Outline of South Asian history

History of Indian subcontinent

70003000 BC: Stone Age

Mehrgarh Culture (70003300 BC)

30001300 BC: Bronze Age

Indus Valley Civilization (33001700 BC)

Early Harappan Culture (33002600 BC)

Mature Harappan Culture (26001900 BC)

Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (from 2000 BC)

Vedic period (17501200 BC)

Late Harappan Culture (17001300 BC)

Swat culture (1600500 BC)

Black and Red ware culture (13001200 BC)

120026 BC: Iron Age

Vedic period (1200500 BC)

Black and Red ware culture (12001000 BC)

Painted Grey Ware culture (1200600 BC)

Janapadas (1200600 BC)

Northern Black Polished Ware (700200 BC)

Haryanka Kingdom (684424 BC)

Maha Janapadas (600300 BC)

Achaemenid Empire(550330 BC)

Magadha Kingdom (500321 BC)

Ror Kingdom (450 BC489 AD)

Nanda Empire (424321 BC)

Shishunaga Kingdom (413345 BC)

Macedonian Empire (330-323 BC)

Maurya Empire (321184 BC)

Seleucid Empire (312-63 BC)

Pandya Empire (300 BC1345 AD)

Chera Kingdom (300 BC1102 AD)

Chola Empire (300 BC1279 AD)

Pallava Empire (250 BC800 AD)

Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire (250s BC400s AD)

Parthian Empire (247 BC- 224 AD)

Satavahana Empire (230220 BC)

Kuninda Kingdom (200s BC300s AD)

Indo-Scythian Kingdom (200 BC400 AD)

Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BC10 AD)

Sunga Empire (18573 BC)

Kanva Empire (7526 BC)

211279 AD: Middle Kingdoms

Indo-Parthian Kingdom (21130s AD)

Western Satrap Empire (35405 AD)

Kushan Empire (60240 AD)

Bharshiva Dynasty (170-350 AD)

Nagas of Padmavati (210-340 AD)

Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD)

Indo-Sassanid Kingdom (230360 AD)

Vakataka Empire (250s500s AD)

Kalabhras Empire (250600 AD)

Gupta Empire (280550 AD)

Kadamba Empire (345525 AD)

Western Ganga Kingdom (3501000 AD)

Kamarupa Kingdom (3501100 AD)

Vishnukundina Empire (420624 AD)

Maitraka Empire (475767 AD)

Huna Kingdom (475576 AD)

Rai Kingdom (489632 AD)

Shahi Empire (500s1026 AD)

Chalukya Empire (543753 AD)

Maukhari Empire (550s700s AD)

Harsha Empire (590647 AD)

Tibetan Empire (618-841 AD)

Eastern Chalukya Kingdom (6241075 AD)

Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 AD)

Gurjara Pratihara Empire (6501036 AD)

Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 AD)

Pala Empire (7501174 AD)

Rashtrakuta Empire (753982 AD)

Paramara Kingdom (8001327 AD)

Yadava Empire (8501334 AD)

Solanki Kingdom (9421244 AD)

Western Chalukya Empire (9731189 AD)

Lohara Kingdom (1003-1320 AD)

Hoysala Empire (10401346 AD)

Sena Empire (10701230 AD)

Eastern Ganga Empire (10781434 AD)

Kakatiya Kingdom (10831323 AD)

Kalachuri Empire (11301184 AD)

12061596: Late medieval period

Delhi Sultanate (12061526 AD)

Mamluk Sultanate (12061290 AD)

Khilji Sultanate (12901320 AD)

Tughlaq Sultanate (13201414 AD)

Sayyid Sultanate (14141451 AD)

Lodi Sultanate (14511526 AD)

Ahom Kingdom (12281826 AD)

Reddy Kingdom (13251448 AD)

Vijayanagara Empire (13361646 AD)

Gajapati Kingdom (14341541 AD)

Deccan Sultanates (14901596 AD)

15261858: Early modern period

Mughal Empire (15261858 AD)

Maratha Empire (16741818 AD)

Durrani Empire (17471823 AD)

Sikh Empire (17991849 AD)

15101961: Colonial period

Portuguese India (15101961 AD)

Dutch India (16051825 AD)

Danish India (16201869 AD)

French India (17591954 AD)

Company Raj (17571858 AD)

British Raj (18581947 AD)

Partition of India (1947 AD)

Other states (11021947)

Zamorin Kingdom (11021766 AD)

Deva Kingdom (1200s1300s AD)

Chitradurga Kingdom (13001779 AD)

Garhwal Kingdom (13581803 AD)

Mysore Kingdom (13991947 AD)

Keladi Kingdom (14991763 AD)

Koch Kingdom (15151947 AD)

Thondaiman Kingdom (16501948 AD)

Madurai Kingdom (15591736 AD)

Thanjavur Kingdom (15721918 AD)

Marava Kingdom (16001750 AD)

Sikh Confederacy (17071799 AD)

Travancore Kingdom (17291947 AD)

Kingdoms of Sri Lanka

Kingdom of Tambapanni (543505 BC)

Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara (505377 BC)

Kingdom of Anuradhapura (377 BC1017 AD)

Kingdom of Ruhuna (200 AD)

Polonnaruwa Kingdom (3001310 AD)

Jaffna Kingdom (12151624 AD)

Kingdom of Dambadeniya (12201272 AD)

Kingdom of Yapahuwa (12721293 AD)

Kingdom of Kurunegala (12931341 AD)

Kingdom of Gampola (13411347 AD)

Kingdom of Raigama (13471415 AD)

Kingdom of Kotte (14121597 AD)

Kingdom of Sitawaka (15211594 AD)

Kingdom of Kandy (14691815 AD)

Portuguese Ceylon (15051658 AD)

Dutch Ceylon (16561796 AD)

British Ceylon (18151948 AD)

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