Editorial atlas · Classical India
Gupta influence in the north; dynamic trade and kingdoms across the peninsula.
The interactive map shows the atlas’s nearest drawn reconstruction (c. 375 CE). Frontiers moved in between, so use the list of powers below for 256 CE.
In 256 CE, power in the subcontinent was shared among 3 major states and dynasties. Dates are conventional estimates.
The Kushan realm linked the northwest and Ganga basin to commercial and cultural routes across Central Asia. Under Kanishka and his successors, coinage and patronage drew on Greek, Iranian, Indian and Buddhist traditions.
The date of Kanishka’s accession and its relation to a specific era remain debated. The broader historical point is the dynasty’s role as a bridge between several artistic, religious and monetary worlds.
256 ईस्वी का यह इंटरैक्टिव नक्शा गुप्त काल और शास्त्रीय भारत के समय का भारत दिखाता है। उत्तर भारत में गुप्त साम्राज्य का प्रभाव; दक्षिण में व्यापार और कई शक्तिशाली राज्य।
256 ईस्वी में भारत पर किसका शासन था? चेर, चोल और पांड्य राज्य, पश्चिमी क्षत्रप, वाकाटक वंश।
256 mein Bharat ke pramukh rajya: Early Chera, Chola and Pandya kingdoms, Western Satraps (Kshatrapas), Vakataka dynasty. Ye Gupta Kaal ka daur tha.