Timeline and cultural period
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Indus plain (Punjab-Sapta Sindhu-Gujarat)
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Gangetic Plain
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Central India
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Southern India
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Upper Gangetic Plain (Ganga-Yamuna doab)
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Middle Gangetic Plain
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Lower Gangetic Plain
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IRON AGE
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Culture
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Late Vedic Period
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Late Vedic Period Painted Grey Ware culture
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Late Vedic Period Northern Black Polished Ware
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Pre-history
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6th century BCE
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Gandhara
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Kuru-Panchala
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Magadha
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Adivasi (tribes)
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Assaka
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Culture
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Persian-Greek influences
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"Second Urbanisation" Rise of Shramana movements Jainism - Buddhism - Ājīvika - Yoga
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Pre-history
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5th century BCE
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(Persian conquests)
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Shaishunaga dynasty
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Adivasi (tribes)
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Assaka
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4th century BCE
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(Greek conquests)
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Nanda empire
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HISTORICAL AGE
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Culture
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Spread of Buddhism
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Pre-history
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3rd century BCE
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Maurya Empire
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Satavahana dynasty Sangam period (300 BCE – 200 CE) Early Cholas Early Pandyan kingdom Cheras
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Culture
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Preclassical HinduismTemplate:Efn - "Hindu Synthesis"Template:Efn (ca. 200 BC - 300 CE)Template:EfnTemplate:Efn Epics - Puranas - Ramayana - Mahabharata - Bhagavad Gita - Brahma Sutras - Smarta Tradition Mahayana Buddhism
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2nd century BCE
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Indo-Greek Kingdom
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Shunga Empire Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty
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Satavahana dynasty Sangam period (300 BCE – 200 CE) Early Cholas Early Pandyan kingdom Cheras
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1st century BCE
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1st century CE
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Indo-Scythians
Indo-Parthians
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Kuninda Kingdom
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2nd century
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Kushan Empire
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3rd century
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Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom Western Satraps
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Kushan Empire
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Kamarupa kingdom
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Adivasi (tribes)
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Culture
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"Golden Age of Hinduism"(ca. CE 320-650)Template:Efn Puranas Co-existence of Hinduism and Buddhism
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4th century
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Kidarites
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Gupta Empire Varman dynasty
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Andhra Ikshvakus Kalabhra dynasty Kadamba Dynasty Western Ganga Dynasty
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5th century
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Hephthalite Empire
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Alchon Huns
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Vishnukundina Kalabhra dynasty
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6th century
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Nezak Huns Kabul Shahi Maitraka
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Adivasi (tribes)
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Vishnukundina Badami Chalukyas Kalabhra dynasty
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Culture
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Late-Classical Hinduism (ca. CE 650-1100)Template:Efn Advaita Vedanta - Tantra Decline of Buddhism in India
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7th century
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Indo-Sassanids
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Vakataka dynasty Empire of Harsha
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Mlechchha dynasty
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Adivasi (tribes)
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Badami Chalukyas Eastern Chalukyas Pandyan kingdom (revival) Pallava
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Karkota dynasty
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8th century
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Kabul Shahi
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Pala Empire
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Eastern Chalukyas Pandyan kingdom Kalachuri
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9th century
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Gurjara-Pratihara
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Rashtrakuta Empire Eastern Chalukyas Pandyan kingdom Medieval Cholas Chera Perumals of Makkotai
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10th century
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Ghaznavids
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Pala dynasty Kamboja-Pala dynasty
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Kalyani Chalukyas Eastern Chalukyas Medieval Cholas Chera Perumals of Makkotai Rashtrakuta
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