1. The Foundations (Mesolithicum) 26000 - 6500 BC
   1. Eerste Homo Sapiens, 34.000 jaar geleden in Sri Lanka
   2. Narmada Man, 250.000 jaar geleden, vroegste hominide resten
   3. Vroegste gereedschap, 2.000.000 jaar geleden in Pakistan
2. West India
   1. Bagor 5000BC - 200AD
   2. Langnaj 3000 BC
3. Ganges Vlakte
   1. Sarai Nahar Rai 9000 BC
   2. Mahadaha
   3. Damdana
4. Centraal India
   1. Shelter of Adamgarh
   2. Ghagharia caveshelter
   3. Bhimbetka caveshelter (6000-1000 BC)
5. Sri Lanka
   1. Batatomba Lena 26500 BC
6. First Food Producers (Neolithicum) 7000 - 3000 BC
7. Western Pakistan
   1. Kili Ghul Mohamma, 5000BC, contains mudbrick structures, chert blades, bone points, ceramics en domesticated goat/sheep/wheat en barley
   2. Rana Ghundai, 5000 BC, idem bovenstaande
   3. Mehrgahr, 6500BC, farmers / pastoral community
   4. Baluchistan, vroegste Neolithische nederzettingen, 7000 BC
8. Kashmir and Swat Valley
   1. Burzahom, 3000 BC, coarse ceramics
   2. Gufkral,levensonderhoudin schaap/goat/wheat/barley en lentils
   3. Swat Valley: Kalakoderay / Loebanr: Bell shaped Pits, terracottas, ceramic vessles, polished stones, sickles, hammer stone, grinding stone, bone objects en jade.
9. Ganges Vlakte
   1. Sharma: 18 stockade huts, specialisatie querns en stone tools.
   2. Chopani Mando: Huts, cord ceramics, querns wild rice
   3. Domesticated Rice? Mahagara, Koldihawa en Chirand. Waarschijnlijk pas vanaf 2000 BC
10. Schiereiland India
    1. Tekkalakota
    2. Kudatini
    3. Utnur
    4. Sangankallu
    5. Hallur
11. Era of Regionalization: Early Harappan 4000-2600 BC
    1. Topic
12. Era of Integration: The Indus 2600-1900 BC (Bronstijd)
    1. Mohenjo-daro
    2. Harappa
    3. Dholavira
    4. Rakhigarhi
    5. Ganweriwala
    6. Kalibangan, Lothal, Surkotada, Kuntasi, Nageshwar,Balakot
13. Era of Localization: Eclipse Indus 1900BC-1200BC
14. Re-emergence of Regionalized Complexity 1200-500 BC
    1. Opkomst Buddha
    2. Massa Productie
    3. Seals and scripts
    4. States
    5. Urban forms
    6. Fortifications
15. Re-integration: Empires 500BC - 320 AD
16. 2 categorien sites
17. Ash Mounds
18. Open-area settlements
19. 2800 BC: Early Harappan (Kot Diji fase) begon. Meer dan 300 sites.
    1. Kalibangan
    2. Rehman Dheri
    3. Mehrgahr: Regionaal centrum voor ceramics
    4. Fortifications
20. Pottery Manufacture
21. Nal, Zhob en Quetta
    1. Kachi
    2. Kechi Beg
    3. Faiz Muhammad
    4. Kili Gul Muhammad
22. Western/northers trade sites
    1. Mundigak
    2. Shahr-i Soktha
23. Kolonisatie Indus-plain
    1. Balakot, 4000 BC
    2. Amri, 3600-3300 BC, latere bezetting lower Indus Valley
    3. Hakra, 3600-2500 BC
    4. Harappa City
24. Kot Diji ceramic style: Komt uit de Indus vallei
    1. Hakra Complex: 3200-2600 BC: wheeltrown globular red-ware jars hebben geometrische stierenhoofden, vis en pipal leaf decoraties
    2. Ook aangetroffen in de Kashmir Vallei, Sindh, Baluchistan en zuid Afghanistan --> handelroutes
25. Eigenschappen:
    1. Four tier settlement hierarchy, cities, urban planning
    2. artifact standardisation, lange afstandshandel
    3. craft- en settlement specialisatie en de bouw van monumenten
26. Western Borderlands: Kulli-Phase ceramics (2500-2000BC)
    1. Edith Shahr
    2. Las Bela
    3. Nindowari
27. Oorzaken
    1. Loss of planned urban forms
    2. monumental public buildings
    3. New Cultural traits, re-emerged traditions
    4. Written script
28. Harappa en Ganweriwala gaan verloren
29. Gevolg: Kleinere, minder gespecialiseerde communities
30. Cholistan / Sindh neemt aantal sites af. Mohenjo-daro en Chanhu-daro werden verlaten
31. Indus Periferie
    1. Mundigak
    2. Pirak 1700-700 BC
32. Nieuwe culturen
    1. Gandharan Grave Culture:" Balambat/Timargarha 1700BC
    2. Ganges-Yamuna Doab: Hastinapura en Atranjikhera 1700-1200 BC
    3. Western Deccan Diamabad, Inamgaon, Malvan 2100-700 BC
33. Northwest and East
    1. Kandahar: Veel materiaal bewijs voor imperial expansion
    2. Achaemenid Empire
    3. Taxila (burnished red ware) en Charsadda (Bala Hisar)
    4. Ganges-Yamuna doab regio --> Painted Gray ware
    5. Groot koninkrijk: Vatsa met hoofdstad Kausambi en verdere nederzettingen zoals Kara
34. Sri Lanka / Southern India
    1. Va 3000BC constant bewoond: Brahmagiri, Maski en Hallur
    2. Anuradhapura
35. 600BC: Veroveringen Darius: Vorming Perzische rijk
36. Mauryan Empire 325-185 BC
    1. Asoka
    2. Pataliputra
    3. Mahastan
    4. Anuradhapura
    5. Mahasthan
37. Sunga Dynastie 185-100BC
    1. Sanchi en Barhut
38. Kushan Dynastie 200 -300 AD
    1. Sirsukh
    2. Begram
    3. Surkh Kotal
    4. Dalverzin-tepe
39. Satavahana Dynastie 0-300 AD
    1. Pratisthana
40. Gupta Empire 300 - 350 AD
41. Western Satraps Dynastie 0 - 100 AD