Main articles: East India Company and Company rule in India In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by Mughal Emperor Jahangir to trade in India. Gradually their increasing influ ...
Main article: Colonial India In 1498, Vasco da Gama successfully discovered a new sea route from Europe to India, which paved the way for direct Indo-European commerce. The Portuguese soon set up trad ...
There were several other kingdoms which ruled over parts of India in the later medieval period prior to the British occupation. However, most of them were bound to pay regular tribute to the Marathas. ...
The Punjabi kingdom, ruled by members of the Sikh religion, was a political entity that governed the region of modern-day Punjab. The empire, based around the Punjab region, existed from 1799 to 1849. ...
Main article: Maratha Empire The post-Mughal era was dominated by the rise of the Maratha suzerainty as other small regional states (mostly late Mughal tributary states) emerged, and also by the incre ...
Main articles: Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Mysore, Hyderabad State, Nawab of Bengal, Sikh Empire, Rajputs and Durrani Empire Further information: Shivaji, Tipu Sultan, Nizam, Nawab of Oudh, Ranjit Sing ...
Main article: Mughal Empire In 1526, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from Fergana Valley (modern day Uzbekistan), swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal Empire, ...
Main articles: Vijayanagara Empire The Empire was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty. The empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts by the s ...
Main article: Delhi Sultanate In the 12th and 13th centuries, Turks and Afghans invaded parts of northern India and established the Delhi Sultanate in the former Hindu holdings. The subsequent Slave d ...
Main articles: Muslim conquest of India, Islamic Empires in India, Bahmani Sultanate and Deccan Sultanates See also: Rajput resistance to Muslim conquests and Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval I ...
ain article: Western Chalukya Empire The Western Chalukya Empire (Kannada:?????? ??????? ????????? pa?chima chālukya sāmrājya) ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, ...
Main article: Chola dynasty Medieval Cholas rose to prominence during the middle of the 9th century C.E. and established the greatest empire South India had seen. They successfully united the South In ...
Main article: Pala Empire The Pala Empire (Bengali: ??? ????????? Pal Samrajy?) was an Indian imperial power, during the Classical period of India, that existed from 750–1174 CE. It was ...
Main article: Rashtrakuta dynasty At its peak the Rashtrakuta Empire ruled from the Ganges River and Yamuna River doab in the north to Cape Comorin in the south, a fruitful time of political expansion ...
The Chalukya dynasty ruled parts of southern and central India from Badami in Karnataka between 550 and 750, and then again from Kalyani between 970 and 1190. The Pallavas of Kanchipuram were their co ...
