Ancient and Medieval Indian Rulers

Slave Dynasty - Khilji Dynasty- Tughlaq Dynasty- Lodi Dynasty is correct as per their period of rule in India. Slave dynasty ruled Delhi from 1206 to 1290, Khilji dynasty from 1290 to 1320, Tughlaq dynasty from 1321-1398 and Lodi dynasty from 1451 to 1526. 

The first ruler responsible for the rise of Magadha was Bimbisara. Magadha came into prominence under the leadership of Bimbisara (542-493 BC), who belonged to the Haryanka dynasty. He strengthened his position by marriage alliances. 

Asoka's queen who issued the famous Queen's Edict was Karuvaki. The famous Queen's Edict describes the sacred dona­tions made to the Buddhist Samgha by Asoka's second Queen Karuvaki. 

Under the reign of Vakatakas the earliest of Ajanta caves were built.  The rock-cut Buddhist viharas and chaityas of Ajanta Caves were built under the patronage of Vakataka Emperor Harishena. 

The mauryan ruler known as “Amitraghata” was Bindusara. Bindusara was the second Mauryan emperor after Chandragupta Maurya. During his reign, the empire expanded southwards. The Greeks called him Amitrochates which is the Greek transliteration for the Sanskrit word 'Amitraghata' which means slayer of enemies.

The Kushanas belonged to the Yueh-Chi tribe. The Kushanas were said to be an offshoot of a branch of the Yueh-Chi tribe following their mass exodus from China in around 165 BC. Chinese chronicle, Hou Hanshu provides much of the details on the Kushan Empire. 

Satvanas minted coins made of lead. Satavahana coins give unique indications as to their chronology, language, and even facial features. They issued mainly minted lead and copper coins. Their portrait-style silver coins were usually struck over coins of the Western Kshatrapa kings. 

In Rock Edict XIII, Asoka expresses regret over the bloodshed in his conquest of Kalinga. Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, conquered the Kalingas eight years after his coronation. After the Kalingas had been conquered, beloved-of-the-Gods came to feel a strong inclination towards the Dhamma.

Pratiharas, Chauhans, Paramaras and Solankis are the Agnikula Rajputs. Four Agnikula Rajput clans sprung from fire as per Hindu mythology.

Cholas was justly famous for its system of village administration. Every village was a self governing unit. A number of such villages constituted a Korram in different parts of the country. At the height of the Chola Empire there were eight or nine of provinces including Sri Lanka. These divisions and names underwent constant changes throughout the Chola period. 

Magasthenese was the Ambassador of Seleucus Nikator. Megasthenes was a Greek ethnographer in the Hellenistic period, author of the work Indica. He was born in Asia Minor and became an ambassador of Seleucus I Nikator of Syria. 

Amoghavarsha was the Rashtrakuta ruler to have sacrificed his fingers to Mahalakshmi. Amoghavarsha was a Rashtrakuta emperor and one of the great emperors of India. He deeply cared for his subjects and once when a calamity threatened to harm them, he offered his fingers as a sacrifice to the goddess Mahalakshmi. 

Emperor Kanishka belonged to the Kushan Dynasty. The rule of Kanishka,fifth Kushan king, who flourished for about 13 years from c. 127.  Kanishka was the son of Vima Kadphises and the grandson of Sadashkana. Kanishka's era was used as a calendar reference by the Kushans for about a century, until the decline of the Kushan realm. 

Saiyad dynasty ruled India during 1437-1451. The Sayyid dynasty was the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate from 1437 to 1451. They succeeded the Tughlaq dynasty and ruled Delhi sultanate until they were displaced by the Lodi dynasty. 

Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the North-West up to Hindu kush. Mainstream scholarship asserts that Chandragupta received vast territory in the west of the Indus, including the Hindu Kush and the Balochistan province of Pakistan.