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Landmark South Asia archaeological

Harappa

3300 BCE – 1300 BCE · 2,000 years

Major city of the Indus Valley Civilization alongside Mohenjo-daro, with sophisticated urban planning, granaries, and undeciphered script

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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. Vedic Aryans (1500 BCE–700 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Hindu kingdoms (500 BCE–400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Empire of Alexander (323 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Seleucid Kingdom (300 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Mauryan Empire (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–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Hindu states (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Hindu Shahis (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  13. Rajput Kingdoms (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  14. Hindu kingdoms (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  15. Ghurid Sultanate (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  16. Sultanate of Delhi (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  17. Rajputana (1492 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  18. Mughal Empire (1530 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  19. Multan (1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  20. Sikhs (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  21. Maratha Confederacy (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  22. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  23. India (1945 CE) Border precision: Defined
  24. Pakistan (1960 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Dravidians

Attested 3000 BCE – 700 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Mount Everest

3000 BCE – still standing

Trade route · South Asia

Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia)

2600 BCE – 1900 BCE

Polity · South Asia

Tibetans

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Western Ghats

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Indus valley civilization

3000 BCE – 1799 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Thar Desert

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Vedic Aryans

1500 BCE – 500 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 3300 BCE and 1300 BCE.

3000 BCE Mount Kailash 3000 BCE Dholavira 2500 BCE Mohenjo-daro 2400 BCE Lothal 3300 BCE Carnac Stones

And in the rest of the world

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

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Unification of Egypt Conflict · Middle East 3100 BCE – 2950 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Sargon of Akkad Figure · Mesopotamia 2334 BCE – 2279 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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