EARLY MAPS to about 700 CE
*INDUS VALLEY TIMELINE AND MAPS FROM HARAPPA.COM**	=*Early states of the old world** (Indus Valley in context) =*Interaction networks of the Ravi Phase** (c.3300-2800 BCE) =*Indus Valley trade sites and routes** (c.2600-1900 BCE) =*Major sites and networks, Harappan Phase** (c.2200-2000 CE)  =*Major sites of the late Harappan Localization Era** (final period)
pre-1000 BCE-625 BCE maps	=*the eastern hemisphere, in maps by Thomas Lessman**
SELECTIONS FROM THE *SCHWARTZBERG HISTORICAL ATLAS* (DSAL, highly ZOOMABLE)	=*Vedic India** =*the Mahajanapadas** and *the Buddhist-Jain heartland** =*the India of the Ramayana** and *the India of the Mahabharata** =*the Achaemenid Empire and the Magadhan Empire** =*India as the Greeks knew it** =*the Mauryan Empire** =*Sunga and Indo-Greek ascendancy, c.200 to 1 BCE** =*the age of the Kushans** =*religious and cultural sites, c.200 BCE-300 CE** =*Western knowledge of and trade with South Asia, 0-200 CE** =*the Gupta-Vakataka age, c.300-550** =*a synopsis: major powers of South Asia up to the 500's*
MET MUSEUM TIMELINE	=*Metropolitan Museum timeline** displays, with both maps and images
HISTORICAL MAP SEQUENCE	=*A historical sequence** of small but handy maps; click 'Maps and Chronology', then scroll down in the left-hand frame
ANCIENT MAPS	Ancient maps with commentary, by Henry Davis: =*maps from 6,000 BCE to 400 CE**; and *maps from 400 to 1300 CE**
the ANCIENT WORLD	=*ancient world maps-- an overview from Wikipedia**
CENTRAL ASIA	=*an interactive map of Central Asia**-- you choose the overlay
c.600 BCE - 499 CE maps	=*the eastern hemisphere, in maps by Thomas Lessman**
GANDHARA at the crossroads	=*the Gandhara region*-- Mahajanapada and Persian province
the MAHAJANAPADAS; the BUDDHIST and JAIN HEARTLAND	=*the sixteen Mahajanapadas, c.600 BCE and later developments* =*the Mahajanapadas** =*religious movements and culture of the period (S)**
the PERSIAN EMPIRE, c.490 BCE	=*the Persian empire under Darius, 490 BCE* (up to the Indus) =*the Achaemenid Empire and the Magadhan Empire (S)**
HERODOTUS'S  WORLD, c.450 BCE	=*how the world looked to Herodotus, c.450 BCE*, from *Butler and Rhys, 1907**; *comments by Henry Davis** =*India as the Greeks knew it (S)**
ALEXANDER AT THE INDUS, c.326	=*Alexander's journey, c.334-325 BCE* =*a quick overview*
the SELEUCID EMPIRE	=*the Seleukid Empire at its maximum extent, 3rd c. BCE*
the PARTHIAN EMPIRE	=*maps of Parthia, c.247 BCE-228 CE**; and *Parthia, c.001 CE**
the MAURYAS, and ASHOKA	=*the Mauryan empire (c.247-228 BCE), especially under Ashoka* =*the Mauryan Empire (S)** =*religious movements and culture of the period (S)**
the SUNGAS; the INDO-GREEKS	=*Sunga and Indo-Greek ascendancy, c.200 to 1 BCE (S)**
the KUSHAN EMPIRE	=*Kushan Empire, c.100s BCE-200s CE* =*the age of the Kushans (S)**
"PERIPLUS," 1st c.	=*a map based on the "Periplus of the Erythraean Sea," 1st c. CE*
ARRIAN	=*Arrian's world (early 100's) as seen by Ortelius (1624)*
MAHABHARATA, RAMAYANA	=*the India of the Mahabharata (S)** =*the India of the Ramayana (S)** =*"Epic India" and its place names* (Wikipedia) =*places in the Mahabharata** (Sanskrit names, LC)
STRABO	=*a world map according to Strabo, c.18 CE** (Henry Davis)
PTOLEMAIC MAPS, c.200 onward	=*a Ptolemaic world map**; *commentary by Henry Davis** =*a Ptolemaic overview set*
SCRIPT DIFFUSION	=*the diffusion of South Asian scripts* in historical times
ROMAN ROADS, 300's	=*the Roman road network, from the "Tabula Peutingeriana"*, 300's
EARLY KINGDOMS	=*early Indian kingdoms up to 550 CE*
the GUPTA EMPIRE	=*the Gupta empire (300's and 400's) in its context* =*the Gupta-Vakataka age, c.300-550**
SOUTH and EAST ASIA, c.440	=*South and East Asia, c.440**
maps from 500 CE on	=*the eastern hemisphere, in maps by Thomas Lessman**
HUNA EMPIRE	=*the empire of the Hunas or Hephthalites, early 500's*
HARSHA'S EMPIRE	=*Harsha's empire, c.606-647*
ASIAN TRADE, c.610	=*Asian trade routes, c.610**
ISLAMIC, c.661	=*Muslim expansion until 661** (Brice 1981)
	GENERAL HISTORICAL MAPS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
MERCATOR, 1578	=*Mercator's Ptolemaic maps, 1578*, a tribute from the inventor of the *Mercator* projection to the father of Western map-making
MALLET, 1683	=*Mallet's maps, c.1683-1719*-- including historical maps
ANCIENT ASIA, 1700s	=*Various maps of the ancient world, from the 1700's*
ANCIENT ASIA, 1800s	=*ancient South Asia (and Asia)*, various maps from the 1800's
THE ANCIENT WORLD (1884)	=*"Orbis Terrarum"*, an elaborate map by Henry Kiepert (1884) that shows, along with much else, "Aryan, Semitic, and Hamitic" peoples
ANCIENT WORLD	=*"Map of the Ancient Historical World, Showing the Caucasian Nations"*, by I. S. Clare (1891)
A CLASSICAL ATLAS (1907)	=*The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography**, mostly of Europe; by Samuel Butler, edited by Ernest Rhys (1907)

 

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