🃏 Prehistory and the Harappan civilization

When: Farming begins at Mehrgarh? — c. 7,000 BCE · Mehrgarh

When: Pottery appears at Mehrgarh? — c. 5,500 BCE · Mehrgarh

When: Earliest cotton and copper at Mehrgarh? — c. 5,000 BCE · Mehrgarh

When: Hakra-ware villages at Bhirrana and Kunal? — c. 4,000 BCE · Bhirrana

When: Early Harappan phase begins? — c. 3,300 BCE · Harappa

When: Neolithic pit-dwellings at Burzahom? — c. 3,000 BCE · Burzahom

When: Ash mounds of the southern Neolithic? — c. 2,900 BCE · Sanganakallu

When: Mature Harappan urban phase begins? — c. 2,600 BCE · Mohenjo-daro

When: Dholavira's reservoirs and 'signboard'? — c. 2,500 BCE · Dholavira

When: Lothal dockyard in use? — c. 2,400 BCE · Lothal

When: Harappan trade with Mesopotamia ('Meluhha')? — c. 2,300 BCE · Lothal

When: Copper hoards and OCP settlements in the doab? — c. 2,000 BCE · Ganga-Yamuna doab

When: Decline of the Harappan cities? — c. 1,900 BCE · Indus basin

When: Kalibangan abandoned? — c. 1,750 BCE · Kalibangan

When: Malwa culture at Navdatoli? — c. 1,700 BCE · Navdatoli