Indian Empire
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Indian Empire may refer to:
- Mauryan Empire, ancient empire based in Magadha and covering large stretches of South Asia from 322 to 185 BC
- Gupta Empire, empire based in Magadha and covering much of northern India from 320 to 550
- Delhi Sultanate, formally Empire of Hindustan, empire based in Delhi and covering much of northern India from 1206 to 1526
- Mughal Empire, formally Dominion of Hindustan, empire based in northern India and covering much of South Asia from 1526 to 1857, and existing only as an ceremonial imperial structure after 1712
- British Raj, imperial governance structure within the British Empire, constituting territories formally called the Indian Empire, and comprising British India and the princely states from 1858 to 1947