1. Perceptions of the Past 2. Landscapes and People 3. Antecedents 4. Towards Chiefdoms and Kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC 5. States and Cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c.600-300 BC 6. The Emergence of Empire: Mauryan India; c. 321-185 BC 7. Of Politics and Trade: c.200 BC-AD 300 8. The Rise of Mercantile Community: c. 200 BC-AD 300 9. Threshold Times: c.AD 300-700 10. The Peninsula: Emerging Regional Kingdoms; c. AD 500-900 11. The Peninsula: Establishing Authorities and Structures; c. AD 900-1300 12. The Politics of Northern India: c. AD 700-1200 13. Northern India: Distributive Political Economies and Regional Cultures; c. AD 800-1300
