🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Kallanai Grand Anicut East Channel
Early Historic to Medieval · Early Chola, Medieval Chola, Vijayanagara
800-m-east Kallanai east channel with 9-sluice Chola regulator feeding east delta.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Senuwar
Neolithic (2500–2000) → Chalcolithic (2000–1300) → Iron Age (1300–600 BCE) · Vindhyan–Kaimur Chalcolithic (Senuwar culture)
Multi-period Chalcolithic–Neolithic mound (c.2500–600 BCE) on Kudra River at foot of Kaimur scarp near Sasaram, Bihar — 3.2 ha with 6.5 m deposit excavated 1986–90 by B.P. Singh (BHU).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
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.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Ahicchatra
Mahajanapada 600 BCE → Gupta 4th–6th c CE · Northern Panchala Mahajanapada → Mauryan → Gupta
Ahicchatra — capital of Northern Panchala Mahajanapada (c.600 BCE–1100 CE) near Ramnagar, Bareilly district, excavated 1940s–60s by ASI (V.K. Sinha).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Paunar
Vakataka (420–550 CE) with Mauryan–Satavahana precursor · Vakataka (Deccan Gupta-age)
Pravarapura—Vakataka capital (420 CE)—700×600 m fortified mound with grid plan on Dham River.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Gufkral
Neolithic Aceramic → Ceramic → Megalithic 3000–1500 BCE → Early Historic · Kashmir Neolithic (Gufkral facies)
Kashmir Neolithic cave–mound settlement (c.3000–1500 BCE) on a loess plateau between two streams at Tral, Pulwama — named Gufkral ('Cave of the Potter', guf = cave, kral = potter).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
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.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Maheshwar Narmada Ghat Settlement
Chalcolithic 1600 BCE → Early Historic 6th c BCE → Paramara 10th c → Holkar 1760s · Malwa → Mahishmati Mahabharata → Paramara–Holkar
Maheshwar Narmada Ghat Settlement — ancient Mahishmati (Mahabharata, Kalidasa) on Narmada ghat 2 km north of Navdatoli, excavated with Navdatoli 1952–57 showing Early Historic Mart 6th c BCE → Gupta…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
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
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.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
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.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Farmana (Daksh Khera)
Early Harappan → Mature Harappan 3500–2000 BCE · Indus Valley (Sothi-Siswal / Harappan)
Largest Harappan necropolis in Haryana (c.2600–2000 BCE) at Daksh Khera near Farmana, Rohtak — 18.5 ha settlement plus 1.2 ha cemetery mound with 70 burials (extended, flexed, secondary) excavated…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Outer Rajasthan Reservoir Central — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-25)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Outer Rajasthan Reservoir Central — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-25) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Southern Rajasthan Citadel North — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-19)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Rajasthan Citadel North — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-19) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient village of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Sacred Rajasthan Fortress Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-44)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Sacred Rajasthan Fortress Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-44) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Upper Khajuraho Enclosure Central — Khajuraho (60-04)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Khajuraho Enclosure Central — Khajuraho (60-04) at Khajuraho, India is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Narhan
Narhan I (2000–1400) → Narhan II (1400–800) → NBPW III (800–600 BCE) · Narhan / Sarayupar Chalcolithic → NBPW Iron Age
Type-site for Narhan culture (c.2000–600 BCE) on the Ghaghara alluvium in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh — white-painted black-and-red ware (BPB) and later black-slipped ware mound excavated 1984–89 by…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Lower Rajasthan Mound A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-41)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Lower Rajasthan Mound A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-41) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Great Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-08)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-08) at Khajuraho, India is a Classical (regional) archaeological wonder of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Northern Khajuraho Terrace A — Khajuraho (60-38)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Khajuraho Terrace A — Khajuraho (60-38) at Khajuraho, India is a Medieval (regional) archaeological wonder of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Dholavira — Buried Reservoir North (Kutch, Gujarat)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dholavira — Buried Reservoir North (Kutch, Gujarat) in Gujarat, Kutch, Dholavira Buried, India is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city att…
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Gulf of Cambay — Submerged Wall North (Gujarat, Ancillary)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Gulf of Cambay — Submerged Wall North (Gujarat, Ancillary) in Gujarat, Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged cit…
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Central Dwarka Mound South — Dwarka (58-39)
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 · Submerged site
Lower Dwarka Village North — Dwarka (58-28)
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.