Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 800 – 1036

Pratihara dynasty

A state of 800 – 1036 — 236 years in South Asia. It replaced Gupta Empire and Empire of Harsha. It was replaced by Chandelas of Jejakabhukti, Paramara dynasty and Chaulukya dynasty and 1 more. Its line of rulers holds 1 person.

  • Wikidata's English label: Gurjara-Pratihara.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
236 years
800 – 1036
Rulers
1
the head of state
Most ground
645,200 km²
in 860
Symbol
1
on record, with years
Map: Pratihara dynasty in 860, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Pratihara dynasty in 860, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 645,200 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Pratihara dynasty in 860, at its largest

860 · at its largest · 645,200 km²

Pratihara dynasty in 980, last mapped

980 · last mapped · 29,300 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Gupta Empire: 320 – 550Chaulukya dynasty: 940 – 1244Chandelas of Jejakabhukti: 831 – 1311Chavda dynasty: 690 – 942Pratihara dynasty: 800 – 1036

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

  • Gupta Empire · replaces · 320 – 550
  • Empire of Harsha · replaces

After it

Rulers

The line of head of state.

RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before

1 rulers, 0 with terms dated as terms. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

8008509009501000

629,100 km² in 800, 29,300 km² in 1036; at its largest 645,200 km² in 860. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Pratihara bhoja
    coin, undatedPratihara bhoja · CC BY 2.5 · User:Ancientcoinsofindia1 , English Wikipedia

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood236 years

    stood longer than 67% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held645,200 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 78% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • Rulers on record1

    has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 3 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Empire of Harsha · Linked · 606 – 647Empire of HarshaGupta Empire · Linked · 320 – 550Gupta EmpirePratihara dynasty · 800 – 1036Pratihara dynastyParamara dynasty · Linked · 980 – 1235Paramara dynastyChaulukya dynasty · Linked · 945 – 1244Chaulukya dynastyChandelas of Jejakabhukti · Linked · 831 – 1311Chandelas of Jejakabhukti40060080010001200
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q5324 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.