Timeline of South Asian history

Below is a timeline of South Asian history.

+ South Asia Timetable Timeline andcultural period Westcoast Northwestern Sub-continent(West Punjab-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Indo-Gangetic Plain Central IndiaDeccan Plateau Southern India Western Gangetic Plain(Kurukshetra) Northern India(Central Gangetic Plain) Northeastern India(Bengal)South Asian Stone Age (until c. 3300 BCE)South Asian Stone Age (until c. 1100 BCE)Culture Paleolithicum (until 10,000 BCE)70,000 - 10,000 BCESanghao Caves Bhimbetka rock shelters(30,000-15,000 BCE)Culture Mesolithicum (c. 10,000-7,000 BCE)Mesolithicum (c. 10,000-3,000 BCE)c. 10,000-7,000 BCE Culture Neolithicum (c. 7000-3300 BCE)Mesolithicum (c. 10,000-3000 BCE)c. 7,000-3,300 BCE Mehrgarh BRONZE AGE (c. 3300-1100 BCE)NEOLITHIC (c. 3000-1400 BCE)Culture Early Harappan3300-2600 BCE Early Harappan Culture Integration Era2600-1900 BCE Indus Valley civilization Indus Valley civilization Indus Valley civilization Culture Localisation Era/Late HarappanOCP/Cemetery H1900-1500 BCE Earliest known rice cultivation Culture Localisation Era/Late HarappanOCP • Cemetery H • Early Vedic period • Gandhara grave cultureMegalithic(c. 1400-1100 BCE)1500-1300 BCE Indo-Aryan migration 1300-1100 BCE Wandering Vedic Aryans IRON AGE (c. 1100-300 BCE)CultureMiddle Vedic Period Gandhara grave culture Black and red ware culture 1100-800 BCE Vedic settlementsGandhara Vedic settlementsKuru CultureLate Vedic Period Gandhara grave culture (Brahmin ideology) • early Upanishads • Painted Grey Ware culture (Kshatriya/Shramanic culture) • Northern Black Polished Ware800-600 BCE Gandhara Kuru-Pancala Kosala-Videha CultureLate Vedic PeriodMahajanapada Gandhara grave culture (Brahmin ideology) • early Upanishads • Painted Grey Ware culture (Kshatriya/Shramanic culture) • Northern Black Polished Ware 6th century BCE Gandhara Kuru-Panchala KosalaMagadhaAnga Adivasi (tribes) Culture Persian-Greek influences "Second Urbanisation"Later UpanishadsRise of Shramana movementsJainism - Buddhism - Ājīvika - YogaLater Upanishads  5th century BCE (Persian rule) Shishunaga dynasty Adivasi (tribes)  4th century BCE (Greek conquests)Nanda Empire KalingaHISTORICAL AGE (after 300 BCE)Culture Spread of BuddhismPre-historySangam period(300 BCE – 200 CE)  3rd century BCE Maurya Empire Early CholasEarly Pandyan KingdomSatavahana dynastyCherasCulture Preclassical Hinduism - "Hindu Synthesis" (c. 200 BCE-300 CE)Epics - Puranas - Ramayana - Mahabharata - Bhagavad Gita - Brahma Sutras - Smarta TraditionMahayana BuddhismSangam period(continued)(300 BCE – 200 CE)  2nd century BCE Indo-Greek Kingdom Shunga Empire Adivasi (tribes)Early CholasEarly Pandyan KingdomSatavahana dynastyCheras  1st century BCE Yona Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty  1st century CE Indo-ScythiansIndo-Parthians Kuninda Kingdom  2nd century Pahlava Varman dynasty  3rd century Kushan Empire Western Satraps Kamarupa kingdom Kalabhra dynastyCulture "Golden Age of Hinduism"(c. 320-650 CE)PuranasCo-existence of Hinduism and Buddhism  4th centuryGupta Empire Kadamba DynastyWestern Ganga Dynasty  5th century Vishnukundina  6th century MaitrakaAdivasi (tribes)Culture Late-Classical Hinduism (c. 650-1100 CE)Advaita Vedanta - TantraDecline of Buddhism in India  7th century Maitraka Indo-Sassanids Vakataka dynastyEmpire of Harsha Mlechchha dynastyAdivasi (tribes) Pallava  8th century Kidarite Kingdom Kalachuri  9th century Indo-Hephthalites (Huna) Gurjara-Pratihara Chalukya 10th century Pala dynastyKamboja-Pala dynasty RashtrakutaCulture Islamic rule and "Sects of Hinduism" (c. 1100-1850 CE) - Medieval and Late Puranic Period (500–1500 CE) 11th century Western Chalukyas (Islamic conquests)Kabul Shahi(Islamic Empire) Rajputs Pala EmpireParamara dynastyChaulukya dynastyEastern Ganga dynastySena dynasty Adivasi (tribes) Chola EmpireYadava dynastyWestern ChalukyasEastern ChalukyasKakatiya dynastyHoysala Empire 12th century Western Chalukyas Rajputs Paramara dynastyChaulukya dynastyEastern Ganga dynasty Chola EmpireYadava dynastyWestern ChalukyasEastern ChalukyasKakatiya dynastyHoysala Empire 13th century Delhi Sultanate Chola Empire 14th century Delhi Sultanate Vijayanagara Empire 15th century Delhi Sultanate 16th century Mughal Empire 17th century Mughal Empire Maratha EmpireCulture Maratha Empire and British Colonisation - Company rule in India 18th century Maratha Empire Maratha Empire British Maratha Empire/BritishCulture British Colonisation - British Raj 19th century Sikh EmpireCulture British Raj - Independence struggle - Pakistan - India - Bangladesh 20th century Pakistan India Bangladesh India 21st century

See also

Outline of South Asian history Timeline of Bangladeshi history Timeline of Indian history Timeline of Pakistani history

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