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457 places in the atlas, 41 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Old Khajuraho Ridge East — Khajuraho (60-14) at Khajuraho, India is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Central Dwarka Mound South — Dwarka (58-39) at Dwarka, India is a Bronze Age (regional) submerged city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Sothi / Pre-Harappan to Mature Harappan 3500–1900 BCE · Indus Valley (Harappan) with Sothi antecedent
Major provincial capital of the Indus Valley Civilization on the southern Ghaggar bank in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, occupied from c.3500 BCE.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Eastern Dwarka Citadel East — Dwarka (58-35) at Dwarka, India is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Dwarka Village North — Dwarka (58-28) at Dwarka, India is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India) in Haryana, Hisar, Rakhigarhi, India is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribut…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Kushan to Gupta · Buddhist / Kushan
Sanghol Stupa Monastery Punjab at Punjab, Sanghol, India is a Kushan to Gupta temple complex of the Buddhist / Kushan tradition, built c. 100 CE for buddhist stupa 15 m with monastery.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Bhimbetka — Auditorium Cave Ancillary Panel in Madhya Pradesh, Raisen, Bhimbetka, India is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art att…
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Dwarka Citadel North — Dwarka (58-03) at Dwarka, India is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
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.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Lothal — Dockyard Ancillary Wharf North in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, Lothal, India is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydra…
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Dwarka Citadel II — Dwarka (58-37) at Dwarka, India is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Sarnath — Dhamek Stupa Ancillary Platform in Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Sarnath, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribut…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Pre-Harappan to Mature Harappan (Harappan 3A–5) · Indus Valley (Harappan)
Harappan planned city (2600–1900 BCE) on the left bank of the dried Sarasvati in Fatehabad, Haryana, excavated by R.S. Bisht (1974–77).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Shunga 187–78 BCE · Shunga (Maurya successors)
Great Shunga Buddhist stupa (c.150 BCE) whose 8 m-high gateway and 3.2 m limestone railing — longest early Indian stone railing (40 m diameter stupa) — was dismantled in 1873–76 by Cunningham and is…
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Dwarka Ridge I — Dwarka (58-06) at Dwarka, India is a Classical (regional) submerged city of the Classical tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Early Harappan Padri 3300–2600 → Sorath Mature 2600–1900 → Late Harappan 1900–1800 BCE · Sorath Harappan (Possehl) coastal variant — Early to Late Harappan
Padri — Sorath Harappan village (3300–1800 BCE) on Gulf of Khambhat at Talaja, Saurashtra, excavated 1990–93 by V.S. Shinde (Deccan College).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Bodh Gaya — Mahabodhi North Vedika Rail in Bihar, Gaya, Bodh Gaya, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Early Historic to Chola Medieval · Chola (Early and Medieval)
95-m north Kollidam offtake with 12 dovetail sluice bays saving delta from avulsion.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Pallava–Pandya Early Medieval · Digambara Jain
Pallava–Pandya Jain cave complex (7th–9th c. CE) on Sittanavasal hillock, famed for Arivar Koil — earliest Tamil rock-cut Jain shrine with natural-cavern-pillared mandapa and Brahmi-Tamil inscription.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Vajji / Licchavi republic to Gupta 600 BCE–600 CE · Vajji confederacy / Licchavi clan / Mauryan / Gupta
Capital of the Vajji (Vriji) confederacy and world's first republican state (c.600 BCE), where Buddha delivered his last sermon and Licchavis enshrined his relics in the earliest known stupa (c.483…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Dholavira — North Gate West Flanking Tower (Kutch) in Gujarat, Kutch, Dholavira, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attribut…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Nalanda — Monastery 6 Ancillary Courtyard in Bihar, Nalanda, Nalanda Mahavihara, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attribut…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Vedic–Magadhan to Mauryan 1000–185 BCE; Buddhist pilgrimage continuous · Magadhan / Buddhist / Jain
First capital of Magadha (c.1000 BCE–c.400 BCE) nestled in ring of five hills, both Older (Bimbisara's Rajagriha) and New Rajgir enclosed by 40 km cyclopean rubble walls up to 8 m thick — India's…
