This is a list of cities in South Asia thought to have been founded before the 8th century (before the rise of the Pala Empire).

In alphabetical order

• Amaravati
• Anga Now as Bhagalpur
• Bharuch
• Ayadhya Now as kanyakumari
• Badayun
• Banbhore (now in Pakistan)
• Barbarikon (now in Pakistan)
• Bayana
• Bhattiprolu
• Bhinmal
• Bhokardan (Bhogavardhana)
• Bhubaneswar (Sisupalgarh)
• Chandraketugarh
• Chennai
• Chunar
• Chidambaram
• Chirand
• Coimbatore
• Cuddalore
• Cuttack
• Debal (now in Pakistan)
• Dhanyakataka
• Dharmapuri
• Dwarka
• Erode
• Garthapuri Now as Guntur / గుంటూరు
• Gwalior
• Hampi
• Hansi
• Harappa (Now in Pakistan)
• Jabalpur
• Jaipur
• Jhansi
• Junagadh
• Kalibangan
• Kalinjar
• Kalpi
• Kanchipuram
• Kannauj
• Karur
• Kaveripoompattinam
• Keezhadi
• Kodumanal
• Kollam (Quilon)
• Kotivarsha (Devkot)
• Kumbakonam
• Kumbhoj
• Kurukshetra
• Lothal
• Lashkar
• Madurai
• Meluhha (now in Pakistan)
• Mohenjo-Daro (Now in Pakistan)
• Mahabalipuram
• Mangalore (earlier Kudla (local name), Mangalapuram, Kodial, Manjara, Manjalore, Maikala, and Mangaluru)
• Mannargudi
• Mayiladuthurai
• Minnagara (now in Pakistan)
• Muziris Now as Kodungallur
• Nagapattinam
• Nalanda
• Namakkal
• Nashik
• Osian
• Paithan
• Patala (modern day's Thatta, now in Pakistan)
• Pataliputra
• Pistapura
• Poona (now known as pune)
• Purushapura (modern day's Peshawer, now in Pakistan )
• Pushkalavati (modern day's Charsadda, now in Pakistan)
• Prayag (in modern Prayagraj)
• Pratishthana
• Pundravardhana
• Pudumadam புதுமடம்
• Puri
• Pushkar
• Rajagriha Now as Rajgir
• Rajahmahendravaram
• Rajapura
• Ramanathapuram
• Rameshwaram
• Sagala (modern day's Sialkot, now in Pakistan)
• Salem
• Sambhar Lake Town City of Gopal Lal Jandu
• Sangrur
• Saketa Now as Ayodhya
• Sirkap (Now in Pakistan)
• Sirsukh (now in Pakistan)
• Sitanagaram
• Somnath
• Sopara
• Sravasti
• Tamralipta, now Tamluk
• Taxila (earlier Takshashila, now in Pakistan)
• Thanjavur (Tanjore)
• Tiruchengode
• Tiruchirappalli (earlier Uraiyur)
• Thirussivaperoor Now as Thrissur(Trichur)
• Tirunelveli
• Tiruvannamalai
• Tiruvarur
• Tuni
• Udayagiri(now Bhopal)
• Ujjain(earlier Ujjayini, Avanti)
• Vadodara(earlier known with following names Viravati, Chandravati, Vadpatra and Baroda)
• Vaishali (ancient city)
• Vallabhi
• Varanasi
• Vellore
• Vidisha
• Bairat, now Viratnagar
• Maisolos, Masalia, Masulipatnam, Masulipatam, now Machilipatnam or Bandar
• Vijayavatika, now Vijayawada
• Visakhapatnam(earlierWaltair)
• Vrindavan
• Vellore