Indian Dynasties API
Free static API for 39 Indian historical dynasties spanning 544 BCE to 1949 CE with 261 rulers, capitals, regions, and notable achievements.
Try it
Request:
curl https://dynasties.oriz.in/dynasties/mauryan.json Response:
{
"slug": "mauryan",
"name": "Mauryan Empire",
"alt_names": [
"Maurya Dynasty"
],
"period": {
"start": -322,
"end": -185,
"start_era": "BCE",
"end_era": "BCE"
},
"region": "South Asia (most of subcontinent)",
"capitals": [
"Pataliputra"
],
"rulers": [
{
"name": "Chandragupta Maurya",
"reign_start": -322,
"reign_end": -298,
"notes": "Founder; tutored by Chanakya/Kautilya"
},
{
"name": "Ashoka the Great",
"reign_start": -268,
"reign_end": -232,
"notes": "Embraced Buddhism after Kalinga War; dhamma edicts"
}
],
"religion": "Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism (pluralistic; Ashoka patronised Buddhism)",
"predecessor": "nanda",
"successor": "shunga",
"notable_achievements": [
"First pan-Indian empire",
"Ashoka's rock and pillar edicts",
"Spread of Buddhism to Sri Lanka and Central Asia"
],
"notes": ""
} How to use
via dynasties.oriz.in
Cloudflare Pages, custom domain, free TLS. Recommended for browser apps.
https://dynasties.oriz.in/dynasties/mauryan.json via jsDelivr
Pinned to a git ref. Recommended for production code that wants reproducibility.
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/oriz-org/dynasties-api@main/dynasties/mauryan.json Stats
39 dynasties · 261 rulers · 544 BCE - 1949 CE · CC BY-SA
Why use this
- · Static JSON — no API key, no rate limit, no quota.
- · Served from Cloudflare Pages and jsDelivr edge caches.
- · Open data — fork it, audit it, send a PR.