1. Understanding Literary and Archaeological Sources 2. Hunter-Gatherers of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Ages 3. The Transition to Food Production: Neolithic, Neolithic-Chalcolithic, and Chalcolithic Village c. 7000- 2000 BC 4. The Harappan Civilization c.2600-1900 BC 5. Cultural Transitions: Images from Texts and Archaeology, c. 2000-600 BCE 6. Cities, Kings, and Renunciation: North India, c. 600-300 BCE 7. Power and Piety: The Maurya Empire, c. 324-187 BCE 8. Interaction and Innovation, c. 200 BCE - 300 CE 9. Aesthetics and Empire, c. 300-600 CE 10. Emerging Regional Configurations, c. 600-1200 CE
