Other Faiths
Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian and Bahá’í communities of the subcontinent.
Dynasties & States
- Achaemenid satrapies in IndiaThe Achaemenid satrapies in India were the northwestern provinces of the Persian empire, esta…
- British RajThe British Raj was the period of direct Crown rule over India from 1858 to 1947, following t…
- Danish IndiaDanish India consisted of Tranquebar on the Tamil coast and Serampore in Bengal, small settle…
- Dutch IndiaDutch India was the network of Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie factories on the Indian coas…
- French IndiaFrench India was the set of five coastal enclaves held by France from the seventeenth century…
- Garo nokma chiefdomsThe Garo hills were governed by village chiefdoms under a nokma rather than by any kingdom, a…
- Greco-Bactrian KingdomThe Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was a Hellenistic state in northern Afghanistan and Central Asia,…
- Habsburg and Trieste companiesThe Habsburg trading companies based at Trieste made a brief attempt at an Indian presence in…
- Indo-Greek KingdomThe Indo-Greek kingdoms were the states ruled by Greek dynasties in Gandhāra and the Punjab f…
- Indo-Parthian KingdomThe Indo-Parthian Kingdom was a state founded by Gondophares in the first century CE across S…
- Khasi hima statesThe Khasi hima were some twenty-five small states of the Meghalaya hills, each governed by an…
- Kingdom of CochinThe kingdom of Cochin ruled central Kerala from the twelfth century until 1949, and by allyin…
- Later CherasThe Later Cheras ruled Kerala from Mahodayapuram between about 800 and 1124 CE, and their cha…
- Macedonian satrapies in IndiaThe Macedonian satrapies in India were the short-lived provinces Alexander established in the…
- Mizo chiefdomsThe Mizo hills were held by hereditary chiefs, chiefly of the Sailo clan, each ruling a villa…
- Naga village republicsThe Naga hills were divided among independent villages, each a sovereign unit governed by its…
- Ostend CompanyThe Ostend Company was an imperial trading venture from the Austrian Netherlands that maintai…
- Portuguese IndiaPortuguese India was the first and the last European territorial presence in the subcontinent…