Genealogy Snapshots of Key Dynasties
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Mauryan Dynasty: Chandragupta Maurya → Bindusara → Ashoka → (weaker successors: Dasharatha, Samprati, and others) → Brihadratha (assassinated 185 BCE).
Gupta Dynasty: Sri Gupta → Ghatotkacha → Chandragupta I → Samudragupta → Ramagupta (brief, contested) → Chandragupta II → Kumaragupta I → Skandagupta → (later weaker Guptas) → dynasty ends c. 550 CE.
Vardhana Dynasty: Prabhakaravardhana → Rajyavardhana → Harshavardhana (no direct heir; dynasty ends with him).
Chola Dynasty (Imperial period): Vijayalaya → Aditya I → Parantaka I → (a period of decline) → Rajaraja I → Rajendra I → later Cholas until c. 1279 CE.
This concludes the Ancient India notes. Cross-reference Section 14 (South Indian Kingdoms) with the separate Architecture and Important Battles topic files for deeper, cross-cutting detail, and the Historical Timelines file for a fully consolidated chronology spanning all periods.