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EARLY MAPS
to about 700 CE |
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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) |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 1300 BCE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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HISTORICAL ATLAS |
*A Historical Atlas of South Asia, ed. by Joseph E. Schwartzberg (1992)**-- complete, zoomable (DSAL) |
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TIMELINE |
*Metropolitan Museum timeline** displays are very helpful and include both maps and images |
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SEQUENCE |
*A historical sequence** of small but handy maps; click 'Maps and Chronology', then scroll down in the left-hand frame |
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Ancient maps with commentary, by Henry Davis: *maps from 6,000 BCE to 400 CE**; and *maps from 400 to 1300 CE** |
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*Ancient world maps-- an overview from Wikipedia** |
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*An interactive map of Central Asia**-- you choose the overlay |
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*The Gandhara region*-- Mahajanapada and Persian province |
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*The sixteen Mahajanapadas, c.600 BCE* |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 500 BCE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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*The Persian empire under Darius, 490 BCE* (all the way up to the Indus) |
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WORLD, c.450 BCE |
*How the world looked to Herodotus, c.450 BCE** from *Butler and Rhys, 1907**; *comments by Henry Davis** |
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THE INDUS, c.326 |
*Alexander's journey, c.334-325 BCE*; forced to turn back in 326, he traveled down the Indus: *a quick overview** |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 323 BCE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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*The Seleukid Empire at its maximum extent, 3rd c. BCE* |
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*Parthia, c.247 BCE to 228 CE**; *more Parthian maps** |
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*Early Indian kingdoms up to 550 CE* (Stein 1998) |
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*Mauryan empire (c.247-228 BCE), especially under Ashoka* |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 200 BCE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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*Kushan Empire (c.100s BCE-200s CE)* |
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Maps by Thomas Lessman, of the eastern hemisphere in: *50 BCE**; *1 CE**; *50 CE** |
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*A map based on the "Periplus of the Erythraean Sea," 1st c. CE* |
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*A map of places named in the Mahabharata** (Sanskrit names, LC) |
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*World map according to Strabo, c.18 CE** (Henry Davis) |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 100 CE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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c.200 onward |
*A Ptolemaic world map**; *commentary by Henry Davis**; *an overview set* -- since *Ptolemy** was the father of western map-making |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 200 CE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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*Map of the diffusion of South Asian scripts* in historical times |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 300 CE**, by Thomas Lessman |
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*The Roman road network, according to the "Tabula Peutingeriana"*, 300's |
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*The Gupta empire (300's and 400's) in its context* |
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Maps by Thomas Lessman, of the eastern hemisphere in: *400 CE**; *475 CE**; *476 CE**; *500 CE**; *565 CE**; *600 CE** |
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*The empire of the Hunas or Hephthalites, early 500's* |
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*Harsha's empire, early 600's* |
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*Muslim expansion until 661** (Brice 1981) |
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*The eastern hemisphere in 700 CE**, by Thomas Lessman |
| GENERAL HISTORICAL MAPS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD | |
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*Mercator's Ptolemaic maps, 1578*, a tribute from the inventor of the *Mercator* projection to the father of Western map-making |
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*Mallet's maps, c.1683-1719*-- including historical maps |
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*Various maps of the ancient world, from the 1700's* |
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*Ancient South Asia (and Asia)*, various maps from the 1800's |
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WORLD (1884) |
*"Orbis Terrarum"*, an elaborate map by Henry Kiepert (1884) that shows, along with much else, "Aryan, Semitic, and Hamitic" peoples |
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*"Map of the Ancient Historical World, Showing the Caucasian Nations"*, by I. S. Clare (1891) |
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ATLAS (1907) |
*The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography**, mostly of Europe; by Samuel Butler, edited by Ernest Rhys (1907) |