🗺 History by state

History of Puducherry

Kingdoms and empires10

Events on the map2

Historic places0

Population (2011)1,244,464

👑 Who held this land

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

Kalabhra Interregnum c. 250 CE – c. 600 CE

Pallava Dynasty c. 275 CE – c. 897 CE

Chola Empire c. 848 CE – 1279

Pandya Empire (Second Empire) c. 1190 – 1345

Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646

Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857

British East India Company 1600 – 1858

Pondichéry 1674 – 1954 · based here

Carnatic (Nawabs of Arcot) 1692 – 1855

Karaikal 1739 – 1954 · based here

250 CE1950

📅 Events in Puducherry

c. 50 CE Roman trade at Arikamedu and Muziris · Arikamedu
1954 French settlements transferred to India · Puducherry

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.