Timeline
Every bar is a polity. Read vertically at any point to see who existed at the same time — the subcontinent was almost never ruled by a single power.
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800 CE
900 CE
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1100
1200
1300
Tripartite Struggle
Chola & Major Southern Kingdoms
Regional Kingdoms & Ghaznavid/Ghurid Expansion
Delhi Sultanate & Regional Kingdoms
Vijayanagara Empire
Bahmani & Deccan Sultanates
Northwest · 8
North · 7
Himalaya · 3
Gangetic Plain · 1
East · 4
Northeast · 2
Central · 3
West · 6
Deccan · 6
South · 10
Sri Lanka · 3
Islands · 1