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|rowspan=2| Timeline and<br />cultural period
|rowspan=2| Northwestern India<br />([[Punjab]]-[[Sapta Sindhu]])
|colspan=3| [[Indo-Gangetic Plain]]
|rowspan=2| Central India
|rowspan=2| [[South India|Southern India]]
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| Upper Gangetic Plain <br />([[Doab|Ganga-Yamuna doab]])
| Middle Gangetic Plain
| Lower Gangetic Plain
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|colspan=7|'''[[Iron Age India|IRON AGE]]'''
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|'''''Culture'''''
|colspan=1 | '''Late [[Vedic Period]]'''
|colspan=1 | '''Late [[Vedic Period]]'''<br />([[Srauta]] culture){{efn|Samuel|2010}}<br />[[Painted Grey Ware culture]]
|colspan=2 | '''Late [[Vedic Period]]'''<br />([[Śramaṇa|Shramanic culture]]){{efn|Samuel|2010}}<br />[[Northern Black Polished Ware]]
|colspan=2|'''[[History of India#Prehistoric era|Pre-history]]'''
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|'''&nbsp;6th century BCE'''
| [[Gandhara]]
| [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]]-[[Panchala]]
| [[Magadha]]
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| [[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
| [[Assaka]]
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|'''''Culture'''''
|colspan=1 | '''[[History of India#Persian and Greek conquests|Persian-Greek influences]]'''
|colspan=3 | '''"[[History of India#"Second urbanisation" (800-200 BCE)|Second Urbanisation]]"'''<br />[[Shramana|Rise of Shramana movements]]<br />[[Jainism]] - [[Buddhism]] - [[Ājīvika]] - [[Yoga]]
|colspan=2|'''[[History of India#Prehistoric era|Pre-history]]'''
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| '''&nbsp;5th century BCE'''
| colspan=1 | ([[Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley|Persian conquests]])
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| [[Shaishunaga dynasty]]
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| rowspan=2|[[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
| [[Assaka]]
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| '''&nbsp;4th century BCE'''
| colspan=1 | ([[Greek conquests in India|Greek conquests]])
| colspan=3 |'''[[Nanda Dynasty|Nanda empire]]'''
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|- style="background-color:#CED4F2"
|colspan=7|'''[[Ancient history|HISTORICAL AGE]]'''
|- style="background-color:#F8F8FF"
|'''''Culture'''''
|colspan=4 | '''[[History of Buddhism in India|Spread of Buddhism]]'''
|'''Pre-history'''
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| '''&nbsp;3rd century BCE'''
| colspan=5 | '''[[Maurya Empire]]'''
| [[Satavahana dynasty]]<br />'''[[Sangam period]]'''<br />(300 BCE – 200 CE)<br />[[Early Cholas]]<br />[[Early Pandyan Kingdom]]<br />[[Chera Dynasty|Cheras]]<br />
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|'''''Culture'''''
|colspan=5 | '''Preclassical Hinduism'''{{efn|Michaels (2004) p.39}} - '''"Hindu Synthesis"'''{{efn|Hiltebeitel (2002)}} (ca. 200 BC - 300 CE){{efn|Michaels (2004) p.39}}{{efn|Hiltebeitel (2002)}}<br />[[Indian epic poetry|Epics]] - [[Puranas]] - [[Ramayana]] - [[Mahabharata]] - [[Bhagavad Gita]] - [[Brahma Sutras]] - [[Smarta Tradition]]<br>[[Mahayana Buddhism]]
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|-
| '''&nbsp;2nd century BCE'''
| colspan=2 rowspan=2| [[Indo-Greeks|Indo-Greek Kingdom]]
| colspan=3 rowspan=2|[[Shunga Empire]]<br />[[Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty]]
| rowspan=5 |[[Satavahana dynasty]]<br />'''[[Sangam period]]'''<br />(300 BCE – 200 CE)<br />[[Early Cholas]]<br />[[Early Pandyan Kingdom]]<br />[[Chera Dynasty|Cheras]]<br />
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| '''&nbsp;1st century BCE'''
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| '''&nbsp;1st century CE'''
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[[Indo-Scythians]]<br>
[[Indo-Parthian Kingdom|Indo-Parthians]]
| [[Kuninda Kingdom]]
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| '''&nbsp;2nd century'''
| colspan=5 rowspan=1| [[Kushan Empire]]
