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Trade route South Asia

Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia)

2600 BCE – 1900 BCE · 700 years

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Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Landmark · South Asia

Mohenjo-daro

2500 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibeto-Burmanese

Attested 2000 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Lothal

2400 BCE – 1900 BCE

Polity · South Asia

Austroasian rice cultures

Attested 2000 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Mount Everest

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Dravidians

Attested 3000 BCE – 700 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Western Ghats

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Indus valley civilization

3000 BCE – 1799 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2600 BCE and 1900 BCE.

2500 BCE Mohenjo-daro 2400 BCE Lothal 2600 BCE Royal Tombs of Ur 2560 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza 2500 BCE Umma–Lagash Border War 2500 BCE Kerma

And in the rest of the world

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

Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Egyptian Red Sea Trade Trade route · Middle East 2500 BCE – 30 BCE Early Sumerian City-State Wars Conflict · Middle East 2900 BCE – 2350 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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