Outline of South Asian history

History of India, by period

Timeline of Indian history

Prehistory of India

Stone Age India

Bronze Age India

Iron Age India

Vedic period

Mahajanapadas

Riwatian people

Riwatian people   (1,900,000 BP)

Soanian people

Soanian people   (500,000 BP)

Stone Age India

Stone Age India   (50,000–3000 BCE)

Bhirrana Culture   (7570-6200 BCE)

Mehrgarh Culture   (7000–3300 BCE)

Bronze Age India

Bronze Age India   (3000–1300 BCE)

Indus Valley Civilization   (3300–1700 BCE)

Early Harappan Culture   (3300–2600 BCE)

Mature Harappan Culture   (2600–1900 BCE)

Ochre Coloured Pottery culture   (from 2000 BCE)

Vedic period   (1750–1200 BCE)

Late Harappan Culture   (1700–1300 BCE)

Swat culture   (1600–500 BCE)

Black and Red ware culture   (1300–1200 BCE)

Iron Age India

Iron Age   (1200–230 BCE)

Vedic period   (1200–500 BCE)

Black and Red ware culture   (1200–1000 BCE)

Painted Grey Ware culture   (1200–600 BCE)

Janapadas   (1200–600 BCE)

Northern Black Polished Ware   (700–200 BCE)

Haryanka Kingdom   (684–424 BCE)

Maha Janapadas   (600–300 BCE)

Pandyan Kingdom (600 BCE– 1650 CE)

Achaemenid Empire   (550–330 BCE)

Magadha Kingdom   (500–321 BCE)

Ror Kingdom   (450 BCE–489 CE)

Nanda Empire   (424–321 BCE)

Shishunaga Kingdom   (413–345 BCE)

Macedonian Empire   (330–323 BCE)

Maurya Empire   (321–184 BCE)

Seleucid Empire   (312–63 BCE)

Chera Kingdom   (300 BCE–1102 CE)

Chola Empire   (300 BCE–1279 CE)

Pallava Empire   (250 BCE–800 CE)

Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire   (250 BCE–400 CE)

Parthian Empire   (247 BCE–224 CE)

Middle kingdoms of India

Middle kingdoms of India   (Classical period) (230 BCE–1279CE)

Satavahana Empire   (230 BCE–220 CE)

Kuninda Kingdom   (200 BCE–300 CE)

Indo-Scythian Kingdom   (200 BCE–400 CE)

Shunga Empire   (185–73 BCE)

Indo-Greek Kingdom   (180 BCE–10 CE)

Kanva Empire   (75–26 BCE)

Indo-Parthian Kingdom   (21–130s CE)

Western Satrap Empire   (35–405 CE)

Kushan Empire   (60–240 CE)

Bharshiva Dynasty   (170–350 CE)

Nagas of Padmavati   (210–340 CE)

Sasanian Empire   (224–651 CE)

Indo-Sassanid Kingdom   (230–360 CE)

Vakataka Empire   (250s–6th century CE)

Kalabhra Empire   (250–600 CE)

Gupta Empire   (280–550 CE)

Kadamba Empire   (345–525 CE)

Western Ganga Kingdom   (350–1000 CE)

Kamarupa Kingdom   (350–1100 CE)

Vishnukundina Empire   (420–624 CE)

Maitraka Empire   (475–767 CE)

Huna Kingdom   (475–576 CE)

Rai Kingdom   (489–632 CE)

Shahi Empire   (6th century–1026 CE)

Chalukya Empire   (543–753 CE)

Maukhari Empire   (550s–8th century CE)

Kalachuris of Mahishmati (6th-7th century CE)

Harsha Empire   (606–647 CE)

Tibetan Empire   (618–841 CE)

Eastern Chalukya Kingdom   (624–1075 CE)

Rashidun Caliphate   (632–661 CE)

Gurjara-Pratihara Empire   (650–1036 CE)

Umayyad Caliphate   (661–750 CE)

Kalachuris of Tripuri   (7th-12th century CE)

Pala Empire   (750–1174 CE)

Rashtrakuta Empire   (753–982 CE)

Paramara Kingdom   (800–1327 CE)

Yadava Empire   (850–1334 CE)

Chaulukya Kingdom   (942–1244 CE)

Western Chalukya Empire   (973–1189 CE)

Lohara Kingdom   (1003–1320 CE)

Hoysala Empire   (1040–1346 CE)

Sena Empire   (1070–1230 CE)

Eastern Ganga Empire   (1078–1434 CE)

Zamorin Kingdom   (1102–1766 CE)

Kakatiya Kingdom   (1083–1323 CE)

Sutiya Kingdom   (1187-1673 CE)

