The fifteen eras
Each era in depth: who ruled, what they built, what they believed, how it ended, and what you can still see today.
Vedic Rishis and the Itihasa
Satya, Treta and Dvapara Yugas, to 3102 BCE (traditional reckoning) · The age of the Vedas, Shri Rama and Shri Krishna
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The Sindhu–Sarasvati Civilisation
c. 7000–1300 BCE · Brick cities on two rivers, from Mehrgarh to Rakhigarhi
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Janapadas and the Rise of Magadha
c. 1300–321 BCE · Sixteen great states, one rising kingdom on the Ganga
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The Maurya Empire
321–185 BCE · From Kandahar to Karnataka, ruled from Pataliputra
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Shungas, Satavahanas, Kharavela and the Sangam Kingdoms
185 BCE – 320 CE · Many crowns, one Dharma, and ships to Rome
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The Gupta Age
320–550 CE · Stone temples, golden coins, Kalidasa and Aryabhata
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The Age of Great Kingdoms
c. 550–1000 CE · Harsha, Chalukyas, Pallavas, Palas, Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas, Karkotas
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Cholas and the Southern Seas
c. 850–1310 CE · Chola, Chalukya, Hoysala, Kakatiya, Pandya: temples, fleets and saints
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The long resistance: Sindh to Tarain
636–1206 CE · Five centuries in which Bharat’s frontier kings held the line.
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Sultanates, Vijayanagara and the kingdoms that stood
1206–1526 CE · Delhi ruled the plains; Mewar, Vijayanagara, Odisha and Assam never bowed.
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The Mughal era and the resistance
1526–1707 CE · Mewar, the Ahoms, the Sikh Gurus and Shivaji: a refusal that won.
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Maratha ascendancy and the Sikh empire
1707–1818 CE · From the Sahyadri to Attock: Bharat takes back its own.
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Company rule and the war of 1857
1757–1858 CE · A trading company takes Bharat, and Bharat rises against it.
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Renaissance and the struggle for Swaraj
1858–1947 CE · Monks, poets, rebels and marchers win back a nation.
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Independent Bharat
1947 CE–today · Partition’s wound, a republic, and the temples rising again.
ExploreThe river of dynasties
Every dynasty on one line of time, 600 BCE to 1950. Scroll sideways and tap any bar.