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| '''&nbsp;3rd century'''
|[[Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom]]
|[[Kushan Empire]]
| [[Western Satraps]]
| [[Kamarupa]] kingdom
| [[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
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|'''''Culture'''''
|colspan=6 | '''"Golden Age of Hinduism"'''(ca. CE 320-650){{efn|Michaels (2004) p.40}}<br />[[Puranas]]<br />Co-existence of Hinduism and Buddhism
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| '''&nbsp;4th century'''
|[[Kidarites]]
| colspan=4 rowspan=1|'''[[Gupta Empire]]'''<br />[[Varman dynasty]]
| [[Andhra Ikshvakus]]<br />[[Kalabhra dynasty]]<br />[[Kadamba Dynasty]]<br />[[Western Ganga Dynasty]]
|-
| '''&nbsp;5th century'''
|colspan=1|[[Hephthalite Empire]]
|colspan=4|[[Alchon Huns]]
| [[Vishnukundina]]<br />[[Kalabhra dynasty]]<br />
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| '''&nbsp;6th century'''
|[[Nezak Huns]]<br />[[Turk Shahis|Kabul Shahi]]
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| [[Maitraka]]
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| rowspan=1|[[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
| [[Vishnukundina]]<br />[[Badami Chalukyas]]<br />[[Kalabhra dynasty]]<br />
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|'''''Culture'''''
| colspan=6 | '''Late-Classical Hinduism''' (ca. CE 650-1100){{efn|Michaels (2004) p.41}}<br />[[Advaita Vedanta]] - [[Tantra]]<br />[[Decline of Buddhism in India]]
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| '''&nbsp;7th century'''
| colspan=1 | [[Indo-Sassanids]]
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| [[Vakataka dynasty]]<br />[[Empire of Harsha]]
| [[Mlechchha dynasty]]
| rowspan=4|[[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
| [[Badami Chalukyas]]<br />[[Eastern Chalukyas]]<br />[[Pandyan Kingdom|Pandyan Kingdom (Revival)]]<br />[[Pallava dynasty|Pallava]]
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| '''&nbsp;8th century'''
| colspan=1 rowspan=2| [[Turk Shahis|Kabul Shahi]]
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| colspan=2 | [[Pala Empire]]
| [[Eastern Chalukyas]]<br />[[Pandyan Kingdom]]<br />[[Kalachuri]]
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| '''&nbsp;9th century'''
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| [[Gurjara-Pratihara]]
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| [[Rashtrakuta dynasty]]<br />[[Eastern Chalukyas]]<br />[[Pandyan Kingdom]]<br />[[Medieval Cholas]]<br />[[Chera Dynasty#Chera_Perumals_of_Makkotai|Chera Perumals of Makkotai]]
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| '''10th century'''
|[[Ghaznavids]]
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| [[Pala dynasty (Kamarupa)|Pala dynasty]]<br />[[Kamboja-Pala Dynasty of Bengal|Kamboja-Pala dynasty]]
| [[Kalyani Chalukyas]]<br />[[Eastern Chalukyas]]<br />[[Medieval Cholas]]<br />[[Chera dynasty|Chera Perumals of Makkotai]]<br />[[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakuta]]
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'''References'''
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'''Sources'''
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* {{Citation | last =Flood | first =Gavin D. | year =1996 | title =An Introduction to Hinduism | publisher =Cambridge University Press}}
* {{Citation | last =Hiltebeitel | first =Alf  |author-link=Alf Hiltebeitel | year =2002 | title =Hinduism. In: Joseph Kitagawa, "The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture" | publisher =Routledge | url =https://books.google.nl/books?id=kfyzAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=nl#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
* {{Citation | last =Michaels | first =Axel | year =2004 | title =Hinduism. Past and present | place =Princeton, New Jersey | publisher =Princeton University Press}}
* {{Citation | last =Samuel | first =Geoffrey | year =2010 | title =The Origins of Yoga and Tantra. Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century | publisher =Cambridge University Press}}
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