List of Indian monarchs


The following list of Indian monarchs is one of several lists of incumbents.
Early later documented rulers and dynasties who are deemed to have ruled a portion of the Indian subcontinent are included in this list.

Chronological list of Hindu empires and dynasties

Magadha dynasties

Legendary kings

This list includes the legendary kings of Magadha.

Shunga dynasty (c. 185 BCE – 73 BCE)

Ancient southern dynasties

Pandyan dynasty (c. 1500 BCE – 345 CE)

Central Pandyas
Early Pandyas
First Empire
Pandyan Revival
Pandalam Dynasty
Note that years are still highly disputed among the scholars, and the given is only one version.

Ancient Chera kings

Kulashekhara dynasty (1020–1314 CE)

Chola dynasty (c. 300 BCE – 1279 CE)

Sangam Cholas

Foreign invaders in north-western India

These empires were vast, centered in Persia or the Mediterranean; their satrapies in India were at their outskirts.
The beginning of the Satavahana rule is dated variously from 271 BCE to 30 BCE. Satavahanas dominated the Deccan region from 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE. It lasted till the early 3rd century CE. The following Satavahana kings are historically attested by epigraphic records, although the Puranas name several more kings :

Northwestern India (c. 90 BCE – 10 CE)

Nagas of Padmavati (early 3rd century–mid-4th century)

Early Pallavas (275–355)

Chahamana Dynasty (6th century – 12th century)

The Chahamanas of Shakambhari, colloquially known as the Chauhans of Sambhar, were an Indian dynasty that ruled parts of the present-day Rajasthan and its neighbouring areas between 6th to 12th centuries. The territory ruled by them was known as Sapadalaksha. They were the most prominent ruling family of the Chahamana clan, and were categorized among Agnivanshi Rajputs in the later medieval legends.

Shashanka dynasty (600–626)

Paramaras of Chandravati (c. 910-1220)

List of rulers
List of rulers
The Chalukya rulers of Gujarat, with approximate dates of reign, are as follows:
List of rulers
Following is a list of Chahmana rulers of Naddula, with approximate period of reign, as estimated by R. B. Singh:
According to historial Kailash Chand Jain, "Knowledge of the early Paramara rulers from Upendra to Vairisimha is scanty; there are no records, and they are known only from later sources." The Paramara rulers mentioned in the various inscriptions and literary sources include:

Brahmin Shahi dynasty (c. 890–964)

Kadava dynasty (c. 1216–1279 CE)

List of rulers
The sovereign Vaghela rulers include:

Mamluk dynasty of Delhi (1206–1290)

After the invasion of Timur in 1398, the governor of Multan, Khizr Khan abolished the Tughluq dynasty in 1414.

Jaunpur Sultanate (1394–1479)

Ghoris (1390–1436)

There were at least two Musunuri Nayak rulers:

Sangama dynasty (1336–1487)

Wodeyar dynasty (first rule, 1371–1761)

The reign of the Kings of Mysore was interrupted from 1761 to 1799.

Hyder Ali's dynasty of Mysore (1761–1799)

Veerakerala Varma, nephew of Cheraman Perumal Nayanar, is supposed to have been the first king of Cochin around the 7th century CE. But the records we have start in 1503.
  1. Unniraman Koyikal I
  2. Unniraman Koyikal II
  3. Veera Kerala Varma
  4. Keshava Rama Varma
  5. Veera Kerala Varma
  6. Ravi Varma I
  7. Veera Kerala Varma
  8. Godavarma
  9. Veerarayira Varma
  10. Veera Kerala Varma
  11. Rama Varma I
  12. Rani Gangadharalakshmi
  13. Rama Varma II
  14. Goda Varma
  15. Veera Kerala Varma
  16. Rama Varma III
  17. Ravi Varma II
  18. Rama Varma IV
  19. Rama Varma V
  20. Ravi Varma III
  21. Rama Varma VI
  22. Veera Kerala Varma I
  23. Rama Varma VII
  24. Veera Kerala Varma II
  25. Rama Varma VIII
  26. Shaktan Thampuran
  27. Rama Varma X – Vellarapalli-yil Theepetta Thampuran
  28. Veera Kerala Varma III – Karkidaka Maasathil Theepetta Thampuran
  29. Rama Varma XI – Thulam-Maasathil Theepett1a Thampuran
  30. Rama Varma XII – Edava-Maasathil Theepett1a Thampuran
  31. Rama Varma XIII – Thrishur-il Theepetta Thampuran
  32. Veera Kerala Varma IV – Kashi-yil Theepetta Thampuran
  33. Ravi Varma IV – Makara Maasathil Theepetta Thampuran
  34. Rama Varma XIV – Mithuna Maasathil Theepetta Thampuran
  35. Kerala Varma V – Chingam Maasathil Theepetta Thampuran
  36. Rama Varma XV – a.k.a. Rajarshi, abdicated
  37. Rama Varma XVI – Madrasil Theepetta Thampuran
  38. Rama Varma XVII – Dhaarmika Chakravarthi, Chowara-yil Theepetta Thampuran
  39. Kerala Varma VI – Midukkan Thampuran
  40. Ravi Varma V – Kunjappan Thampuran
  41. Kerala Varma VII – Ikya-Keralam Thampuran
  42. Rama Varma XVIII – Pareekshit Thampuran

