| Haryanka | Bimbisara | 558 BCE | 444 BCE | Rajgir | Udayin | Capital shifted to Pataliputra |
| Shishunaga | Shishunaga | 413 BCE | 345 BCE | Rajgir → Vaishali | Kalashoka | Rise of Nandas |
| Nanda | Mahapadma Nanda | 345 BCE | 321 BCE | Pataliputra | Dhana Nanda | Chandragupta Maurya |
| Maurya | Chandragupta Maurya | 322 BCE | 184 BCE | Pataliputra | Brihadratha | Pushyamitra Shunga |
| Shunga | Pushyamitra Shunga | 187 BCE | 73 BCE | Pataliputra | Devabhuti | Vasudeva Kanva |
| Kanva | Vasudeva | 72 BCE | 28 BCE | Pataliputra | — | Satavahanas |
| Satavahana | Simuka | 230 BCE | 233 CE | Pratishthana / Amaravati | Vijaya Satakarni | Gradual decline |
| Indo-Greeks | Antiochus | — | — | — | — | Decline |
| Shaka (Scythians) | Maues (Moga) | — | — | — | — | Decline |
| Parthians (Pahlavas) | Gondophernes | — | — | — | — | Decline |
| Kushana | Kujula Kadphises | 30 CE | 232 CE | Purushapura / Mathura | Vasudeva I | Gupta expansion |
| Gupta | Sri Gupta | 240 CE | 550 CE | Pataliputra | Vishnugupta | Hun invasions |
| Vakataka | Vindhyashakti | 250 CE | 500 CE | Vatsagulma / Nandivardhana | — | Decline |
| Pallava | Simhavishnu | 295 CE | 897 CE | Kanchipuram | Aparajitavarman | Cholas |
| Kadamba | Mayur Varma | 350 CE | 540 CE | Banavasi | — | Chalukyas |
| Western Ganga | Konganivarman | 350 CE | 1000 CE | Talakad / Kolar | Permanadi | Cholas |
| Ikshvaku (Shriparvatiya) | — | — | — | Vijayapuri | — | Early Andhra rulers |
| Badami Chalukya | Pulakesin I | 543 CE | 753 CE | Vatapi (Badami) | Kirtivarman II | Rashtrakuta Dantidurga |
| Pandya | Kadungon | 590 CE | 920 CE | Madurai | Maravarman Rajasimha II | Parantaka I |
| Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) | Harshavardhana | 606 CE | 647 CE | Thanesar | Harsha | No successor |
| Eastern Chalukya (Vengi) | Kubja Vishnuvardhana | 624 CE | 11th C | Vengi | Vijayaditya VII | Cholas |
| Gurjara-Pratihara | Nagabhata I | 730 CE | 1036 CE | Kannauj | Yashpala | Gahadavalas |
| Rashtrakuta | Dantidurga | 735 CE | 982 CE | Manyakhed | Indra IV | Decline |
| Pala | Gopala | 750 CE | 1038 CE | Pataliputra / Munger | Govindapala | Decline |
| Chola (Imperial) | Vijayalaya Chola | 850 CE | 1279 CE | Thanjavur | Rajendra III | Pandya |
| Yadava (Sevuna) | Bhillama | 850 CE | 1344 CE | Devagiri | Sankara Deva | Malik Kafur |
| Chandela | Nannuka | 900 CE | — | Khajuraho / Mahoba | — | Decline |
| Chalukya of Kalyani | Tailapa II | 957 CE | 1200 CE | Kalyani | Someshvara IV | Hoysalas & Kakatiyas |
| Hoysala | Nripa Kama II | 1026 CE | 1343 CE | Halebidu | Veera Ballala III | Delhi Sultanate |
| Gahadavala | Chandradeva | 1080 CE | 12th C | Kannauj / Varanasi | — | Turks |
| Kakatiya | Rudradeva I | 1083 CE | 1323 CE | Warangal | Prataparudra | Muhammad bin Tughluq |
| Slave (Mamluk) | Qutb-ud-din Aibak | 1206 CE | 1290 CE | Lahore → Delhi | Qaiqabad | Khiljis |
| Khilji | Jalal-ud-din Khilji | 1290 CE | 1320 CE | Kilokhari | Mubarak Shah | Assassinated |
| Tughlaq | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq | 1320 CE | 1414 CE | Delhi | Nasiruddin Mahmud | Weak successors |
| Bahmani | Hasan Bahman Shah | 1347 CE | 1527 CE | Gulbarga | Muhammad Shah III | Fragmentation |
| Vijayanagara (Sangama) | Harihara–Bukka | 1336 CE | 1486 CE | Hampi | Virupaksha II | Saluva |
| Vijayanagara (Saluva) | Narasimha | 1486 CE | 1506 CE | Vijayanagara | Narasimha Raya II | Tuluva |
| Vijayanagara (Tuluva) | Veera Narasimha | 1506 CE | 1565 CE | Vijayanagara | Sadasiva Raya | Talikota |
| Vijayanagara (Aravidu) | Tirumala Deva Raya | 1570 CE | 1647 CE | Vijayanagara | Sriranga III | Final decline |
| Suri | Sher Shah Suri | 1486 CE | 1540 CE | Delhi | — | Mughals restored |
| Holkar | Malhar Rao Holkar I | 1731 CE | 1948 CE | Indore | Yashwantrao Holkar III | Merger with India |
| Chera | Uthiyan Cheralathan | — | 1102 CE | Vanchi / Kulasekharapuram | Rama Varma Kulasekara | Decline |