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Landmark South Asia archaeological World Heritage

Ajanta Caves

200 BCE – still standing

Buddhist cave paintings and sculptures, a UNESCO masterpiece

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Ajanta Caves on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–300 BCE)
  2. Mauryan Empire (200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Shunga Empire (100 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Saka Kingdom (1 BCE–300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Gupta Empire (400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Vakataka (500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Chalukyas (600 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Gurjara Pratihara (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Rashtrakuta (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Chalukya Empire (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Western Chalukyas (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Rajput Kingdoms (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  13. minor Hindu kingdoms (1279 CE–1300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  14. Sultanate of Delhi (1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  15. Ahmadnagar (1492 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  16. Mughal Empire (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  17. Maratha Confederacy (1783 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  18. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  19. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency

1967 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Taxila

600 BCE – 500 CE

Polity · South Asia

Hindu kingdoms

Attested 500 BCE – 1715 CE

Conflict · South Asia

2025 India–Pakistan Conflict

2025 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Ellora Caves

600 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Simhala

Attested 500 BCE – 700 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 200 BCE and 2026 CE.

200 BCE Amaravati Stupa 100 BCE Dambulla Cave Temple 30 CE Kushan Empire Conquests 100 CE Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple 300 CE Temple of the Tooth

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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