Curated playlist
Former monarchies of India
- Mughal EmpireThe Mughal Empire's name comes from Mongol, yet its early followers were Chagatai Turks.
- Delhi SultanateThe Delhi Sultanate began when a former slave seized power in 1206. Qutb ud-Din Aibak became its first sultan.
- Sultanate of GolcondaGolconda's Persian-speaking sultans came to be called "Telugu Sultans" by their own elites.
- Maurya EmpireAfter the Kalinga war in 261 BCE, Emperor Ashoka gave up conquest and embraced Buddhism.
- Kushan EmpireKushan coins showed more than thirty different gods. They came from Iranian, Greek and Indian traditions.
- Maratha EmpireArthur Wellesley warned a British general never to let Maratha infantry attack head on.
- Durrani EmpireA holy man's sheaves in a turban crowned the Durrani Empire's founder in 1747.
- British RajOn the 28th of June 1858, Queen Victoria took direct control of India from the East India Company.
- Pandya dynastyThe Pandya dynasty of South India ruled from roughly 400 BCE to 1618 CE. Pearl fisheries made it rich.
- Kingdom of MysoreThe Kingdom of Mysore built the first iron-cased rockets in military history. Hyder Ali developed them in the 1780s.