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457 places in the atlas, 41 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Acheulean (1200000 BP) · Acheulean
Isampur — Hunsgi Acheulean in Karnataka, Hunsgi, India is a Acheulean (1200000 BP) ancient village attributed to Acheulean culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic–Chalcolithic–Iron Age 2500 BCE–600 CE · Neolithic Gangetic / Narhan culture precursor
Lowland Neolithic–Chalcolithic mound (2500 BCE–140 CE) at Ganga–Ghaghara confluence, Saran, Bihar, with 42 ft cultural deposit and continuous sequence Neolithic → Chalcolithic → Iron Age →…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Shikarpur — Kutch in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas (c.3000–1500 BCE) · Ahar-Banas
Hill-slope Ahar-Banas terraced village on Aravalli granite above Beawar — unique upland adaptation.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Deccan Chalcolithic Malwa–Early Jorwe–Late Jorwe 1600–700 BCE · Deccan Chalcolithic (Jorwe culture)
Deccan Chalcolithic type-site (3600–700 BCE) on Ghod River, Pune district, with 28 ha three-mound settlement spanning Malwa and Early–Late Jorwe phases.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Harappan to Medieval (c.3300 BCE–16th century CE) · Harappan → PGW → NBPW → Kushan → Gupta
First post-Independence Harappan excavation (1953) — 5000-year sequence from Harappan to medieval Punjab.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Late Harappan (c.3300–1300 BCE, easternmost Harappan) · Harappan–Bara
Easternmost Indus Valley site (Parasaram-ka-Khera) — Harappan frontier on Hindon/Ganga Doab.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic · Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom)
Burzahom — Pit Dwellings Extension Terrace in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic ancient-village attributed to Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Late Harappan / Copper Hoard & Ochre Coloured Pottery (c.2200–1800 BCE) · Late Harappan–OCP / Copper Hoard Culture
Royal Late Harappan cemetery with India's first Bronze Age chariots (2200–1800 BCE) at Sinauli.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
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 · Ancient city
Early to Mature Harappan (c.3300–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Drishadvati Harappan town 60 km west of Hisar — fortified Early Harappan to planned Mature grid.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Port Royal Submerged Street North in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Kenchreai Harbour Mole East in Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Apollonia Submerged Quay North in Dwarka Coast, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Loess Buried Camp East in Ganga Plain, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
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.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Lower Paleolithic 100,000 BCE to Early Historic 1st c BCE (Mesolithic art 10,000–5000 BCE) · Early Indian hunter-gatherer to Mesolithic
Seven hills of Vindhyan sandstone with >750 painted rock shelters spanning Lower Paleolithic to Historical (100,000 BCE–1st c BCE), including Auditorium Cave with cupules and Zoo Rock.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
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.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Maurya to Gupta 3rd century BCE–12th century CE (great stupa 260 BCE, gateways 25 BCE–50 CE) · Maurya / Sunga / Satavahana / Gupta Buddhist
Earliest stone Buddhist stupa (Maurya 3rd c BCE, enlarged Sunga 1st c BCE–1st c CE) crowning hilltop at Sanchi, 36.5 m diameter hemispheric brick-and-stone dome encasing relics.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Bronze Age · Bronze Age
Bronze Age ancient-village at Haryana.
