Hindu Empire (To Share a River)

The empire of Bharat, more popularly known as the Hindu Empire, was a kingdom that ruled most of India under the Chauhan dynasty.

In 713, the empire of Rajastan formed, which lasted until 820 with the death of the childless Vinayak Raj. The Varna Sabha elected Ramaraja Chauhan as king, with his Sabha seat replaced by the Ajmeri cheiftain. Ramaraja and his successors increased the prosperity of India by establishing Magadha and Multan as major Silk Trade cities. Hinduism became the dominant religion at the time after Advaita scholar Shankaracharya spread it across the empire in the 800's.

The empire experienced a dynastic feud between the Chauhans and the Dahiris, who claimed to be the true heirs to Vinayak Raj. In 901 this erupted into Civil War, with the Tang dynasty in China supporting the Dahiris. The Chauhans won and, ten years later, declared war on the Tangs in retaliation. The war ended in 916 with the Chinese giving up lots of gold and valuables, as well as the secret to Silk production, which made the Indians rich off of competition with China.

In 954 a famine struck, as well as a cholera outbreak, and civil war once again broke apart the empire. India was broken into rivaling states for 56 more years until 1010, when a Chauhan king managed to reunite the empire.