India Map 318: Who Ruled India Then?

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Gupta dynasty consolidates power

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India Map 318 CE — Historical Map & Timeline

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 318 CE.

Who ruled India in 318 CE?

In 318 CE, power in the subcontinent was shared among 3 major states and dynasties. Dates are conventional estimates.

Pallava dynasty
Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra; capital Kanchipuram. Builders of the Shore Temple and rock-cut monuments of Mamallapuram. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Pallava dynasty
Western Satraps (Kshatrapas)
Gujarat, Saurashtra and Malwa. Shaka rulers of western India, ended by the Gupta conquest under Chandragupta II. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Shaka satrap
Vakataka dynasty
Vidarbha and the northern Deccan. Deccan dynasty allied by marriage to the Guptas; patrons associated with Ajanta. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Vakataka dynasty

What happened in India around 318 CE?

78 CE: Kushan power links northern routes
100 CE: Sangam-era courts and ports flourish
250 CE: Satavahana power recedes in the Deccan
320 CE: Gupta dynasty consolidates power
335 CE: Samudragupta begins an expansive reign
375 CE: Gupta influence broadens

318 ईस्वी में भारत का नक्शा: गुप्त काल और शास्त्रीय भारत

318 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।

318 ईस्वी में भारत पर किसका शासन था? पल्लव वंश, पश्चिमी क्षत्रप, वाकाटक वंश।

318 mein Bharat ke pramukh rajya: Pallava dynasty, Western Satraps (Kshatrapas), Vakataka dynasty. Ye Gupta Kaal ka daur tha.