1. 150010005000 100015002000 Time-line of South Asian History Settlement of the Gangetic Plains Mauryan Empire Kushana Empire Gupta Empire Delhi Sultanate Hindu Dynasties Mugha l Empire B u d d h i s m ( J a i n i s m ) V e d i c R e l i g i o n I s l a m T e m p l e H i n d u i s m S i k h i s m Ancient Medieval

2. Sources for the Writing of the History of South Asia archaeology and material remains inscriptions coins palm leaf and paper documents

3. Archaeology

4. steatite seals of the Indus Valley

5. Inscriptions on pillars

6. Temple Inscriptions

7. Copper Plate Inscriptions

8. Other types of Inscriptions

9. Coins

10. Palm leaf Manuscripts

11. Paper Documents

12. South Asia c. 100 BC - c. 200 AD

13. Vedic Religion

14. Buddhist St ū pa

15. Worship at a St ū pa

16. Early Temple

17. Later Hindu Temples