Atlas of the Indosphere

About this atlas

The atlas follows the Indosphere through eight chapters on one timeline, from the first farming villages at Mehrgarh around 7000 BCE to the present. Drag along the timeline, or press Play, and the map redraws kingdoms, cities, monuments, events, festivals, the spread of Buddhism, trade routes and languages for that year. Select a kingdom or a place for a short note and a link to its entry.

Borders before the modern era were rarely fixed lines, so the shaded areas are approximate, drawn from standard historical atlases and the entries on this site. Where scholars disagree about a date or an identification, the note says so. The modern chapter shows India's borders as officially depicted by the Government of India.

For the full list of the subcontinent's dynasties, empires and princely states, see Kingdoms of India.