on our map, covered a large part of today’s Delhi, or that were based here. Extents are approximate, so treat this as a guide to who held the region — not as exact borders.

Indus / Harappan Civilization c. 3,300–1,300 BCE
Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture c. 2,000–1,500 BCE
Early Vedic Communities c. 1,500–1,000 BCE
Kuru c. 1,200–350 BCE
Later Vedic Polities c. 1,000–600 BCE
Magadha c. 700–321 BCE
Mauryan Empire c. 321–185 BCE
Yaudheya Republic c. 200 BCE – c. 350 CE
Kushan Empire c. 30 CE – c. 375 CE
Gupta Empire c. 240 CE – c. 550 CE
Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty c. 500 CE – c. 647 CE
Gurjara-Pratihara Empire c. 730 CE – c. 1036
Tomaras of Delhi c. 736 CE – c. 1152 · based here
Ghurid Empire c. 1175 – 1206
Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526
Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857 · based here
Sur Empire 1540 – 1556
British East India Company 1600 – 1858
3,300 BCE1950

📅 Events in Delhi

🏛 Historic places

Qutb Minarc. 1199Red Fort, Delhi1648

How this is made: nothing here is new — it is YugMap’s own map data sorted by today’s states. A kingdom is listed if its territory on our map covered at least 40% of the state at some point, or if its centre or capital lies here; events and places are listed where their map point falls inside the state. State outlines follow India’s official map.