c. 3000 BCE
Ancient
Pre-500 CE
Vedic kingdoms, stupas & cave temples
3000 BCE2025 CE
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Nearby Sites
2
Dynasties
Rock-cut & Nagara
Architecture
Did You Know?
The Indus Valley had grid-pattern streets and indoor plumbing 4,500 years ago — millennia before most civilizations.
Key Achievements
Planned cities with drainageMauryan & Gupta empiresBuddhist rock-cut cavesSanskrit literary golden age
Key Milestones4
2500 BCE
Indus Valley cities flourish
268 BCE
Ashoka embraces Buddhism
78 CE
Kanishka & Gandhara art bloom
320 CE
Gupta Golden Age begins