Ancient India

History of South Asia (Indian Subcontinent)
Stone Age	before 3300 BCE
Mature Harappan	2600–1700 BCE
Late Harappan	1700–1300 BCE
Iron Age	1200–300 BCE
Maurya Empire	• 321–184 BCE
Middle Kingdoms	230 BCE–1279 CE
Satavahana	• 230 BCE–220 CE
Gupta Empire	• 280–550 CE
Islamic Sultanates	1206–1596
Mughal Empire	1526–1707
Sikh Confederacy	1716-1849
British India	1858–1947
Modern States	since 1947
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Ancient India may refer to:

• The ancient history of the whole Indian subcontinent (South Asia)
  • History of South Asia and History of India
  • Indus Valley Civilization — during the Bronze Age
  • Vedic period — the period of Vedic Sanskrit, spanning the late Bronze Age and the earlier Iron Age
  • Mahajanapadas — during the later Iron Age
  • Magadha Empire — during classical antiquity (6th to 4th centuries BC)
    • Maurya Empire — the largest ancient Indian empire, contemporary to Hellenism in the west (4th to 2nd centuries BC), golden age of early Classical Sanskrit literature
    • Gupta Empire
  • the Kingdoms of Ancient India as described in Sanskrit literature
  • Middle kingdoms of India — during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
    • Indo-Greek Kingdom and Kushan Empire (2nd c. BC to 3rd c. AD)

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