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|rowspan=2| Timeline and cultural period
|rowspan=2| Northwestern India ([[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 ([[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]]''' ([[Srauta]] culture){{efn|Samuel|2010}} [[Painted Grey Ware culture]]
|colspan=2 | '''Late [[Vedic Period]]''' ([[Śramaṇa|Shramanic culture]]){{efn|Samuel|2010}} [[Northern Black Polished Ware]]
|colspan=2|'''[[History of India#Prehistoric era|Pre-history]]'''
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|''' 6th century BCE'''
| [[Gandhara]]
| [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]]-[[Panchala]]
| [[Magadha]]
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| [[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
| [[Assaka]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F8FF"
|'''''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]]"''' [[Shramana|Rise of Shramana movements]] [[Jainism]] - [[Buddhism]] - [[Ājīvika]] - [[Yoga]]
|colspan=2|'''[[History of India#Prehistoric era|Pre-history]]'''
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| ''' 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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| ''' 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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|-
| ''' 3rd century BCE'''
| colspan=5 | '''[[Maurya Empire]]'''
| [[Satavahana dynasty]] '''[[Sangam period]]''' (300 BCE – 200 CE) [[Early Cholas]] [[Early Pandyan Kingdom]] [[Chera Dynasty|Cheras]] 
|- style="background-color:#F8F8FF"
|'''''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)}} [[Indian epic poetry|Epics]] - [[Puranas]] - [[Ramayana]] - [[Mahabharata]] - [[Bhagavad Gita]] - [[Brahma Sutras]] - [[Smarta Tradition]] [[Mahayana Buddhism]]
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|-
| ''' 2nd century BCE'''
| colspan=2 rowspan=2| [[Indo-Greeks|Indo-Greek Kingdom]]
| colspan=3 rowspan=2|[[Shunga Empire]] [[Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty]]
| rowspan=5 |[[Satavahana dynasty]] '''[[Sangam period]]''' (300 BCE – 200 CE) [[Early Cholas]] [[Early Pandyan Kingdom]] [[Chera Dynasty|Cheras]] 
|-
| ''' 1st century BCE'''
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| ''' 1st century CE'''
| colspan=2 rowspan=1|
[[Indo-Scythians]] 
[[Indo-Parthian Kingdom|Indo-Parthians]]
| [[Kuninda Kingdom]]
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| ''' 2nd century'''
| colspan=5 rowspan=1| [[Kushan Empire]]
|-
| ''' 3rd century'''
|[[Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom]]
|[[Kushan Empire]]
| [[Western Satraps]]
| [[Kamarupa]] kingdom
| [[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F8FF"
|'''''Culture'''''
|colspan=6 | '''"Golden Age of Hinduism"'''(ca. CE 320-650){{efn|Michaels (2004) p.40}} [[Puranas]] Co-existence of Hinduism and Buddhism
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| ''' 4th century'''
|[[Kidarites]]
| colspan=4 rowspan=1|'''[[Gupta Empire]]''' [[Varman dynasty]]
| [[Andhra Ikshvakus]] [[Kalabhra dynasty]] [[Kadamba Dynasty]] [[Western Ganga Dynasty]]
|-
| ''' 5th century'''
|colspan=1|[[Hephthalite Empire]]
|colspan=4|[[Alchon Huns]]
| [[Vishnukundina]] [[Kalabhra dynasty]] 
|-
| ''' 6th century'''
|[[Nezak Huns]] [[Turk Shahis|Kabul Shahi]]
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| [[Maitraka]]
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| rowspan=1|[[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
| [[Vishnukundina]] [[Badami Chalukyas]] [[Kalabhra dynasty]] 
|- style="background-color:#F8F8FF"
|'''''Culture'''''
| colspan=6 | '''Late-Classical Hinduism''' (ca. CE 650-1100){{efn|Michaels (2004) p.41}} [[Advaita Vedanta]] - [[Tantra]] [[Decline of Buddhism in India]]
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| ''' 7th century'''
| colspan=1 | [[Indo-Sassanids]]
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| [[Vakataka dynasty]] [[Empire of Harsha]]
| [[Mlechchha dynasty]]
| rowspan=4|[[Adivasi|Adivasi (tribes)]]
| [[Badami Chalukyas]] [[Eastern Chalukyas]] [[Pandyan Kingdom|Pandyan Kingdom (Revival)]] [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava]]
|-
| ''' 8th century'''
| colspan=1 rowspan=2| [[Turk Shahis|Kabul Shahi]]
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| colspan=2 | [[Pala Empire]]
| [[Eastern Chalukyas]] [[Pandyan Kingdom]] [[Kalachuri]]
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| ''' 9th century'''
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| [[Gurjara-Pratihara]]
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| [[Rashtrakuta dynasty]] [[Eastern Chalukyas]] [[Pandyan Kingdom]] [[Medieval Cholas]] [[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]] [[Kamboja-Pala Dynasty of Bengal|Kamboja-Pala dynasty]]
| [[Kalyani Chalukyas]] [[Eastern Chalukyas]] [[Medieval Cholas]] [[Chera dynasty|Chera Perumals of Makkotai]] [[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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