Perceptions of the past -- Landscapes and peoples -- Antecedents -- Towards chiefdoms and kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC -- States and cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c. 600-300 BC -- Emergence of empire: Mauryan India; c. 321-185 BC -- Of politics and trade: c. 200 BC-AD 300 -- Rise of the mercantile community: c. 200 BC-AD 300 -- Threshold times: c. AD 300-700 -- Peninsula: emerging regional kingdoms: c. AD 500-900 -- Peninsula: establishing authorities and structures: c. AD 900-1300 -- Politics of northern India: c. AD 700-1200 -- Northern India: distributive political economies and regional cultures; c. AD 800-1300

1. India -- Civilization
2. India -- History -- 324 B.C - 1000 A.D
3. India -- History -- 1000-1526