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Dynasty is a family or line of rulers, a succession of sovereigns of a country belonging to a single family or tracing their descent to a common ancestor. Following is the list of major Indian dynasties, their Founders and Capitals:
| Dynasty |
founder |
Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Hiranyak Dynasty | Bimbisara | Rajgriha |
| Shishunaga Dynasty | Shishunaga | Vaishali |
| Nand Dynasty | Mahapadma Nanda | Pataliputra |
| Mauryan Dynasty | Chandragupta | Pataliputra |
| Shung Dynasty | Pushyamitra Sunga | Pataliputra |
| Kanva Dynasty | Vasudev | Pataliputra |
| Satvahana Dynasty | Simkoek | installations |
| Ikshvaku Dynasty | Ikshvaku | Ayodhya |
| Kushan dynasty | Kujula Kadphises | Purishpur |
| Gupta Dynasty | Shri Gupta | Pataliputra |
| Vakataka dynasty | Vindhyashakti | |
| Huna Dynasty | Torman | Syalkot |
| Pallava dynasty | Singh Varman (fourth) | Kanchipuram |
| Vardhana dynasty | Pushyabhuti | Thanesar, Kannauj |
| Pandya Dynasty | Nedion | Madurai |
| Chola Dynasty | Vijayalaya | Tanjore |
| Pallava Dynasty | Singh Varman IV | Kanchipuram |
| Rashtrakuta Dynasty | Dantidurga | Manyakhet |
| Pala Empire | Gopala | Munger (Bengal) |
| Chalukya (Kalyani) | Tailap II | Manyakhet, Kalyani |
| Chalukya (Badami) | Jaisingh I | Vatapi |
| Chalukya (Bengi) | Vishnuvardhana | Bengi |
| Hoysala Dynasty | Vishnuvardhana | Dwarasamudra |
| Yadav Dynasty | Bhillabh V | Devgiri |
| Kadamba Dynasty | Mayur Sharman | Vanavasi |
| Kakatiya Dynasty | Bita I | Orugallu (Warangal) |
| Ganga dynasty | Braj Hasta Panjam | Kuvalal Talkad |
| Sen Dynasty | Samant Sen | Lakhnauti |
| Karkot Dynasty | Durlabh Vardhan | |
| Varmana Dynasty | Pushyavarman | Pragjyotishpura |
| Gahadwal Dynasty | Chandradev | Kannauj |
| Chauhan dynasty | Vasudev | Ajmer |
| Gurjar Pratihar Dynasty | Nagabhatta I | Kannauj |
| Chandel dynasty | Nannuka | Khajuraho, Mahoba |
| Solanki Dynasty | Moolraj | Anahilavada (modern Patan) |
| Kalchuri Dynasty | Kokalla I. | Tripuri |
| Chandel Dynasty | Nannuk | Khajurao Mahoba |
| Parmar Dynasty | Upendra | Dhara Nagari |
| The Slave Dynasty | Qutubuddin Aibek | Delhi |
| Khilji Dynasty | Jalaluddin Khilji | Delhi |
| Tughlaq Dynasty | Ghiasuddin Tughlaq | Delhi |
| Syed Dynasty | Khizra Khan | Delhi |
| Lodi dynasty | Bahlol Lodi | Delhi |
| Sangam Dynasty | Harihar and Bukka | Vijayanagar |
| Sharki Dynasty | Malik Sarwar | Jaunpur |
| Mughal Dynasty | Babar | Delhi |
| Adil Shahi Dynasty | Yusuf Adil Shah | Bijapur |
| Sur Dynasty | Sher Shah Suri | Delhi |
| Bahamani Empire | Hassan Gangu | Gulbarga, Bidar |
| Qutb Shahi Dynasty | Quli Qutb Shah | Golconda, Hyderabad |
| Sikh State | Raja Ranjit Singh | Lahore |
| Maratha Empire | Shivaji | Pune |
| Saluva dynasty | Narasimha | Vijayanagar |
| Tuluva dynasty | Veer Narasimha | Vijayanagar |
| Aravidu dynasty | Tirumal | Penukonda |
| Nizamshahi Dynasty | Malik Ahmed | Ahmednagar |
| Sharki Dynasty | Malik Sarwar | Jaunpur |