Ancient Indian

The following Outline (list), 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 Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, 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)

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

Bronze Age India (c. 3500–1750 BCE)

* Indus Valley Civilisation (c. 3300–1300 BCE)
* Ahar–Banas culture (c. 3000–1500 BCE)
* Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (c. 2600–1200 BCE)
* Cemetery H culture (c. 1900–1300 BCE)
* Indian Civilizations on peak Indus Valley Civilisation & "First Urbanization " (c. 3300–1750 BCE);

Iron Age (c. 1750–345 BCE)

*Iron Age India (c. 1750–345 BCE)
**Vedic civilization (c. 1500–600 BCE)
***Black and red ware culture (c. 1450–700 BCE) in Western Ganges plain
***Northern Black Polished Ware (c. 1200–500 BCE)Strickland, K. M., R. A. E. Coningham, et al., (2016)
"Ancient Lumminigame: A Preliminary Report on Recent Archaeological Investigations at Lumbini's Village Mound"
in Ancient Nepal, Number 190, April 2016, p. 10.
*** Painted Grey Ware culture (c. 1200 or 700–300 BCE)Neogi, Sayantani, Charles A. I. French, Julie A. Durcan, Rabindra N. Singh, and Cameron A. Petrie, (2019)
"Geoarchaeological insights into the location of Indus settlements on the plains of northwest India"
in Quaternary Research, Volume 94, March 2020, p. 140.
** Brihadratha, Brihadratha dynasty (c. 1700–682 BCE)
** Gandhāra (kingdom), Gandhara Kingdom (c. 1500–545 BCE)
** Kuru Kingdom (c. 1200–345 BCE)
**Mahajanapadas, Indian Iron Age kingdoms (c. 600–345 BCE)
**Early Pandyan Kingdom, Pandyan Kingdom (c. 600 BCE–650 CE)
* Iron Age in India, Iron Age including Vedic period (c. 1750–600 BCE);

Pre-Classical Period (c. 600 BCE–250 CE)

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

Classical Age (c. 250–500 CE)

There are varying definitions of this period.

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

Culture in ancient India

Art in ancient India

* Music in ancient India
** Carnatic music
** Hindustani classical music, Hindustani music

Language in ancient India

* Vedic Sanskrit
* Proto-Dravidian language, Proto-Dravidian
* (Scripts)
** Tamil-Brahmi
** Pallava script
** Gupta script
** Kadamba script

Religion in ancient India

* History of Jainism
* History of Hinduism
** Historical Vedic religion
*** Vedas
*** Vedic mythology
*** Vedic priesthood
* History of Buddhism in India, History of Buddhism

Sport in ancient India

* 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
*Vastu shastra, Architecture
**Dravidian architecture
*Bharata Khanda, Indian in Sanskrit epics

Organizations concerned with ancient India

Museums with ancient Indian exhibits

* 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

Ancient India - The British Museum

Ancient India - World History Encyclopedia

TimeMaps Civilization: Ancient India

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