Chandara is the capital city of Dinotopia's southeastern quadrant, and the seat of an ancient empire of the same name. By the time of Arthur Denison's arrival in 1862, Chandara had fallen out of contact with the west. Leaders in Sauropolis, deploring Chandara's lack of a democratic round table, officially closed the Belt Road to trade caravans, thus dooming cities like Ruhmsburg that had thrived on the flow of goods. Desert guards on giant flightless birds called Diatrymas patrolled the western fringes of the empire to evict strangers. The dinosaurs in Chandara are: