List of ancient Indian cities
This is a list of cities in India thought to have been founded before the 8th century (before the rise of the Pala Empire).
Ancient India during the Mauryan Empire (250 BC)
In alphabetical order
- Amaravati
- Anga Now as Bhagalpur
- Bharuch
- Ayadhya Now as kanyakumari
- Badayun
- Bayana
- Bhattiprolu
- Bhinmal
- Bhokardan (Bhogavardhana)
- Bhubaneswar (Sisupalgarh)
- Bombay (now known as Mumbai)
- Chandraketugarh
- Chunar
- Chirand
- Cuttack
- Dhanyakataka
- Dwarka
- Garthapuri Now as Guntur / గుంటూరు
- Gwalior
- Hampi
- Hansi
- Harappa
- Jajpur
- Jhansi
- Kalibangan
- Kalinjar
- Kalpi
- Kanchipuram
- Kannauj
- Kaveripoompattinam
- Keezhadi
- Kodumanal
- Kotivarsha (Devkot)
- Kumbakonam
- Kumbhoj
- Kurukshetra
- Lothal
- Lashkar
- Madurai
- Mohenjo-Daro
- Mannargudi
- Muziris Now as Kodungallur
- Nagapattinam
- Nalanda
- Nashik
- Osian
- Paithan
- Pataliputra
- Pistapura
- Poona (now known as pune)
- Purushapura
- Pushkalavati
- Prayag (also known as Allahabad and Prayagraj)
- Pundravardhana
- Pudumadam புதுமடம்
- Puri
- Pushkar
- Quilon(Coulão)
- Rajagriha Now as Rajgir
- Rajahmahendravaram
- Rajapura
- Sagala
- Sangrur
- Saketa Now as Ayodhya
- Sirkap
- Sitanagaram
- Somnath
- Sopara
- Sravasti
- Tamralipta, now Tamluk
- Taxila(earlier Takshashila)
- Thanjavur
- Tiruchirappalli(earlier Uraiyur)
- Thirussivaperoor Now as Thrissur(Trichur)
- Tirunelveli
- Tiruvarur
- Udayagiri(now Bhopal)
- Ujjain(earlier Ujjayini, Avanti)
- Vadodara(earlier known with following names Viravati, Chandravati, Vadpatra and Baroda)
- Vaishali (ancient city)
- Vallabhi
- Varanasi
- Vidisha
- Bairat, now Viratnagar
- Vijayavatika, now Vijayawada
- Visakhapatnam(earlierWaltair)
- Vrindavan
- Vellore
External links
- Geographical Dictionary Of Ancient And Mediaeval India by Nundo Lal Dey
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