🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Besnagar
Mauryan–Sunga–Satavahana–Gupta 600 BCE–500 CE · Magadhan → Sunga → Satavahana → Gupta
Ancient Vesanagara city mound at Betwa-Bes confluence — Sunga–Satavahana twin capital of Vidisha (600 BCE–500 CE).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Ahar
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.
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Nagda
Malwa Chalcolithic 1700–1400 BCE → Avanti Early Historic 700–500 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic → Avanti (Ujjain) Early Historical
Malwa hillock at Nagda Junction — Banerjee/B.B. Lal's Malwa type (round huts, buff ware, 1.6 km NW of station).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Adam
Vidarbha Iron Age 800–300 BCE → Maurya 300–187 → Satavahana 187 BCE–220 CE → Vakataka 250–300 CE · Vidarbha megalithic–Iron (Black-and-red) → Satavahana
Vidarbha Iron Age iron-smelting town (800 BCE–300 CE) near Nagpur — earliest tuyere smelting and Indo-Roman rouletted ware with 22 coin hoards.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Dangwada
Chalcolithic Kayatha 2400–1700 → Malwa 1700–1500 BCE → Historic · Kayatha–Ahar–Malwa–Jorwe Chalcolithic sequence
Malwa Chalcolithic mega-village (2100–1500 BCE) south of Kayatha — 8 ha type assemblage of painted Malwa ware with 200 houses per phase.
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Kayatha
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 · Ancient village
Kudatini (Ash Mound)
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.
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Nevasa Pravara Valley Site
Lower Paleolithic 350 ka → Jorwe Chalcolithic 1400–700 BCE · Deccan Palaeolithic → Jorwe Chalcolithic — Sankalia sequence type-site
Nevasa Pravara Valley Site — Deccan Stone Age to Chalcolithic reference sequence (Lower Paleolithic Acheulian Chirki → Middle Paleolithic → Jorwe Chalcolithic 1400–700 BCE) on Pravara River,…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Nevasa
Lower Paleolithic 400 Ka → Chalcolithic Jorwe 1400–1000 BCE → Megalithic → Satavahana → Medieval · Soan Acheulian → Jorwe Chalcolithic (Deccan) → Satavahana
Deccan textbook sequence on Pravara (400 Ka handaxes → 1400 BCE Jorwe village) — 130-house Chalcolithic with urn child burials.
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Taradih Bihar Neolithic Settlement
Neolithic 2100–1600 → Chalcolithic 1600–1000 BCE · South Bihar Neolithic — Taradih facies (Magadha Neolithic)
Taradih Bihar Neolithic Settlement — Neolithic settlement (2100–1000 BCE) 3 km south Bodh Gaya on Falgu River, excavated 1991–94 by A.K. Prasad (Magadha University, Bodh Gaya Circle).
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Gilund Modiya Magara Mound
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1700 BCE · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic — Mewar Plain Banas Basin
Gilund Modiya Magara Mound — largest Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic settlement (3000–1700 BCE) in Banas Basin, locally Modiya Magari (bald mound), 25×18 ha dual mound excavated 1959–60 by B.B.
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Senuwar Bihar Neolithic Mound
Neolithic 2300–1500 → Chalcolithic 1500–600 BCE → NBPW 600 BCE · Kaimur Neolithic–Chalcolithic — Vindhyan–Gangetic transition
Senuwar Bihar Neolithic Mound — Neolithic–Chalcolithic village (2300–600 BCE) on Kaimur plateau edge near Son River, excavated 1986–91 by B.P. Singh (BHU).
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Balathal Chalcolithic Mound
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1500 BCE → Early Historic 6th c BCE · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic (Mewar) — Black-and-Red Ware
Balathal Chalcolithic Mound — type-site of Ahar-Banas complex ( Chalcolithic 3000–1500 BCE with Early Historic overlay) excavated 1994–2000 by V.N.
