Stone Age	before 3300 BCE
Mature Harappan	2600–1700 BCE
Late Harappan	1700–1300 BCE
Iron Age	1200–300 BCE
Maurya Empire	321–184 BCE
Middle Kingdoms	230 BCE–1279 CE
Satavahana	230 BCE–220 CE
Gupta Empire	280–550 CE
Islamic Sultanates	1206–1596
Mughal Empire	1526–1707
Sikh Confederacy	1716-1849
British India	1858–1947
Modern States	1947 onwards