Timeline
Every bar is a polity. Read vertically at any point to see who existed at the same time — the subcontinent was almost never ruled by a single power.
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1,500 BCE
1,250 BCE
1,000 BCE
750 BCE
500 BCE
Northwest · 5
North · 3
Gangetic Plain · 7
East · 5
Central · 3
West · 1
Deccan · 1
South · 1