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).
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In alphabetical order
- Amaravati
- Anga Now as Bhagalpur
- Bharuch
- Ayadhya Now as kanyakumari
- Badayun
- Banbhore (now in Pakistan)
- Barbarikon (now in Pakistan)
- Bayana
- Bhattiprolu
- Bhinmal
- Bhokardan (Bhogavardhana)
- Bhubaneswar (Sisupalgarh)
- Chandraketugarh
- Chennai
- Chunar
- Chidambaram
- Chirand
- Coimbatore
- Cuddalore
- Cuttack
- Debal (now in Pakistan)
- Dhanyakataka
- Dharmapuri
- Dwarka
- Erode
- Garthapuri Now as Guntur / గుంటూరు
- Gwalior
- Hampi
- Hansi
- Harappa (Now in Pakistan)
- Jabalpur
- Jaipur
- Jhansi
- Junagadh
- Kalibangan
- Kalinjar
- Kalpi
- 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 Now as Kodungallur
- Nagapattinam
- Nalanda
- Namakkal
- Nashik
- Osian
- Paithan
- Patala (modern day's Thatta, now in Pakistan)
- Pataliputra
- Pistapura
- Poona (now known as pune)
- Purushapura (modern day's Peshawer, now in Pakistan )
- Pushkalavati (modern day's Charsadda, now in Pakistan)
- Prayag (in modern Prayagraj)
- Pratishthana
- Pundravardhana
- Pudumadam புதுமடம்
- Puri
- Pushkar
- Rajagriha Now as Rajgir
- Rajahmahendravaram
- Rajapura
- Ramanathapuram
- Rameshwaram
- Sagala (modern day's Sialkot, now in Pakistan)
- Salem
- Sambhar Lake Town City of Gopal Lal Jandu
- Sangrur
- Saketa Now as Ayodhya
- Sirkap (Now in Pakistan)
- Sirsukh (now in Pakistan)
- Sitanagaram
- Somnath
- Sopara
- Sravasti
- Tamralipta, now Tamluk
- Taxila (earlier Takshashila, now in Pakistan)
- Thanjavur (Tanjore)
- Tiruchengode
- Tiruchirappalli (earlier Uraiyur)
- Thirussivaperoor Now as Thrissur(Trichur)
- Tirunelveli
- Tiruvannamalai
- Tiruvarur
- Tuni
- Udayagiri(now Bhopal)
- Ujjain(earlier Ujjayini, Avanti)
- Vadodara(earlier known with following names Viravati, Chandravati, Vadpatra and Baroda)
- Vaishali (ancient city)
- Vallabhi
- Varanasi
- Vellore
- Vidisha
- Bairat, now Viratnagar
- Maisolos, Masalia, Masulipatnam, Masulipatam, now Machilipatnam or Bandar
- Vijayavatika, now Vijayawada
- Visakhapatnam(earlierWaltair)
- Vrindavan
- Vellore