Ancient Empires

Rashtrakuta (IAST: rāṣṭrakūṭa) was a royal dynasty that ruled major regions of the Indian Subcontinent between the 6th and 10th centuries. The earliest recognised...

The Mughals or Mogul Dynasty was an empire that ruled most of Northern India extending large parts of the Indian Subcontinent including Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

The ancient city of Babylon can be traced to modern day Iraq, around 90 kms southwest of Baghdad. The Babylonian Empire was considered to...

Assyria, in its original geographical and historical sense, was a small triangular-shaped land lying between the Tigris and the Zab Rivers and the Median...

The Akkadian Empire, considered among the greatest empires in Mesopotamia, is believed to be stretched from the Persian Gulf through modern day Kuwait, Iraq,...

The Carthaginian Empire established around 814 BC was spread over North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and Sicily. The ancient city of Carthage was...

Introduction of Umayyad Caliphate: Umayyad Caliphate is first of the Muslim Empires (or Islamic Empires) of the world which ruled the Caliphate Empire (661-750 A.D.)...

Introduction to Gupta Dynasty: Gupta Dynasty was one of the ancient Indian empires that ruled during 240 to 550 CE in Northern, Central as well...

Vijayanagara Empire was found by Harihara I. His reign might have ended after 1357. However, before he died he nominated his brother Bukka to...

The Satavahanas ruled the western Deccan region, the region around Paithan (Pratishthana). They were regarded as the Andhras or Andhrabrityas (Andhra sevants). They were...