Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, was convicted of several sex assaults, cruelty to a child and false imprisonment following a trial at London's Southwark Crown Court.
The court heard how he brainwashed his followers into thinking he had God-likepowers.
He also invented a supernatural force called Jackie who he said could trigger natural disasters if he was disobeyed.
He even fathered a daughter with one of his acolytes, who was then kept prisoner in the home for three decades.
She was beaten, banned from singing nursery rhymes, and was not allowed to go to school or make friends.
She later described herself as a "shadow woman" who was kept like a "caged bird".
Detective Sergeant Paul Wiggett said she was so terrorised by her father that she "genuinely believed the day she left the house she was going to explode - that her life would come to an end".
She said afterwards: "I believe justice has definitely been done. I am very happy with the result and at the end of the day he is still my dad."
As the verdict was read out, Balakrishnan looked straight ahead.
However one of his former followers shouted: "You are sending an innocent man to prison. Shame on you."
Balakrishnan, of Enfield, north London, was found guilty of six counts of indecent assault and four counts of rape.
He was also convicted of two counts of ABH, cruelty to a child under 16, and false imprisonment.
He was cleared of one count of ABH and one count of indecent assault.
Sentencing has been adjourned until 29 January for a psychiatric report to be prepared.
Balakrishnan was remanded in custody.
:: Timeline of events in the case
:: 1963 - Balakrishnan travels to the UK from Singapore and studies at the London School of Economics.
:: 1970s - Balakrishnan sets up a Maoist commune called the Workers Institute, which is based in Brixton, south London.
next 30 years he brainwashes his female followers.
:: 1982 - One of his followers becomes pregnant with his daughter.
:: 1983 - The baby is born into the commune, where she is kept prisoner for the next 30 years.
:: Christmas Eve, 1996 - The child's mother falls from the second floor window of a terraced house where the collective had been living.
She dies several months later.
:: May 2005 - Balakrishnan's daughter runs away from the collective and goes to the police.
Police contact Bala who promises things will improve and she returns home.
:: 23 October 2013 - Balakrishnan's daughter, aged 30, manages to escape the commune and was met by police.
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