Editing Emperor (section)

=== Regional emperors ===
* [[Janaka]] of [[Videha]] secured the position of ''Samrat''.<ref name="mahajan"/>
* [[Dasharatha]] of [[Kosala]] called himself the ''Samrat'' over all rulers of the earth.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guruge |first=Ananda W. P. |author-link=Ananda W. P. Guruge |url=https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=WWlsWQ8foNgC&pg=PA52 |page=52 |title=The Society of the Ramayana |date=1991 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-265-9 |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Vakataka dynasty|Vakataka]] ruler [[Pravarasena I]] was titled ''Samrat''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Upinder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GW5Gx0HSXKUC&pg=PA482 |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |date=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-1677-9 |pages=482 |language=en|quote=Pravarasena I was the only Vakataka king with the imperial title ''samrat''; the others had the relatively modest title ''maharaja''.}}</ref>
* The ruler of Kalinga, [[Kharavela]] of the [[Mahameghavahana dynasty]], used the title ''[[Kalinga (region)|Kalinga]]-[[Chakravartin]]''.<ref name="MajumdarBhavan1951">{{cite book |author=[[Ramesh Chandra Majumdar]] |title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The age of imperial unity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3dDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Kalinga-chakravartin%22 |page=213|year=1951 |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan}}</ref>
* [[Lakshmikarna]] of the [[Kalachuris of Tripuri|Kalachuri dynasty]] proclaimed himself ''[[Chakravartin]]''.
* The [[Chola Empire|Imperial Cholas]] used the title ''[[Chakravarti (Sanskrit term)|Chakravartigal]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thapar |first=Romila |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5irrXX0apQC&pg=PA366 |page=366|title=Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 |year=2004 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-24225-8 |language=en|quote=The unobtrusive titles used by the early Chola kings were replaced with high-sounding ones, such as ''chakravartigal'' (emperor, the equivalent of the northern ''chakravartin'').}}</ref>
* The term ''Chakravartin'' was used by the [[Pallavas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Menon |first=Indira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ym17YA_jhCgC&pg=PT4 |page=14|title=Rhythms in Stone: The Temples of South India |date=2013 |publisher=Ambi Knowledge Resource |isbn=978-81-903591-3-9 |language=en}}</ref>
* The title ''Tribhuvana-Chakravartin'', literally "emperor of the three worlds", was used by the [[Cholas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eraly |first=Abraham |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=te1sqTzTxD8C&pg=PA103 |title=The First Spring: The Golden Age of India |date=2011 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-670-08478-4 |page=103|language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Pandyan Dynasty|Pandyan]] Emperor [[Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I]] was titled ''Tribhuvana-Cakravarti'', "emperor of the three worlds".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leão |first=David Pierdominici |url=https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=KP5BEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA165 |page=165|title=Breaking the Crown of Indra: The Pāṇḍyas and Their Dynastic Identity in the South Indian Context |date=2025-01-27 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-72150-0 |language=en}}</ref>
* Dharasena IV, the [[Maitraka dynasty|Maitraka]] ruler of [[Kingdom of Valabhi|Valabhi]], called himself ''Chakravartin''.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Mahajan V.D. |author-link=Vidya Dhar Mahajan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TJlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA449 |page=449|title=Ancient India |publisher=S. Chand Publishing |isbn=978-93-5253-132-5 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Veera Ballala II]] of the [[Hoysala Kingdom]] assumed the title ''Hoysala-Chakravartin''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aiyangar |first=Sakkottai Krishnaswami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htArUg0OMpcC&pg=PA252 |page=252 |title=Ancient India: Collected Essays on the Literary and Political History of Southern India |date=2004 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-1850-3 |language=en}}</ref>