🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Jomon Ancient City — Haryana Annex 399
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon ancient-city at Haryana.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Eluru
Eluru ( AY-loo-roo) is a city and the district headquarters of Eluru district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Historically known as Ellore".
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Tripuri
Chalcolithic → NBPW 600 BCE → Gupta 350–550 CE → Kalachuri 850–1300 CE · Kalachuri-Chedi
Narmada capital Tripuri at Tewar — 16 m Chalcolithic to Kalachuri–Chedi temple city (Haihayas, 1042 inscr.).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Ter
Maurya 300–187 BCE → Satavahana 187 BCE–230 CE → Vakataka 250–400 CE · Satavahana (Periplus Tagara)
Periplus Tagara emporium (300 BCE–400 CE) on Terna — 50+ Roman amphorae and Ter ivory lady with Roman hair, 40 ha rampart.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Deorkothar Katra Stupa Complex
Mauryan Ashoka 3rd c BCE → Sunga 1st c BCE–2nd c CE · Mauryan–Sunga Buddhist (Ashokan–Sunga complex)
Deorkothar Katra Stupa Complex — Ashokan–Sunga Buddhist establishment (3rd c BCE possible Ashoka, 1st c BCE inscribed pillar) with 4 stupas, 30.5-m brick stupa-1 with stone vedika rail similar to…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Kausambi (Ancient Kosambi)
Mahajanapada 600 BCE → Mauryan → Gupta 4th c CE · Vatsa Janapada → Mauryan → Sunga–Gupta (Middle Ganga)
Kausambi (Kosambi) — capital of Vatsa Mahajanapada (c.600 BCE–300 CE) on Yamuna 56 km SW Prayagraj, excavated 1949–56 by G.R. Sharma (Allahabad University).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Mitathal
Sothi → Mature → Late Harappan / OCP 3000–1500 BCE · Indus Valley (Sothi–Harappan Eastern Domain)
Key Indus Eastern Domain type-site (c.3000–1500 BCE) on the Drishadvati–Sarasvati divide at Bhiwani, Haryana — two mounds (A 23 ha citadel, B 10 ha lower town) excavated 1968 by Suraj Bhan revealing…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Barsana
Barsana is a historical town and nagar panchayat in the Mathura district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Lower Rajasthan Necropolis A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-43)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Lower Rajasthan Necropolis A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-43) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Maheshwar (Mahishmati)
Maheshwar I Chalcolithic 1400–600 BCE → II Early Historic 600 BCE–400 CE → IV Holkar 1760 CE · Maheshwar Chalcolithic → Satavahana → Holkar Maratha
Historic Mahishmati–Maheshwar city on Narmada (1400 BCE–1760 CE) — Chalcolithic below Holkar fort and Maheshwari textile loom.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Eastern Rajasthan Ridge Inner — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-38)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Eastern Rajasthan Ridge Inner — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-38) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Kalibangan
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 · Ancient city
Pataliputra — Kumhrar Mauryan Site
Magadhan to Mauryan to Gupta 490 BCE–550 CE · Magadhan / Mauryan / Shunga / Gupta
Capital of Magadha, Maurya and Gupta empires (c.490 BCE–550 CE) sprawling 14 km along Ganga at present Patna; Kumhrar quarter preserves famed 80-pillared Mauryan audience hall (3rd c.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Salihundam — Srikakulam Buddhist Site
Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–4th CE) · Satavahana-Ikshvaku
Salihundam — Srikakulam Buddhist Site in Andhra Pradesh, Srikakulam, India is a Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–4th CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana-Ikshvaku culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bavikonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery
Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) · Satavahana
Bavikonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery in Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India is a Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sirpur — Chhattisgarh Buddhist Centre
Early Medieval (5th–8th c. CE) · Sarapbhapuriya
Sirpur — Chhattisgarh Buddhist Centre in Chhattisgarh, Mahasamund, India is a Early Medieval (5th–8th c. CE) temple complex attributed to Sarapbhapuriya culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Anantnag
Anantnag (also called Islamabad) is the administrative headquarters of Anantnag district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Juni Kuran — Kutch
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Juni Kuran — Kutch in Gujarat, Kutch, Khadir island, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Balirajgarh — Madhubani Fort
Early Historic (600 BCE–200 CE) · Videha
Balirajgarh — Madhubani Fort in Bihar, Madhubani, India is a Early Historic (600 BCE–200 CE) ancient city attributed to Videha culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Kanmer — Kutch Harappan
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Kanmer — Kutch Harappan in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient port
Kuntasi — Rajkot Harappan Port
Mature Harappan (2400–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Kuntasi — Rajkot Harappan Port in Gujarat, Rajkot, India is a Mature Harappan (2400–1900 BCE) port attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Rupnagar (Ropar)
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
Alamgirpur
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 city
Karanpura
Early to Mature Harappan (c.3300–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Drishadvati Harappan town 60 km west of Hisar — fortified Early Harappan to planned Mature grid.