    Mughal Empire (1526–1857)

Sisodia

1. 1642–1670 Phuntsog Namgyal
Ascended the throne and was consecrated as the first Chogyal of Sikkim. Made the capital in Yuksom.
2. 1670–1700 Tensung Namgyal
Shifted capital to Rabdentse from Yuksom.
3. 1700–1717 Chakdor Namgyal
His half-sister Pendiongmu tried to dethrone Chakdor, who fled to Lhasa, but was reinstated as king with the help of Tibetans.
4. 1717–1734 Gyurmed Namgyal
Sikkim was attacked by Nepalis.
5. 1734–1780 Phuntsog Namgyal II
Nepalis raided Rabdentse, the then capital of Sikkim.
6. 1780–1793 Tenzing Namgyal
Chogyal fled to Tibet, and later died there in exile.
7. 1793–1863 Tsugphud Namgyal
The longest-reigning Chogyal of Sikkim. Shifted the capital from Rabdentse to Tumlong. Treaty of Titalia in 1817 between Sikkim and British India was signed in which territories lost to Nepal were appropriated to Sikkim. Darjeeling was gifted to British India in 1835. Two Britons, Dr. Arthur Campbell and Dr. Joseph Dalton Hooker were captured by the Sikkimese in 1849. Hostilities between British India and Sikkim continued and led to a treaty signed, in which Darjeeling was ceded to the British Raj.
8. 1863–1874 Sidkeong Namgyal,
9. 1874–1914 Thutob Namgyal
John Claude White appointed as the first political officer in Sikkim in 1889. Capital shifted from Tumlong to Gangtok in 1894.
10. 1914 Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal
The shortest-reigning Chogyal of Sikkim, ruled from 10 February to 5 December 1914. Died of heart failure, aged 35, in most suspicious circumstances.
11. 1914–1963 Tashi Namgyal
Treaty between India and Sikkim was signed in 1950, giving India suzerainty over Sikkim.
12. 1963–1975 Palden Thondup Namgyal,

Maratha Empire (1674–1818)

Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj era

The Empire was divided between two branches of the family c. 1707–10; and the division was formalized in 1731.

Bhosale Chhatrapatis at Kolhapur (1700–1947)

The state acceded unto the Dominion of India following the independence of India in 1947.

Bhosale Chhatrapatis at Satara (1707–1839)

Technically they were not monarchs, but hereditary prime ministers, though in fact they ruled instead of the Maharaja after death of Chattrapati Shahu, and were hegemon of the Maratha confederation.
Descended from a brother of Shivaji; ruled independently and had no formal relationship with the Maratha Empire.
The state was annexed by the British in 1799.

Bhosale Maharajas of Nagpur (1799–1881)

Following the independence of India in 1947, the state acceded unto the Dominion of India.
The monarchy was ended in 1948, but the title is still held by Usha Devi Maharaj Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, Maharani of Indore since 1961.

Scindia rulers of Gwalior (1731–1947)

Following the independence of India in 1947, the state acceded unto the Dominion of India.

Nawabs of Bengal (1707–1770)

The British Empire annexed the Punjab c. 1845–49; after the First and Second Anglo-Sikh Wars

Emperors/Empresses of India (1857–1947)