India Map 1020: Who Ruled India Then?

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India Map 1020 CE — Historical Map & Timeline

Temple cities, maritime exchange and ambitious regional courts reshape the landscape.

The interactive map shows the atlas’s nearest drawn reconstruction (c. 850 CE). Frontiers moved in between, so use the list of powers below for 1020 CE.

Who ruled India in 1020 CE?

In 1020 CE, power in the subcontinent was shared among 10 major states and dynasties. Dates are conventional estimates.

Chola Empire
Tamil Nadu, with naval reach to Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Imperial Cholas of Thanjavur, including Rajaraja I and Rajendra I. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Chola dynasty · Read: The Chola Dynasty
Pala Empire
Bengal and Bihar. Buddhist patrons of Nalanda and Vikramashila. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Pala dynasty
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty
Rajasthan, Gujarat and the Ganga plain; capital Kannauj. One of the three powers of the 'tripartite struggle' for Kannauj. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Gurjara Pratihara dynasty
Chandela dynasty
Bundelkhand, central India. Builders of the Khajuraho temples. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Chandela
Paramara dynasty
Malwa; capital Dhara. Rajput dynasty of Malwa, best known for King Bhoja. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Paramara
Hoysala dynasty
Karnataka. Builders of the temples of Belur and Halebidu. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Hoysala dynasty
Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty
Gujarat; capital Anahilapataka (Patan). Rulers of Gujarat during Mahmud of Ghazni's raid on Somnath. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Caulukya
Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari
Rajasthan and Delhi; capital Ajmer. Prithviraj Chauhan's dynasty, defeated at the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Prithviraja III
Western Chalukyas of Kalyani
Karnataka and the Deccan. Revived Chalukya power in the Deccan after the Rashtrakutas. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Chalukya dynasty
Ghaznavid rule in Punjab
Punjab; centre Lahore. Mahmud of Ghazni's successors held Punjab until the Ghurid conquest. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Ghaznavid dynasty

What happened in India around 1020 CE?

985 CE: Rajaraja Chola begins his reign
11th century context: A living architectural legacy. Use the early-eleventh-century atlas as context for the first two monuments; it does not date the later Darasuram temple. Source: UNESCO — Great Living Chola Temples
c. 1014–1044 CE: Rajendra Chola projects power across the Bay of Bengal. Rajendra Chola I extended campaigns into Sri Lanka and launched a celebrated expedition against Srivijaya’s maritime network. Naval reach served political prestige and commercial interests, not permanent occupation of Southeast Asia. Source: Britannica: Chola dynasty
1191 CE: First Battle of Tarain
1192 CE: Second Battle of Tarain
1206: A new ruling centre. The foundation of the Sultanate anchors this chronology while Delhi’s settlement history reaches farther back. Source: Delhi Tourism — History of Delhi

Historical Events & Sourced Records (1020 CE)

Rajendra Chola projects power across the Bay of Bengal

Rajendra Chola I extended campaigns into Sri Lanka and launched a celebrated expedition against Srivijaya’s maritime network. Naval reach served political prestige and commercial interests, not permanent occupation of Southeast Asia.

Chola inscriptions magnify royal victory, while overseas evidence shows a more complex commercial world. Tamil merchant associations, local Southeast Asian rulers and Buddhist institutions all shaped these connections.

Source: Britannica: Chola dynasty

1020 ईस्वी में भारत का नक्शा: क्षेत्रीय राजवंश

1020 ईस्वी का यह इंटरैक्टिव नक्शा क्षेत्रीय राजवंश के समय का भारत दिखाता है। मंदिर नगर, समुद्री व्यापार और महत्वाकांक्षी क्षेत्रीय दरबार।

1020 ईस्वी में भारत पर किसका शासन था? चोल साम्राज्य, पाल साम्राज्य, गुर्जर-प्रतिहार वंश, चंदेल वंश, परमार वंश, होयसल वंश, चालुक्य (सोलंकी) वंश, शाकंभरी के चाहमान (चौहान), कल्याणी के चालुक्य, पंजाब में ग़ज़नवी शासन।

1020 mein Bharat ke pramukh rajya: Chola Empire, Pala Empire, Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty. Ye Kshetriya Rajvansh ka daur tha.