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Landmark South Asia archaeological

Dholavira

3000 BCE – 1500 BCE · 1,500 years

Harappan city in Gujarat with reservoirs and planned urban spaces, occupied approximately 3000–1500 BC.

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Who held this ground

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

Reconstruction

  1. Indus valley civilization (3000 BCE–2000 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  2. Dravidians (1500 BCE–1000 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Vedic Aryans (700 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Hindu kingdoms (500 BCE–400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Hindu kingdoms and republics (323 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Mauryan Empire (300 BCE–200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Kushan Empire (100 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Saka Kingdom (1 BCE–300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Gupta Empire (400 CE–500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Hindu kingdoms (600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Maitraka Kingdom (700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Hindu states (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  13. Sindh (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  14. Rajput Kingdoms (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  15. Solankis (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  16. Rajput Kingdoms (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  17. Sultanate of Delhi (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  18. Gujarat (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  19. Rajputana (1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  20. Islamic and Hindu states (1530 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  21. Mughal Empire (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  22. Sind (1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  23. Rajputs (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  24. Maratha Confederacy (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  25. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  26. 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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Landmark · South Asia

Mohenjo-daro

2500 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibetans

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Trade route · South Asia

Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia)

2600 BCE – 1900 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Lothal

2400 BCE – 1900 BCE

Polity · South Asia

Indus valley civilization

3000 BCE – 1799 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Mount Everest

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Vedic Aryans

1500 BCE – 500 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Western Ghats

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 3000 BCE and 1500 BCE.

3000 BCE Mount Kailash 2500 BCE Mohenjo-daro 2400 BCE Lothal 3000 BCE Göbekli Tepe 3000 BCE Stonehenge

And in the rest of the world

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Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Unification of Egypt Conflict · Middle East 3100 BCE – 2950 BCE Egyptian Red Sea Trade Trade route · Middle East 2500 BCE – 30 BCE Sargon of Akkad Figure · Mesopotamia 2334 BCE – 2279 BCE Great Sphinx of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2500 BCE – still standing
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