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{{short description|List of royalties following Jainism}}
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This is a list of monarchs, royalties, and dynasties following [[Jainism]].

==Dynasties==
* [[Ikshvaku dynasty]]:Thritkaras as twenty-two of twenty-four [[Tirthankara]]s were born in this dynasty.{{sfn|Jain|1991|p=2}}
* [[Harivamsa]]
* [[Vajjika League]] (c. 6th century BCE - c. 468 BCE)
* [[Pandya dynasty]] (6th century BCE - 1345 CE) Originally Jains, later converted to Hinduism during koon pandya's rule)
* [[Maurya dynasty]] (322-184 BCE)
* [[Mahameghavahana dynasty]] (250s BCE – 5th century CE)
* [[Vakataka dynasty]] (250 CE - 510 CE)
* [[Chera dynasty]] (300 BCE - 550 CE)
* [[Kalabhra dynasty]] (300-700 CE) 
* [[Kadamba Dynasty]] (345–525 CE)
* [[Alupa Dynasty]] (200-1444 CE)
* [[Western Ganga Dynasty]] (350 CE – 1000)
* [[Chalukya Dynasty|Chalukyas of Badami]] (543 CE - 753 CE)
* [[Santara dynasty]] (7th century CE - 18th century CE)
* [[Rastrakuta dynasty]] (735CE-982 CE)
* [[Shilahara|Shilahara Dynasty]] (8th century CE–13th century CE)
* [[Kakatiya dynasty]] (800CE-1323CE)
* [[Ratta dynasty]] (900-1300)
* [[Musunuri Nayakas]] (1050CE-1438CE)
* [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty]] (860CE-1317CE)
* [[Western Chalukya Empire|Chalukyas of Kalyani]] (957 CE - 1184 CE)
* [[Hoysala Kingdom|Hoysalas]] (1000 CE - 1346 CE)
* [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalachuri dynasty]] (600-1181 CE)
* [[Chowta dynasty (Tulu Nadu)|Chowta dynasty]] (12th century CE-18th century CE)

==Kings==
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*[[Siddhartha of Kundagrama|Raja Siddhartha]]
*[[Bharata Chakravarti]]
*[[Bahubali]]
*[[Chandragupta Maurya]]
*[[Kharavela]] (2nd century BCE)
*[[Samprati]] (3rd century BCE)
*[[Ajatashatru]] (5th century BCE)
*[[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Kumarapala]] (r. 1143-1172)
*[[Āma]] (8, 9th centuries)
*[[Bimbisara]] (c. 558 - c. 491 BC)
*[[Sanat Kumara Chakravarti]]
*[[Samudravijaya]]
*[[Pulakeshin II]]
*[[Avinita]]
*[[Durvinita]]
*[[Dantidurga]]
*[[Govinda III]]
*[[Amoghavarsha]] (9th century)
*[[Indra IV]]
*[[Mularaja II]] (12th century)
*[[Ereyanga]] (12th century)
*[[Veera Ballala I]] (12th century)
*[[Vishnuvardhana|Bittideva]] (Originally Jain later supported vaishnavism)
*[[Shalishuka]] (r. c. 215 - c. 202 BC)
*[[Avakinnayo Karakandu]]
*[[Ilango Adigal]]{{sfn|Adigal|1965|p=VIII}}
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*[[Udayin]](460-444 BC)
*Vatsaraja (Gujara-Pratihara Dynasty)
*King Sodsa
*Raja Shrenik
*Chetaka
*Vandraja

==Queens==
*[[Attimabbe]]
*[[Shantala Devi]] 
*[[Abbakka Chowta]] (r. 1525-1570s)
*[[Rani Chennabhairadevi]]

==Kings in Jain texts==
This list contains rulers that are mentioned in Jain texts. They are listed as follows:

* [[Bharata chakravartin]]
* [[King Sagara]]
* [[Sanat Kumara Chakravarti]]

==See also==
* [[Jainism]]
* [[History of India]]
* [[List of Hindu empires and dynasties]]

==References==
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===Sources===
*{{citation|last=Shah|first=Natubhai|title=Jainism: The World of Conquerors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC|year=2004|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=978-81-208-1938-2}}
*{{citation|last=Jain|first=Kailash Chand|title=Lord Mahavira and his times|year=1991|isbn=978-81-208-0805-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-TxcO9dfrcC|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|location=[[Delhi]]}}
*{{citation |last=Adigal |first=Prince Ilangô |title=Shilappadikaram: (The Ankle Bracelet) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uu3QelRpmsgC |translator=[[Alain Daniélou]] |publisher=[[New Directions Publishing|New Directions]] |date=1965 |isbn=9780811200011 }}

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