Chronology: c. 1000 BC-AD 1300
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.