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India Map 990 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 990 CE.

Who ruled India in 990 CE?

In 990 CE, power in the subcontinent was shared among 8 major states and dynasties. Dates are conventional estimates.

What happened in India around 990 CE?

Historical Events & Sourced Records (990 CE)

Palas, Pratiharas and Rashtrakutas contest Kannauj

Three powerful dynasties competed for prestige and access to the central Ganga plain without producing a permanent victor. Their rivalry tied eastern, western and Deccan politics into one shifting arena.

The so-called tripartite struggle was not a single continuous war. It was a sequence of campaigns, alliances and reversals unfolding alongside strong regional economies and cultural patronage.

Source: Britannica: India—Regional states, c. 750–1200

990 ईस्वी में भारत का नक्शा: क्षेत्रीय राजवंश

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

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

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