🗺 History by state

History of Madhya Pradesh

Kingdoms and empires20

Events on the map16

Historic places2

Population (2011)72,597,565

👑 Who held this land

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

Chalcolithic Cultures c. 3,000–700 BCE · based here

Malwa Culture c. 1,700–1,200 BCE · based here

Avanti c. 1,000–345 BCE · based here

Chedi c. 1,000–300 BCE · based here

Mauryan Empire c. 321–185 BCE · based here

Shunga Dynasty c. 185–73 BCE · based here

Gupta Empire c. 240 CE – c. 550 CE

Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty c. 500 CE – c. 647 CE

Kalachuris of Tripuri c. 675 CE – 1212 · based here

Gurjara-Pratihara Empire c. 730 CE – c. 1036

Paramara Dynasty c. 800 CE – 1305 · based here

Chandela Dynasty c. 831 CE – 1315 · based here

Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526

Khandesh Sultanate (Faruqi) 1382 – 1601 · based here

Malwa Sultanate 1392 – 1562 · based here

Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857

Sur Empire 1540 – 1556

Maratha Empire 1674 – 1818

Holkar State (Indore) 1731 – 1948 · based here

Scindia State (Gwalior) 1731 – 1948 · based here

3,000 BCE1950

📅 Events in Madhya Pradesh

c. 1,700 BCE Malwa culture at Navdatoli · Navdatoli
c. 150 BCE Bharhut stupa railings carved · Bharhut
c. 113 BCE Heliodorus Pillar at Vidisha · Vidisha
57 BCE Vikram Samvat era begins · Ujjain
c. 50 BCE Sanchi gateways carved · Sanchi
c. 395 CE Chandragupta II conquers the Western Kshatrapas · Ujjain
c. 400 CE Kalidasa at the Gupta court · Ujjain
c. 510 CE Huna invasions under Toramana · Eran
c. 528 CE Yashodharman defeats Mihirakula · Mandsaur
c. 618 CE ★ Pulakeshin II defeats Harsha on the Narmada · Narmada river
c. 1055 Death of Raja Bhoja · Dhar
1545 Death of Sher Shah at Kalinjar · Kalinjar
1601 Asirgarh falls to Akbar · Asirgarh
1782 Treaty of Salbai · Salbai
1858 Rani Lakshmibai falls at Gwalior · Gwalior
1984 Bhopal gas tragedy · Bhopal

🏛 Historic places

Sanchi Stupac. 250 BCE Khajurahoc. 950 CE

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.