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

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