Timeline of South Asian history

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Below is a timeline of South Asian history.

South Asia Timetable
Timeline and
cultural period 		Westcoast Northwestern Sub-continent
(West Punjab-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 		Indo-Gangetic Plain Central India
Deccan Plateau 		Southern India
Western Gangetic Plain
(Kurukshetra) 		Northern India
(Central Gangetic Plain) 		Northeastern India
(Bengal)
South Asian Stone Age (until c. 3300 BC) South Asian Stone Age (until c. 1100 BC)
Culture Paleolithicum (until c. 10,000 BC)
70,000 - 10,000 BC Sanghao Caves Bhimbetka rock shelters
(30,000-15,000 BC)
Culture Mesolithicum (c. 10,000-7,000 BC) Mesolithicum (c. 10,000-3,000 BC)
c. 10,000-7,000 BC
Culture Neolithicum (c. 7000-3300 BC) Mesolithicum (c. 10,000-3000 BC)
c. 7,000-3,300 BC Mehrgarh
BRONZE AGE (c. 3300-1100 BC) NEOLITHIC (c. 3000-1400 BC)
Culture Early Harappan
3300-2600 BC Early Harappan
Culture Integration Era
2600-1900 BC Indus Valley Civilization Indus Valley Civilization Indus Valley Civilization
Culture Localisation Era/Late Harappan
OCP/Cemetery H
1900-1500 BC Earliest known rice cultivation[a]
Culture Localisation Era/Late Harappan
OCP • Cemetery H • Early Vedic period • Gandhara grave culture 		Megalithic
(c. 1400-1100 BC)
1500-1300 BC Indo-Aryan migration
1300-1100 BC Wandering Vedic Aryans
IRON AGE (c. 1100-300 BC)
Culture Middle Vedic Period
Gandhara grave culture Black and red ware culture
1100-800 BC Vedic settlements
Gandhara 		Vedic settlements
Kuru
Culture Late Vedic Period
Gandhara grave culture (Brahmin ideology)[b] • early Upanishads • Painted Grey Ware culture (Kshatriya/Shramanic culture)[c] • Northern Black Polished Ware
800-600 BC Gandhara Kuru-Pancala Kosala-Videha
Culture Late Vedic Period
Mahajanapada
Gandhara grave culture (Brahmin ideology)[d] • early Upanishads • Painted Grey Ware culture (Kshatriya/Shramanic culture)[e] • Northern Black Polished Ware
 6th century BC Gandhara Kuru-Panchala Kosala
Magadha
Anga 		Adivasi (tribes)
Culture Persian-Greek influences "Second Urbanisation"
Later Upanishads Rise of Shramana movements
Jainism - Buddhism - Ājīvika - Yoga
Later Upanishads
 5th century BC (Persian rule) Shishunaga dynasty Adivasi (tribes)
 4th century BC (Greek conquests)

Nanda empire
Kalinga

HISTORICAL AGE (after 300 BC)
Culture Spread of Buddhism Pre-history Sangam period
(300 BC – 200 AD)
 3rd century BC Maurya Empire Early Cholas
Early Pandyan Kingdom
Satavahana dynasty
Cheras
Culture Preclassical Hinduism[f] - "Hindu Synthesis"[g] (c. 200 BC-300 AD)[h][i]
Epics - Puranas - Ramayana - Mahabharata - Bhagavad Gita - Brahma Sutras - Smarta Tradition
Mahayana Buddhism 		Sangam period
(continued)
(300 BC – 200 AD)
 2nd century BC Indo-Greek Kingdom Shunga Empire Adivasi (tribes) Early Cholas
Early Pandyan Kingdom
Satavahana dynasty
Cheras
 1st century BC Yona Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty
 1st century AD Indo-Scythians
Indo-Parthians 		Kuninda Kingdom
 2nd century Pahlava Varman dynasty
 3rd century Kushan Empire Western Satraps Kamarupa kingdom Kalabhra dynasty
Culture "Golden Age of Hinduism"(c. 320-650 AD)[j]
Puranas
Co-existence of Hinduism and Buddhism
 4th century Gupta Empire Kadamba Dynasty
Western Ganga Dynasty
 5th century Vishnukundina
 6th century Maitraka Adivasi (tribes)
Culture Late-Classical Hinduism (c. 650-1100 AD)[k]
Advaita Vedanta - Tantra
Decline of Buddhism in India
 7th century Maitraka Indo-Sassanids Vakataka dynasty
Empire of Harsha 		Mlechchha dynasty Adivasi (tribes) Pallava
 8th century Kidarite Kingdom Kalachuri
 9th century Indo-Hephthalites (Huna) Gurjara-Pratihara Chalukya
10th century Pala dynasty
Kamboja-Pala dynasty 		Rashtrakuta
Culture Islamic rule and "Sects of Hinduism" (c. 1100-1850 AD)[l] - Medieval and Late Puranic Period (500–1500 AD)[m]
11th century Western Chalukyas (Islamic conquests)
Kabul Shahi
(Islamic Empire) 		Rajputs Pala Empire
Paramara dynasty
Chaulukya dynasty
Eastern Ganga dynasty 		Sena dynasty Adivasi (tribes) Chola Empire
Yadava dynasty
Western Chalukyas
Eastern Chalukyas
Kakatiya dynasty
Hoysala Empire
12th century Western Chalukyas Rajputs Paramara dynasty
Chaulukya dynasty
Eastern Ganga dynasty 		Chola Empire
Yadava dynasty
Western Chalukyas
Eastern Chalukyas
Kakatiya dynasty
Hoysala Empire
13th century Delhi Sultanate Chola Empire
14th century Delhi Sultanate Vijayanagara Empire
15th century Delhi Sultanate
16th century Mughal Empire
17th century Mughal Empire Maratha Empire
Culture Maratha Empire and British Colonisation - Company rule in India'
18th century Maratha Empire Maratha Empire British Maratha Empire/British
Culture British Colonisation - British Raj
19th century Sikh Empire
Culture British Raj - Independence struggle - Pakistan - India - Bangladesh'
20th century Pakistan India Bangladesh India
21st century

References[]

  1. ^ Samuel (2010) p.49
  2. ^ Samuel
  3. ^ Samuel
  4. ^ Samuel
  5. ^ Samuel
  6. ^ Michaels (2004) p.39
  7. ^ Hiltebeitel (2002)
  8. ^ Michaels (2004) p.39
  9. ^ Hiltebeitel (2002)
  10. ^ Michaels (2004) p.40
  11. ^ Michaels (2004) p.41
  12. ^ Michaels (2004) p.43
  13. ^ Flood (1996) p.21-22
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