OLD CITIES OF INDIA

Timeline
This is what BC AD actually mean with analogy to number line.

Points to remember​:

1st Century BC​: started on first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC
2nd Century BC​: started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC.
2nd Century BC on the number line -

BCE = BC and AD = CE

Oldest continuously inhabited cities in India

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 800 BCE

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh 600 BC

Vaishali, Bihar 500 BC

Madurai, Tamil Nadu 6th century

Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 6th century

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu 3rd century

Map reference:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NT8zS66dfI2tWhcne57GsFJVCylRm-BL&usp=sharing