Between the 8th and 10th century AD, a number of powerful empires 
    emerged in India. While the Palas dominated over the eastern and 
    northern parts of India, the Pratihara empire extended over the western 
    and parts of northern India. In the south the Rashtrakuta empire
    dominated the Deccan, and also had territories of north India. Of these
    three,the Rashtrakutaw empire lasted the longest.

 PALAS

    The Pala empire was founded by Gopala somewhere around 750 AD.
    The greatest king of the Pala dynasty was Dharmapala, son of Gopala,
    who reigned from about 770 AD to 810 AD. Since the days of Harsha,
    Kannauj was considered as the symbol of sovereignty of north India
    and Dharmapala, after his initial defeats at the hands of Pratihara  
    ruler Vasantraja and Rashtrakuta king Dhruva, succeeding in gaining 
    control over Kannauj, which was again lost to the Pratiharas.
   
    Devapala,son of Dharmapala ascended the throne in 810 AD and extended  
    his control over Assam and parts of Orissa. After the death of Dharmapala,
    the Pala empire disintegrated till it once again revived in the 10th century 
    and continued until the early 13th century. 

    The Palas ruled over a large empire in eastern India and parts of the north, 
    were great patrons of Buddhist religion. Dharmapala revived the world famous   
    Nalanda University and also founded the Vikramashila University at Magadha.
    They built many viharas for Buddhist monks and had close cultural relations
    with Tibet.
 

  
   
     
  |PRATIHARAS|    |RASHTRAKUTAS|    |CHOLAS |    |MUSLIM INVASION| 

  |DELHI SULTANATE|    |SLAVE DYNASTY|     |KHILJIS|    |TUGHLAKS| 

  |TIMUR|    |SAYYADS|     |LODHIS|    |VIJAYANAGARA |    |BAHAMANI|  

  |BHAKTI MOVEMENT |    |SUFISM|     |MUGHALS|    |SHERSHAH| 
 
  |MUGHALS RE-ESTABLISHED|    |SIKH POWER|