Kalachuris of Kalyani   (1156–1184 CE)

Medieval India

Late medieval period   (1206–1596)

Delhi Sultanate   (1206–1526 CE)

Mamluk Sultanate   (1206–1290 CE)

Khilji Sultanate   (1290–1320 CE)

Tughlaq Sultanate   (1320–1414 CE)

Sayyid Sultanate   (1414–1451 CE)

Lodi Sultanate   (1451–1526 CE)

Deva Kingdom   (12th century–13th century CE)

Ahom Kingdom   (1228–1826 CE)

Chitradurga Kingdom   (1300–1779 CE)

Reddy Kingdom   (1325–1448 CE)

Vijayanagara Empire   (1336–1646 CE)

Garhwal Kingdom   (1358–1803 CE)

Mysore Kingdom   (1399–1947 CE)

Gajapati Kingdom   (1434–1541 CE)

Keladi Kingdom   (1499–1763 CE)

Deccan Sultanates   (1490–1596 CE)

Koch Kingdom   (1515–1947 CE)

Early modern period

Early modern period   (1526–1858)

Mughal Empire   (1526–1858 CE)

Sur Empire   (1540–1556 CE)

Madurai Kingdom   (1559–1736 CE)

Thanjavur Kingdom   (1572–1918 CE)

Marava Kingdom   (1600–1750 CE)

Thondaiman Kingdom   (1650–1948 CE)

Maratha Empire   (1674–1818 CE)

Sikh Confederacy   (1707–1799 CE)

Durrani Empire   (1747–1823 CE)

Travancore Kingdom   (1729–1947 CE)

Sikh Empire   (1799–1849 CE)

Colonial India

Colonial period   (1510–1961 CE)

Portuguese India   (1510–1961 CE)

Dutch India   (1605–1825 CE)

Danish India   (1620–1869 CE)

French India   (1759–1954 CE)

Company Raj   (1757–1858 CE)

British Raj   (1858–1947 CE)

Partition of India   (1947 CE)

Kingdoms of Sri Lanka

Kingdoms of Sri Lanka

Kingdom of Tambapanni   (543–505 BCE)

Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara   (505–377 BCE)

Anuradhapura Kingdom   (377 BCE–1017 CE)

Kingdom of Ruhuna   (200 CE)

Kingdom of Polonnaruwa   (300–1310 CE)

Jaffna Kingdom   (1215–1624 CE)

Kingdom of Dambadeniya   (1220–1272 CE)

Kingdom of Yapahuwa   (1272–1293 CE)

Kingdom of Kurunegala   (1293–1341 CE)

Kingdom of Gampola   (1341–1347 CE)

Kingdom of Raigama   (1347–1415 CE)

Kingdom of Kotte   (1412–1597 CE)

Kingdom of Sitawaka   (1521–1594 CE)

Kingdom of Kandy   (1469–1815 CE)

Portuguese Ceylon   (1505–1658 CE)

Dutch Ceylon   (1656–1796 CE)

British Ceylon   (1815–1948 CE)

History of South Asia, by region

History of Afghanistan

History of Bangladesh (See History of Bangladesh after independence for post-1971 history)

History of Bhutan

History of India for pre-1947 history.

Timeline of Indian history

History of Andhra Pradesh

History of Arunachal Pradesh

History of Assam

History of Bihar

History of Chhattisgarh

History of Goa

History of Gujarat

History of Haryana

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History of Jammu and Kashmir

History of Jharkhand

History of Karnataka

History of Kerala

History of Madhya Pradesh

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History of Manipur

History of Meghalaya

History of Mizoram

History of Nagaland

History of Odisha

History of Punjab

History of Rajasthan

History of Sikkim

History of Tamil Nadu

History of Telangana

History of Tripura

History of Uttar Pradesh

History of Uttarakhand

History of West Bengal

History of the Republic of India for post-1947 history

History of the Maldives

History of Nepal

History of Pakistan

Pakistan studies

History of Azad Kashmir

History of Balochistan, Pakistan

History of Gilgit–Baltistan

History of Islamabad

History of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

History of the Punjab

History of Sindh

History of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas

History of Sri Lanka

History of British Indian Ocean Territory

History of South Asia, by subject

History of architecture in South Asia

History of South Asian domes

Coinage of India

History of South Asian cuisine

Timeline of cultivation and domestication in South and West Asia

Economic history of India

History of education in the Indian subcontinent

Execution by elephant

Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia

Timeline of Hindu clan conversions to Islam

Indian literature

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Military history of India

List of Indian monarchs

Indology

Linguistic history of the Indian subcontinent

Timeline of mathematical innovation in South and West Asia

History of metallurgy in South Asia

History of science and technology in South Asia