🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Kondane Caves — Karjat Monastery
Satavahana (100 BCE) · Buddhist Hinayana
Kondane Caves — Karjat Monastery in Maharashtra, India is a Satavahana (100 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Buddhist Hinayana.
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🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Satavahana (100 BCE) · Buddhist Hinayana
Kondane Caves — Karjat Monastery in Maharashtra, India is a Satavahana (100 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Buddhist Hinayana.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Satavahana early phase 200 BCE–100 CE; Vakataka renaissance 460–480 CE · Buddhist (Hinayana → Mahayana)
Thirty horseshoe-gorge rock-cut caves overlooking Waghora River with exquisite murals and sculptures: early 2nd century BCE–1st century CE Hinayana phase and later 460–480 CE Mahayana phase under…
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Iron Age (800–300 BCE) · Vidarbha megalithic
Bhagimohari — Nagpur Megalith Field Extension in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age (800–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha megalithic. 42 stone circles spread over 2 ha with sarcophagus.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Mature Harappan (2300–1700 BCE) · Harappan
Surkotada Citadel Sister Mound in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2300–1700 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Twin citadel west of main Surkotada with horse bones debated and fire altar.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Period Medieval · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 in India Region 10, India is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Sangam Period, Early Historic to Colonial · Tamil Chola (Sangam)
2nd century Chola granite anicut (329 m, 150 CE) on Kaveri River, oldest functional dam in world irrigating one million acres.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Classical Sangam to Colonial · Early Chola, British colonial (Cotton)
Chola Karikalan 2nd CE north Kollidam regulators with 12 vents and 1804 Cotton arches, oldest working dam distributary.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Vindhyan Neolithic (7000–3500) → Chalcolithic (3500–2000 BCE) · Vindhyan Neolithic (Koldihwa–Mahagara) → Chalcolithic
Belan Valley Neolithic type-site (c.7000–2000 BCE) on the Belan River 80 km southeast of Prayagraj (Allahabad) — Koldihwa (with Mahagara adjacent) excavated 1973–76 by G.R. Sharma and J.M.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1500 BCE; Iron Age and Early Historic overlay · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic → Iron Age
Type-site of Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic (3000–1500 BCE) — 'copper city' Tambavati on Ahar River at Udaipur.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Medieval Tamil (Pallava–Chola) · Tamil Dravidian (Pallava and Chola imperial)
Pallava eri tank 2.1×1.4 km 740 CE still irrigating 295 ha via tumpu sluices, inscription-documented.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1500 BCE → Early Historic 500 BCE–300 CE · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic → Northern Black Polished Ware Historic
Key Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic village-town (c.3000–1500 BCE) near Vallabhnagar northeast of Udaipur — under 2 ha mound with 7 seasons excavation 1993–2000 by V.N. Misra et al. (Deccan College).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Acheulian to Southern Neolithic (1.20 Ma–1800 BCE) · Acheulian to Southern Neolithic (Deccan Neolithic, ash mound)
15-ha Acheulian–Neolithic limestone–chert quarry (1.2 Ma–3000 BCE)—India's largest Neolithic workshop, ash mound fringe.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Early Historic Iron Age to Medieval (c. 200 BCE – 1000 CE) · Tamil / Indo-Roman
Podouke silted brick quay 45 m at 1.5 m above former estuary – Rouletted ware warehouses.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Dvarka Bet Submerged Harappan Anchorage in Gujarat, Bet Dwarka, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Kayatha 2400–1700 BCE → Malwa 1700–1500 → Early Historic · Kayatha Chalcolithic → Ahar → Malwa → Sunga-Kushan-Gupta
Type-site of Malwa Kayatha Chalcolithic culture (2400–1700 BCE) on Choti Kali Sindh — earliest farming village in Malwa with five-period stratigraphy.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Konark Sun Temple Surya North Wall Chariot Wheel in Odisha, Konark, India is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Pala Period (730–1161 CE) · Pala Mahayana/Vajrayana (Magadha)
First Pala mahavihara (730–1200 CE)—180×150 m hillock quadrangle, model for Samye (Tibet).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Sun Temple Modhera Sabha Mandapa East in Gujarat, Modhera, India is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Mesolithic to Early Historic (8000 BCE – 1000 CE) · Mesolithic Narmada Hunter-Gatherers, Chalcolithic Malwa, Historic tribal (Gond)
Narmada quartzite 30 shelters with buffalo-hunt microlith art 8 ka–historic.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf in Gujarat, Lothal, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Satavahana to Kadamba–Chalukya (100 BCE–1400 CE) · Satavahana to Kadamba (Karnataka early historic)
Kadamba capital (345 CE)—100 ha Varada bend with 4-km rampart, oldest Karnataka city, 1st–14th c continuous.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Southern Neolithic 2800–1200 BCE → Megalithic 1000 BCE · Southern Neolithic Ash Mound → Megalithic
Giant 15 m ash mound (2800–1200 BCE) at Kudatini Ballari — three-burnt dung lenses with megalithic circle on summit.
