States of South Asia
250 states with a page of their own, in order of founding, from 1201 – 345 BCE to 2008 – present.
- Magadha 1201 – 345 BCE
- Anga Kingdom 1101 – 501 BCE
- Panchala 901 – 401 BCE
- Gandhara 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Asmaka 701 – 425 BCE
- Avanti 701 – 301 BCE
- Kosala 701 – 501 BCE
- Vatsa 701 – 301 BCE
- Cedī (tribe) 600 – 451 BCE
- Mahajanapadas 600 – 345 BCE
- Haryanka dynasty 544 – 413 BCE
- Zhangzhung 501 BCE – 625 CE
- Shaishunaga dynasty 413 – 345 BCE
- Anuradhapura kingdom 377 BCE – 1017 CE
- Nanda Empire 345 – 321 BCE
- Maurya Empire 322 – 185 BCE
- Kalinga 301 – 261 BCE
- Chola dynasty 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Pandya dynasty 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom 250 – 125 BCE
- Mahameghavahana dynasty 250 BCE – 500 CE
- Satavahana dynasty 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Loulan Kingdom 201 – 77 BCE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Shunga Empire 185 – 75 BCE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Kanva dynasty 70 – 25 BCE
- Indo-Parthian kingdom 19 BCE – 226 CE
- Kushan Empire 30 – 375
- Western Satraps 35 – 405
- Kalabhra dynasty 250 – 600
- Vakataka dynasty 250 – 500
- Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom 260 – 357
- Pallava dynasty 275 – 897
- Kidarites 301 – 520
- Gupta Empire 320 – 550
- Kadamba dynasty 345 – 525
- Kamarupa 350 – 1140
- Kingdom of Gauda 400 – 626
- Hephthalites 408 – 670
- Pushyabhuti dynasty 500 – 647
- Maukharis of Kannauj 510 – 606
- Chalukya dynasty 543 – 753
- First Turkic Khaganate 551 – 603
- Western Turkic Khaganate 581 – 659
- Chahamanas of Shakambhari 600 – 1200
- Tibetan Empire 618 – 842
- Eastern Chalukyas 624 – 1189
- Mallabhum kingdom 694 – 1947
- Bukhar Khudahs 700 – 800
- Türgesh 704 – 766
- Kannauj 732 – 771
- Kimak–Kipchak confederation 743 – 1220
- Oghuz Yabgu State 750 – 1055
- Pala Empire 750 – 1174
- Rashtrakuta Empire 753 – 982
- Pratihara dynasty 800 – 1036
- Samanid Empire 819 – 999
- Chandelas of Jejakabhukti 831 – 1311
- Kara-Khanid Khanate 840 – 1212
- Chola Empire 848 – 1279
- Tibetans 850 – 1259
- Utpala dynasty 855 – 1003
- Saffarid dynasty 861 – 1003
- Chaulukya dynasty 940 – 1244
- Ghaznavid Empire 962 – 1187
- Western Chalukya Empire 973 – 1189
- Paramara dynasty 980 – 1235
- Lohara dynasty 1003 – 1320
- Ghurid dynasty 1011 – 1215
- Kingdom of Polonnaruwa 1017 – 1236
- Hoysala Kingdom 1026 – 1343
- Sena dynasty 1072 – 1235
- Eastern Ganga dynasty 1078 – 1434
- Gahadavala dynasty 1089 – 1197
- Avar Khanate 1101 – 1864
- Qara Khitai 1124 – 1218
- Kingdom of Amber 1128 – 1949
- Sultanate of the Maldive Islands 1153 – 1968
- Kakatiya dynasty 1163 – 1323
- Seuna (Yadava) dynasty 1173 – 1317
- Patna State 1191 – 1948
- Palitana State 1194 – 1948
- Dungarpur State 1197 – 1947
- Kathmandu 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526
- Mamluk dynasty 1206 – 1290
- Jaffna kingdom 1215 – 1624
- Kingdom of Dambadeniya 1220 – 1345
- Chagatai Khanate 1225 – 1687
- White Horde 1227 – 1500
- Kingdom of Marwar 1250 – 1949
- Khalji dynasty 1290 – 1320
- Kampili kingdom 1294 – 1328
- Kashmir Sultanate 1320 – 1589
- Tughlaq dynasty 1320 – 1413
- Oiniwar dynasty 1325 – 1526
- Samma dynasty 1335 – 1520
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646
- Bundi State 1342 – 1949
- Bahmani Kingdom 1347 – 1527
- Moghulistan 1347 – 1570
- Bengal Sultanate 1352 – 1576
- Phagmodrupa dynasty 1354 – 1618
- Garhwal Kingdom 1358 – 1949
- Jaunpur Sultanate 1394 – 1479
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950
- Nagar State 1400 – 1974
- Malwa Sultanate 1401 – 1562
- Gujarat Sultanate 1407 – 1573
- Kingdom of Kotte 1412 – 1597
- Sayyid dynasty 1414 – 1451
- Gajapati Empire 1434 – 1541
- Rinpungpa 1435 – 1565
- Nogai Horde 1440 – 1634
- Lodi dynasty 1451 – 1526
- Kazakh Khanate 1458 – 1847
- Bikaner State 1465 – 1947
- Astrakhan Khanate 1466 – 1556
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate 1490 – 1636
- Berar sultanate 1490 – 1574
- Sultanate of Bijapur 1490 – 1686
- Banswara State 1497 – 1949
- Nayakas of Keladi 1499 – 1763
- Khanate of Bukhara 1500 – 1785
