Chronology: c. 1000 BC-AD 1300 -- Perception of the past -- Landscapes and peoples -- Antecedents -- Towards chiefdoms and kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC -- States and cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c. 600-300 BC -- Of politics and trade: c. 200 BC-AD 300 -- The rise of the mercantile community: c. 200 BC-AD 300 -- Threshold times: c. AD 300-700 -- The peninsula: emerging regional kingdoms: c. AD 500-900 -- The peninsula: establishing authorities and structures: c. AD 900-1300 -- The politics of Northern India: c. AD 700-1200 -- Northern India: distributive political economies and regional cultures: c. AD 800-1300. -- Maps -- Glossary.
