IMPORTANT DYANSTIES IN ANCIENT INDIA

HARYANKAS (544-413 BCE)   

Founder : Bimbisara

Capital : Rajgriha later Pataliputra (Present name - Patna) located in Bihar

Last King : Nagasaka

SHISUNAGA (413-345 BCE)

Founder : Shisunaga

Capital : Rajgir (Bihar)

Last king : Mahanandin

NANDA (345-321 BCE)

Founder : Mahapadma Nanda

Capital : Patliputra 

Last King : Dhana Nanda

MAURYA (321-185 BCE)

Founder : Chandragupta Maurya

Capital : Patliputra 

Last King : Brihadratha

SHUNGA (185-75 BCE)

Founder : Pushyamitra shunga

Capital : Pataliputra later Vidisha

Last King : Devbhuti

KANVA (73 -26 BCE)

Founder : Vasudeva Kanva

Capital : Patliputra 

Last King : Susharman

GUPTA (240-550 CE)

Approximate extent of the Gupta territories (purple) in 450 CE.

Founder : Sri Gupta 

Capital : Patliputra 

Last King : Vishnu Gupta

CHOLA (300s BCE–1279 CE)

Founder : Vijayalaya Chola

Capital : Puhar and Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

Last King : Rajendra Chola III

SATAVAHANA (271 BCE-220 CE)

Founder : Simuka 

Capital : Pratistanapuram, Amaravathi (Maharashtra)

Last King : Yajna Sri Satakarni

KUSHAN (80-125 CE)

Founder : Kajula Kadaphis

Capital : Bagram, Peshawar, Taxila, Mathura

Last King : Kipu Nanda

PALLAVAS (272 -885 CE)

Founder : Simhavishnu

Capital : Kanchepuram (Tamil Nadu)

Last King : Aparajita Varman

CHALUKYA ( 543-743 CE)

Founder : Pulakeshin 1 (Deccan Chalukyas) 

Capital : Badami (Karnataka)

Last King : Kriti Varman 

RASHTRAKUTAS (735-982 CE)

Founder : Danti Durga 

Capital : Manyakheta (Present name - Malkhed) located in Tamil Nadu

Last King : Indira 4TH