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The Itihāsa Chronicle · Volume I
Ancient India
From the first stone tools to the dawn of regional kingdoms
The deep foundation: prehistoric cultures, the Harappan cities, the Vedic canon, the first empires of the Mauryas and Guptas, and the classical age of Indian science, art and philosophy.
Open Chapter 01c. 2,000,000 BCE – 750 CE
Contents of the volume
9 chapters01Prehistoric IndiaThe Stone Ages and the First Farmersc. 2,000,000 – 2000 BCE2 min02The Indus Valley CivilisationBronze Age Cities of the Harappansc. 3300 – 1300 BCE3 min03The Vedic AgeThe Aryans and the Making of a Sacred Canonc. 1500 – 600 BCE3 min04The Mahajanapadas and the Rise of MagadhaIndia's Second Urbanisationc. 600 – 321 BCE2 min05Buddhism and JainismThe Heterodox Challenge to Ritual6th – 5th century BCE3 min06The Mauryan EmpireFrom Chandragupta's Sword to Ashoka's Dhamma321 – 185 BCE3 min07India after the MauryasInvaders, Trade Winds and the Sangam Age185 BCE – c. 300 CE3 min08The Gupta EmpireThe Classical Golden Agec. 320 – 550 CE3 min09Harshavardhana and the Age of Regional PowersKannauj, Badami and the Pallavasc. 606 – 750 CE2 min