List of ancient Indian cities

This is a list of cities in South Asia thought to have been founded before the 8th century (before the rise of the Pala Empire).

In alphabetical order

• Amaravati
• Anga (modern day Bhagalpur)
• Bharuch
• Ayadhya (modern day kanyakumari)
• Badayun
• Banbhore (now in Pakistan)
• Barbarikon (now in Pakistan)
• Bayana
• Bhattiprolu
• Bhinmal
• Bhokardan (Bhogavardhana)
• Sisupalgarh (modern day Bhubaneswar)
• Chandraketugarh
• Chennai
• Chunar
• Chidambaram
• Chirand
• Coimbatore
• Cuddalore
• Cuttack
• Debal (now in Pakistan)
• Dhanyakataka
• Dharmapuri
• Dwarka
• Erode
• Garthapuri (modern day Guntur / గుంటూరు)
• Gwalior
• Hampi
• Hansi
• Harappa (Now in Pakistan)
• Jabalpur
• Jaipur
• Jhansi
• Junagadh
• Kalibangan
• Kalinjar
• Kalpi
• Kalyan
• Kanchipuram
• Kannauj
• Karur
• Kaveripoompattinam
• Keezhadi
• Kodumanal
• Kollam (Quilon)
• Kotivarsha (Devkot)
• Kumbakonam
• Kumbhoj
• Kurukshetra
• Lothal
• Lashkar
• Madurai
• Meluhha (now in Pakistan)
• Mohenjo-Daro (Now in Pakistan)
• Mahabalipuram
• Mangalore (earlier Kudla (local name), Mangalapuram, Kodial, Manjara, Manjalore, Maikala, and Mangaluru)
• Mannargudi
• Mayiladuthurai
• Minnagara (now in Pakistan)
• Muziris (modern day Kodungallur)
• Matasya Kshetra(Morden day Supaul)
• Nagapattinam
• Nalanda
• Namakkal
• Nashik
• Osian
• Patala (modern day Thatta, now in Pakistan)
• Pataliputra
• Pistapura
• Poona (modern day Pune)
• Purushapura (modern day Peshawer, now in Pakistan )
• Pushkalavati (modern day Charsadda, now in Pakistan)
• Prayag (modern day Prayagraj)
• Pratishthana (modern day Paithan)
• Pundravardhana
• Pudumadam புதுமடம்
• Puri
• Pushkar
• Rajagriha Now as Rajgir
• Rajahmahendravaram
• Rajapura
• Ramanathapuram
• Rameshwaram
• Sagala (modern day Sialkot, now in Pakistan)
• Salem
• Sambhar Lake Town City of Gopal Lal Jandu
• Sambalpur
• Sangrur
• Saketa (modern day Ayodhya)
• Sirkap (Now in Pakistan)
• Sirsukh (now in Pakistan)
• Sitanagaram
• Somnath
• Sopara (modern day Nallasopara)
• Sravasti
• Tamralipta, now Tamluk
• Taxila (earlier Takshashila, now in Pakistan)
• Thanjavur (Tanjore)
• Tiruchengode
• Tiruchirappalli (earlier Uraiyur)
• Thirussivaperoor (modern day Thrissur)
• Tirunelveli
• Tiruvannamalai
• Tiruvarur
• Tuni
• Udayagiri (modern day Bhopal)
• Ujjain (earlier Ujjayini, Avanti)
• Vadodara (earlier known with following names Viravati, Chandravati, Vadpatra and Baroda)
• Vaishali
• Vallabhi
• Varanasi
• Vellore
• Vidisha
• Bairat (modern day Viratnagar)
• Maisolos, Masalia, Masulipatnam, Masulipatam, now Machilipatnam or Bandar
• Vijayavatika (modern day Vijayawada)
• Waltair (modern day Visakhapatnam)
• Vrindavan
• Vellore

External links

• Geographical Dictionary Of Ancient And Mediaeval India by Nundo Lal Dey