- Kingdom of Cochin 1500 – 1949
- Shaybanids 1500 – 1511
- Orchha State 1501 – 1950
- Koch dynasty 1515 – 1949
- Sultanate of Golconda 1518 – 1687
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857
- Bidar Sultanate 1527 – 1619
- Madurai Nayak dynasty 1529 – 1737
- Thanjavur Nayak kingdom 1532 – 1673
- Sur Empire 1540 – 1556
- Gorkha kingdom 1559 – 1768
- Tsangpa 1565 – 1642
- Hunza State 1600 – 1974
- Kota State 1613 – 1949
- Dzungar Khanate 1634 – 1758
- Khanate of Kalat 1638 – 1955
- Ganden Phodrang 1642 – 1959
- Kingdom of Sikkim 1642 – 1975
- Khoshut Khanate 1650 – 1724
- Kingdom of Mewar 1666 – 1949
- French India 1668 – 1954
- Maratha Empire 1674 – 1818
- Thanjavur Maratha kingdom 1674 – 1855
- Bharatpur State 1680 – 1948
- Pudukkottai Kingdom 1680 – 1948
- Bahawalpur State 1690 – 1955
- Carnatic Sultanate 1692 – 1855
- Kharan State 1697 – 1955
- Kalhora dynasty 1701 – 1782
- Makran 1701 – 1955
- Kolhapur State 1707 – 1949
- Hotak dynasty 1709 – 1738
- Khanate of Kokand 1709 – 1876
- Sikhs 1709 – 1717
- Nawabs of Bengal 1717 – 1880
- Rampur State 1719 – 1949
- Baroda State 1721 – 1949
- Kingdom of Rohilkhand 1721 – 1774
- Bhavnagar State 1723 – 1948
- Bhopal State 1723 – 1947
- Hyderabad State 1724 – 1948
- Dhar State 1728 – 1947
- Travancore 1729 – 1949
- Indore State 1732 – 1948
- Oudh State 1732 – 1859
- Sikh Empire 1733 – 1849
- Kingdom of Jhalavad 1742 – 1948
- Lasbela 1742 – 1955
- Durrani Empire 1747 – 1826
- Junagadh State 1748 – 1948
- Sikh Confederacy 1748 – 1799
- Gwalior State 1761 – 1948
- Patiala State 1761 – 1947
- Kingdom of Nepal 1768 – 2008
- Shah dynasty 1768
- Benares State 1770 – 1948
- Khairpur State 1775 – 1955
- Emirate of Bukhara 1785 – 1920
- Radhanpur State 1787 – 1948
- Dholpur State 1806 – 1948
- Wankaner State 1807 – 1947
- Jaora State 1817 – 1948
- Tonk State 1817 – 1949
- Kingdom of Nagpur 1818 – 1853
- Udaipur State 1818 – 1948
- Talpur dynasty 1820 – 1894
- Emirate of Afghanistan 1823 – 1926
- Caucasian Imamate 1828 – 1859
- Durrani dynasty 1840 – 1845
- Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate 1841 – 1867
- Dogra dynasty 1846 – 1952
- Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) 1846 – 1947
- Swat State 1849 – 1969
- Bastar State 1853 – 1948
- British Raj 1858 – 1947
- Yettishar 1864 – 1877
- Amb State 1900 – 1969
- Dir State 1900 – 1969
- North-West Frontier Province 1901 – 2010
- Tibet 1912 – 1959
- Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus 1917 – 1920
- Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1918 – 1924
- North Caucasian Emirate 1919 – 1920
- Bukharan People's Soviet Republic 1920 – 1924
- Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic 1924 – 1991
- Kingdom of Afghanistan 1926 – 1973
- Chinese Communist Party 1928 – 1949
- Tajikistan 1929 – present
- First East Turkestan Republic 1933 – 1934
- Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic 1936 – 1991
- Second East Turkestan Republic 1944 – 1946
- Bombay State 1947 – 1960
- Dominion of India 1947 – 1950
- Dominion of Pakistan 1947 – 1956
- Jammu and Kashmir (state) 1947 – 2019
- Mysore State 1947 – 1973
- West Punjab 1947 – 1955
- Dominion of Ceylon 1948 – 1972
- Hyderabad State (1948–1956) 1948 – 1956
- Bhutan 1949 – present
- India 1950 – present
- Baluchistan States Union 1952 – 1955
- East Pakistan 1955 – 1971
- West Pakistan 1955 – 1970
- Pakistan 1956 – present
- United Suvadive Republic 1959 – 1963
- Maldives 1965 – present
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas 1970 – 2018
- Bangladesh 1971 – present
- Sri Lanka 1972 – present
- Republic of Afghanistan 1973 – 1978
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan 1978 – 1992
- Afghan mujahideen 1979 – 1992
- Daman and Diu 1987 – 2020
- Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1991 – 2000
- Kazakhstan 1991 – present
- Kyrgyzstan 1991 – present
- Uzbekistan 1991 – present
- Islamic State of Afghanistan 1992 – 2002
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 1996 – 2001
- Taliban 1996 – 2005
- Afghanistan 2002 – present
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 2004 – 2021
- Nepal 2008 – present