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Adam Wainganga Mound
Chalcolithic 1300–1200 → Early Iron Age 1200–300 BCE · Vidarbha Chalcolithic → Iron Age transition — Adam facies
Adam Wainganga Mound — Iron Age Chalcolithic–Megalithic transition site (1300–300 BCE) on Nag River at Kuhi, first recognized Chalcolithic-to-Iron Age mound in Vidarbha, excavated 1988–89 and…
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Kudakanahalli
Southern Neolithic 3000–1400 BCE → Megalithic 1000 BCE–300 CE · Southern Neolithic Ash Mound Culture (Karnataka–Andhra)
Southern Neolithic ash mound (3000–1400 BCE) in Tumkur granite — 12 m burnt dung vitrified ash with cattle pen sequence.
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Chirand Gangetic Settlement
Neolithic 2500–1500 → Chalcolithic 1500–600 BCE → NBPW 600 BCE · Mid-Gangetic Neolithic–Chalcolithic — Chirand facies
Chirand Gangetic Settlement — Neolithic–Chalcolithic–NBPW stratified mega-mound (2500 BCE–600 BCE) on Ghaghara–Gandak–Ganges triple confluence 14 km east Chhapra, excavated 1960–71 and 2004 by B.N.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Kayatha Choti Kali Sindh Mound
Chalcolithic Kayatha 2400–2000 → Malwa 1700–1400 BCE → Early Historic · Kayatha culture (type-site) → Malwa Chalcolithic
Kayatha Choti Kali Sindh Mound — Kayatha culture type-site (2400–2000 BCE earliest agriculture in Malwa) and successive Kayatha → Ahar → Malwa → Early Historic sequence on Malwa plateau, discovered…
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Ahar Dhulkot Mound
Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic 3000–1500 BCE · Ahar-Banas Ahar ware — type-site defining culture
Ahar Dhulkot Mound — eponymous Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic type-site (3000–1500 BCE) on Ahar River at Udaipur's eastern edge, excavated 1961–62 by H.D. Sankalia (Deccan College) and R.C. Agrawal.
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Navdatoli (Maheshwar)
Chalcolithic Malwa 1700 BCE → Jorwe 1400–1000 BCE → Early Historic 600 BCE–200 CE · Malwa–Jorwe Chalcolithic (Narmada) → Satavahana
Type Narmada Chalcolithic village (1800–1000 BCE) on Narmada gorge opposite Maheshwar — 30 houses per phase, 7 m deposit.
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Dangwada Malwa Settlement
Chalcolithic Kayatha–Malwa 2400–1400 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic — Dangwada phase with Kayatha substratum
Dangwada Malwa Settlement — Malwa Chalcolithic village (1650–1400 BCE) on Malwa plateau west of Ujjain, excavated 1978–80 and 1992 by V.S.
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Tekkalakota
Southern Neolithic 3000–1200 BCE → Megalithic–Iron 1000 BCE–100 CE · Southern Neolithic → Megalithic (Bellary)
Ballari granite hill Neolithic–Megalithic village (3000 BCE–100 CE) with burnished ware and iron cists on dolerite axe ridge.
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Atranjikhera
OCP 1200 → PGW 1100–600 → NBPW 600–300 BCE · Upper Gangetic OCP → PGW → NBPW (Gangetic Iron Age)
Atranjikhera — PGW–NBPW stratigraphic type-site (1200 BCE–300 BCE) on Kali Nadi near Etah, excavated 1962–69 by R.C. Gaur (AMU).
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Navdatoli Narmada Settlement
Chalcolithic Malwa 1600–1300 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Narmada facies — Navdatoli type-site
Navdatoli Narmada Settlement — Malwa Chalcolithic classic site (1600–1300 BCE) on Narmada opposite Maheshwar, excavated 1952–57 by Sankalia–Subbarao (Deccan College–MSU).
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Nagda Chambal Settlement
Chalcolithic Kayatha → Malwa 1800–1000 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Chambal facies
Nagda Chambal Settlement — Malwa–Late Chalcolithic stratified site (1800–1000 BCE) on Chambal River at Nagda, excavated 1955–56 by N.R. Banerjee and K.V. Soundararajan (ASI).