Periods

No. of metropolises

Name of metropolises

The Early Historical Period

(600 BC to AD 500)

9

Varanasi , Patna, Allahabad, Madurai, Surat, Nashik, Kollam, Jabalpur, Kochi

Medieval Period

(AD 600-1800)

34

Vijayawada, Srinagar, Thrissur, Tiruchirappalli, Visakhapatnam, Vadodara, Meerut, Gwalior, Delhi, Kota, Kozhikode, Raipur, Lucknow, Ahmadabad, Jodhpur, Ludhiana, Rajkot, Amritsar, Bhopal, Nagpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Greater Mumbai. Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Chennai, Indore, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Vasai-Vivar and Malappuram

British Period

(1800-1947)

7

Kanpur, Kannur, Ranchi, Coimbatore, Dhanbad, Asansol, Jamshedpur

The Post-Independence Period

(After 1947)

2

Faridabad, Durg-Bhilainagar