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Talagunda
Kadamba (345–540 CE) with Shatavahana precursor · Kadamba (Karnataka early historic)
455 CE Sanskrit pillar—longest early Karnataka (16 lines, Mayurasharma vita)—with 2-ha Kadamba hillock settlement.
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581 places in the atlas, 42 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Kadamba (345–540 CE) with Shatavahana precursor · Kadamba (Karnataka early historic)
455 CE Sanskrit pillar—longest early Karnataka (16 lines, Mayurasharma vita)—with 2-ha Kadamba hillock settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Vakataka–Gupta (250–550 CE) · Vakataka (Deccan) – Gupta contemporaneous
Vakataka–Gupta palace city (5th–6th c)—38×38 m palace, Shiva–Vishnu temple, 170×40 m dammed reservoir at Nagpur.
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Maurya 300 BCE → Sunga 187 BCE → Satavahana 50 BCE–230 CE → Vakataka 250–400 CE · Vidarbha Early Historic (Satavahana–Vakataka) with Mahabharata memory
Mahabharata Kundina trading city on Wardha (300 BCE–400 CE) — 1.5 km wall with Satavahana–Roman trade and carbonized rice.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Maurya → Satavahana 230 BCE–220 CE → Vakataka 250–400 CE · Satavahana Early Buddhist (Hinayana) → Brahmanical
200+ Satavahana rock-cut caves on Nanaghat pass (300 BCE–400 CE) — Naganika Brahmi inscription of Vedic rites.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Satavahana 1st c BCE–2nd c CE · Mauryan→ Satavahana Deccan — Wainganga basin
Pauni Wainganga Fortified Settlement — Mauryan–Satavahana fortified city (3rd c BCE–2nd c CE) on Wainganga River at Pauni, excavated 1969–70 by S.B. Deo and later Bhilai–Nagpur University.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Chalcolithic to Yadava (1500 BCE–1400 CE) · Savaldas–Malwa to Satavahana–Vakataka–Yadava
Tell 1500 BCE–1400 CE (900×750 m)—Mahabharata's Bhogavardhana, 14 levels Chalcolithic to Yadava.
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Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Rajasthan Sanctuary A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-46) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
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Saka–Gupta 1st c BCE–6th c CE · Saka–Gupta Brahmanical (Vishnu–Varaha) — Early Classical
Eran Gupta Temple Complex — ancient Airikina (Saka–Gupta 1st c BCE–510 CE) on Bina River at Sagar, famed for earliest Gupta temples and Eran boar (Varaha) inscription of Toramana (510 CE) and Alchon…
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Mauryan → Sunga–Satavahana 3rd c BCE–5th c CE · Sunga–Satavahana Vidisha — Early Historic Central India
Besnagar Vidisha Ancient City — capital of Dasharna janapada and Sunga Sungabhadra (3rd c BCE–5th c CE) on Betwa-Bes confluence 3 km north of Vidisha, excavated 1913–15 by Marshall–Lake and 1963–64…
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Mauryan to Ikshvaku 300 BCE–400 CE · Satavahana / Ikshvaku
Largest Buddhist stupa in Deccan (c.300 BCE–300 CE), 50 m diameter drum plus 15 m high dome and 42 m high railing, capital of Satavahana (Andhra) empire's Buddhist centre Dhanyakataka.
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Early Historic (300 BCE–300 CE) · Satavahana
Kotilingala — Satavahana Port in Telangana, Karimnagar, Godavari, India is a Early Historic (300 BCE–300 CE) ancient city attributed to Satavahana culture.
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Satavahana to Ikshvaku Late Andhra 200 BCE–400 CE · Ikshvaku / Mahayana Buddhist
Vast Ikshvaku dynasty capital and Buddhist university city (c.200–400 CE) on Krishna River, 30+ Buddhist monasteries with 9 mahastupas, Brahminical temples and Europe's largest collection of early…
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Early Historic (300 BCE–200 CE) · Satavahana
Kondapur — Satavahana Town in Telangana, Sangareddy, India is a Early Historic (300 BCE–200 CE) ancient city attributed to Satavahana culture.
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Early Historic (600 BCE–400 CE) · NBP
Sonpur — Gandak Early Historic in Bihar, Saran, Gandak, India is a Early Historic (600 BCE–400 CE) ancient city attributed to NBP culture.
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Dharanikota is a village in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the site of ancient Dhanyakataka, which was the capital of the Satavahana dynasty that ruled in the Deccan…
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Early to Late Harappan (c.3000–1700 BCE, five phases) · Harappan (Sindhi–Kachchhi)
Harappan island fort Bakarkot in eastern Kachchh — five-phase Harappan–medieval citadel.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Dwarka Coast, India is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Bronze Age culture.
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Harappan to Sultanate (c.2000 BCE–16th century CE, peak 1st–6th century CE) · Harappan → Kushan → Gupta → Huna
Kushan Buddhist capital on Grand Trunk Road — 171 Mathura sculptures and Huna royal seals.
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Pre-Harappan (Hakra) to Harappan (c.3500–1900 BCE) · Hakra–Harappan
Hakra–Harappan mound 200×150 m on Saraswati 13 km NE of Anupgarh — Hakra to Harappan chain.
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Gupta to Pala 427–1193 CE (peak 5th–12th c) · Bihar / Gupta-Pala Buddhist Mahayana
Iconic Buddhist residential university (5th–13th c CE) with Gupta to Pala brick viharas, stupas, chaityas and votive structures across 23 ha.
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Mature Harappan 2450–1900 BCE · Indus Valley / Harappan
Harappan port town (2450–1900 BCE) on Sabarmati palaeochannel near Gulf of Khambhat, famed for 37×22 m brick basin interpreted as dockyard and tidal lock.
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Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Rakhigarhi — largest Indus site 550 ha)
Haryana Harappan excavated by Nath & Shinde, largest Indus city exceeding Mohenjo-daro.
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Jomon · Jomon
Jomon ancient-city at Haryana.
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Ayodhya (Hindi: Ayodhyā, pronounced [ɐˈjoːd̪ʱjɐː] ) is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
