• Source: Outline of ancient India

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient India:
Ancient India is the Indian subcontinent from prehistoric times to the start of Medieval India, which is typically dated (when the term is still used) to the end of the Gupta Empire around 500 CE. Depending on context, the term Ancient India might cover the modern-day countries of Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, though these territories had large cultural differences.




General history of Ancient India



An elaborate periodisation may be as follows:




= Pre-history (Neolithic Age) (c. 8000–3500 BCE)

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Indian Pre-history Age (c. 10,000–3300 BCE)
Bhirrana culture (7570–6200 BCE)
Mehrgarh culture (c. 7000 – c. 2500 BCE)




= Proto-history (Bronze Age) (c. 3500–1800 BCE)

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Indus Valley Civilisation (c. 3300 – c. 1300 BCE), including the "first urbanisation"
Ahar–Banas culture (c. 3000 – c. 1500 BCE)
Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (c. 2600–1200 BCE)
Cemetery H culture (c. 1900–1300 BCE)




= Iron Age (c. 1800–200 BCE)

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Iron Age India (c. 1800 – c. 200 BCE)
Vedic civilization (c. 1700 – c. 600 BCE)
Black and red ware culture (c. 1500–700 BCE) in Western Ganges plain
Northern Black Polished Ware (c. 1200–500 BCE)
Painted Grey Ware culture (c. 1200 or 700–300 BCE)
Brihadratha dynasty (c. 1700 – c. 682 BCE)
Gandhara Kingdom (c. 1500 – c. 545 BCE)
Kuru Kingdom (c. 1200 – c. 345 BCE)
Indian Iron Age kingdoms (c. 600 – c. 345 BCE)
Pandyan Kingdom (c. 600 BCE – c. 650 CE)




= Pre-Classical Period (c. 600 BCE–200 CE)

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Pradyota dynasty (c. 682–544 BCE)
Haryanka dynasty (c. 544–413 BCE)
Shaishunaga dynasty (c. 413–345 BCE)
Nanda Empire (c. 345 – c. 322 BCE)
Maurya Empire (c. 322–185 BCE)
Sangam period (c. 300 BCE – c. 300 CE)
Pandyan Kingdom (c. 600 BCE–1650 CE)
Chera Kingdom (c. 300 BCE–1102 CE)
Chola Kingdom (c. 300 BCE–1279 CE)
Kalinga Empire (until 250 BCE)
Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire (c. 2600–300 CE)
Satavahana Empire (230 BCE–220 CE)
Kuninda Kingdom (c. 2600–350 CE)
Shunga Empire (c. 185–73 BCE)
Kanva dynasty (c. 73–26 BCE)
Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BCE–10 CE)
Kanva Empire (75–26 BCE)
Kushan Empire (30–375 CE)
Indo-Scythian Kingdom ( c. 12 BCE–395 CE)




= Classical Period (c. 200–550 CE)

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There are varying definitions of this period.

Gupta Empire (c. 320–650 CE)
Later Gupta dynasty (c. 490–750 CE)
Vakataka Empire (c. 250 – c. 500 CE)
Pallava Empire (c. 275–901 CE)
Kadamba dynasty (c. 345–1347 CE)
Western Ganga dynasty (c. 350–1024 CE)
Vishnukundina Empire (c. 420–624 CE)
Maitraka dynasty (c. 475 – c. 776 CE)
Rai dynasty (c. 489–632 CE)




Culture in ancient India






= Art in ancient India

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Music in ancient India
Carnatic music
Hindustani music




= Language in ancient India

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Vedic Sanskrit
Proto-Dravidian
Ancient scripts of the Indian subcontinent
Tamil-Brahmi
Pallava script
Gupta script
Kadamba script




= Religion in ancient India

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History of Jainism
History of Hinduism
Historical Vedic religion
Vedas
Vedic mythology
Vedic priesthood
History of Buddhism




= Sport in ancient India

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Traditional games of India




Science and technology in ancient India


Science and technology in ancient India
Indian mathematics
Indian astronomy
List of Indian inventions and discoveries
Indian martial arts
Malla-yuddha
Kalaripayattu
Ancient Indian medicine
Siddha medicine
Ayurveda
Architecture
Dravidian architecture
Indian in Sanskrit epics




Organizations concerned with ancient India






= Museums with ancient Indian exhibits

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India (clockwise)
National Museum, New Delhi
Patna Museum
Indian Museum, Kolkata
Government Museum, Bangalore
Goa State Museum
Kutch Museum, Bhuj, Gujarat
United Kingdom
British Museum, London




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External links


Media related to Ancient India at Wikimedia Commons

Ancient India - The British Museum
Ancient India - World History Encyclopedia
TimeMaps Civilization: Ancient India

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