List of capitals of India

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This is a list of locations which have served as the

Ancient period

• Rajgir : Initial capital of the Magadha Empire from 6th century BCE to 460 BCE, called Girivraj at the time. ^[1]
• Magadha Empire
  under the following dynasties:

Nanda dynasty

Maurya dynasty

Gupta dyansty

• Pataliputra also served as the capital of the Pala Empire for a brief period.
• Begram and Mathura: Summer and winter capitals respectively of the Kushan Empire
• Dharanikota near Amaravati and Pratishthānapura: Capitals of Satavahana Empire
• Srikakulam, Krishna district: Capital of Satavahana dynasty
• Kandapura: Capital of Ananda Gotrika
• Rajahmundry: Capital of Eastern Chalukya Kingdom, Reddi Kingdom
• Vangipuram or Peddavegi: Capital of Salankayana dynasty and Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
• Vijayapuri South or Nagarjunakonda: Capital of Andhra Ikshvakus
• Kalinganagara
  (modern Mukhalingam): Capital of Eastern Ganga dynasty
• Kannauj: Capital of Harshavardhana's short-lived empire; also of Pratiharas.
• Rashtrakuta dynasty and Pratihara Empire
  respectively.
• Gaadhi and Vishvamitra
  .
• Karur: Capital of Cheras
• Dharapuram: Capital of Kongu Nadu
• Puhar: Capital of Early Cholas
  .
• Madurai: Capital of Pandyas
• Gauḍa: Capital of Pala dynasty along with Pataliputra
• Sigal: First capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
• Taxila: Second capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
• Mathura: Third capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
• Sagala: Capital of the Indo-Greeks
• Bhinmal: Capital of Gurjara Empire

• Jaunpur: Capital of Sharqī dynasty (1394–1479).

Medieval period

• Sikandar Lodi
  at the time of the Lodhi dynasty. Sultan Sikandar Lodī (1488–1517) was the first to move his capital from Delhi to Agra in 1506.
• Vijayanagara: Capital of Vijayanagara Empire from early 14th Century until 1585, when it was abandoned, ostensibly due to lack of water.
• Patna: Sher Shah Suri's Empire Capital between 1538/1540 and 1556 and also served as Capital of Bihar Subah under Mughals.
• Allahabad: The city was a provincial capital in the Mughal Empire and was the headquarters of Jahangir from 1599 to 1604.^[2]
• Ghor
  : Capital of Ghurid Sultanate
• Budaun: Capital of Iltutmish empire.
• Kanchipuram Capital of Pallavas
• Thanjavur: Capital of Cholas
• Murshidabad: In 1704, nawab Murshid Quli Khan changed the seat of government from Dhaka to Murshidabad, renaming it after himself.
• Pune: In 1730, Pune became the capital of the Marathas of the Maratha Empire.At this time Maratha Empire was at its peak, and became the only non-mughal capital.
• Nawab of Bengal (from 1760 to 1764). In 1763, Quasim shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Munger
  .
• Muhammad ibn Tughluq
  (r. 1325-1351), forcibly moved the entire population of Delhi here, for two years, before it was abandoned due to lack of water.
• Hanamkonda and Warangal: Capital of Kakatiya Dynasty
• Addanki: Capital of Reddy Kingdom
• Cochin
  (1505–1510)
• Old Goa (1510–1843)
• Nova Goa
  (1843–1961)
• Pulicat: capital of Dutch Coromandel until 1690 (1610–1690; 1781–1795)
• Nagapatnam: capital of Tanjore district from 1799 to 1845 under Madras Presidency of the British.
• Pondicherry: capital of Puducherry union territory during French India.

Modern period

• In 1858,
  Allahabad (now Prayagraj) became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of North-Western Provinces.^[3]
• During the
  Calcutta was the capital of India.^[4]
• By the latter half of the 19th century, Shimla had become the summer capital.^[5]
• King
  Viceroy, government, and parliament
  were inaugurated in early 1931.