Outline of ancient India

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thumb|The Indian subcontinent

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient India:

Ancient India is the Indian subcontinent from prehistoric times to the start of Medieval India, which is typically dated (when the term is still used) to the end of the Gupta Empire around 500 CE.

General history of Ancient India

An elaborate periodisation may be as follows:

Pre-history (Neolithic Age) (c. 8000–3500 BCE)

Indian Pre-history Age (–3300 BCE)
Bhirrana culture (7570–6200 BCE)
Mehrgarh culture ()

Proto-history (Bronze Age) (c. 3500–1800 BCE)

thumb|270px|Map of the world in 2000 BCE showing the [[Indus Valley Civilisation]]

Indus Valley Civilisation (), including the "first urbanisation"
Ahar–Banas culture ()
Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (–1200 BCE)
Cemetery H culture (–1300 BCE)

Iron Age (c. 1800–500 BCE)

thumb|270px|The [[Indo-Aryan migrations|Indo-Aryan Vedic civilization and main polities in Eurasia around 1300 BCE]]

Iron Age India ()
Vedic civilization ()
Black and red ware culture (–700 BCE) in Western Ganges plain
Northern Black Polished Ware (–500 BCE)
Painted Grey Ware culture ( or 700–300 BCE)
Brihadratha dynasty ()
Gandhara Kingdom ()
Kuru kingdom ()
Indian Iron Age kingdoms ()
Pandyan Kingdom ()

Early Historic (c. 500 BCE–300 CE)

thumb|270px|The [[Maurya Empire and main polities in Eurasia around 200 BCE]]

thumb|270px|Map of the world in 100 BCE showing the [[Indo-Greek Kingdoms]]

Pradyota dynasty (–408 BCE)
Haryanka dynasty (–413 BCE)
Shaishunaga dynasty (–345 BCE)
Nanda Empire ()
Maurya Empire (–185 BCE)
Sangam period ()
Pandyan Kingdom (–1650 CE)
Chera Kingdom (–1102 CE)
Chola Kingdom (–1279 CE)
Kalinga Empire (until 250 BCE)
Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire (–300 CE)
Satavahana Empire (230 BCE–220 CE)
Kuninda Kingdom (–350 CE)
Shunga Empire (–73 BCE)
Kanva dynasty (–26 BCE)
Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BCE–10 CE)
Kushan Empire (30–375 CE)
Indo-Scythian Kingdom ( –395 CE)

Classical Period (c. 300–550 CE)

thumb|270px|The [[Gupta Empire and main polities in Eurasia around 500 CE]]

There are varying definitions of this period.

Gupta Empire (–650 CE)
Later Gupta dynasty ()
Vakataka Empire ()
Pallava Empire (–901 CE)
Kadamba dynasty (–1347 CE)
Western Ganga dynasty (–1024 CE)
Vishnukundina Empire (–624 CE)
Maitraka dynasty ()
Rai dynasty (–632 CE)

Culture in ancient India

Art in ancient India

Music in ancient India
Carnatic music
Hindustani music

Languages in ancient India

Vedic Sanskrit
Old Tamil
Ancient scripts of the Indian subcontinent
Brahmi
Tamil-Brahmi
Pallava script
Gupta script
Kadamba script

Religion in ancient India

History of Jainism
History of Hinduism
Historical Vedic religion
Vedas
Vedic mythology
Vedic priesthood
History of Buddhism

Science and technology in ancient India

Science and technology in ancient India
Indian mathematics
Indian astronomy
List of Indian inventions and discoveries
Indian martial arts
Malla-yuddha
Kalaripayattu
Ancient Indian medicine
Siddha medicine
Ayurveda
Architecture
Dravidian architecture

Organisations concerned with ancient India

Museums with ancient Indian exhibits

India (clockwise)
National Museum, New Delhi
Patna Museum
Indian Museum, Kolkata
Government Museum, Bangalore
Goa State Museum
Kutch Museum, Bhuj, Gujarat
United Kingdom
British Museum, London