History maps

Indus Valley Civilization (2600-1900 BCE)

Vedic civilization (1500-500 BCE)

Vedic civilization

"Bharatvarsha" (Kingdom of India) during
the time of Mahabharata and Ramayana

Ancient India 600 BC

Gandhara

Achaemid Empire (Persia around 50 BCE)

The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Hellenistic successor states:
Kingdom of Ptolemy ( colour)
Kingdom of Cassander ( colour)
Kingdom of Lysimachus ( colour)
Kingdom of Seleucus ( colour)
Epirus ( colour)

Other states:
Carthage ( colour)
Rome ( colour)
Greek colonies ( colour)

Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250-125 BCE)

Maurya and Gupta Empires

Mauryan Empire (250 BCE)

Mauryan Empire

Mauryan Empire

Indo-Greek kingdom (180 BCE-10 AD)

Indo-Greek Kingdom

Kushan Empire
Western Kshatrapas(35-405 AD)

Gupta Empire (400 AD)

Gupta Empire

Gupta Empire

Gupta Empire

Hephthalite dominion (520)

Harsha's Empire around 600

Pratihara (6th-11th century)

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad;
II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

Rajput Kingdoms (7th-11th Century)

Dharmapala or Pala Empire

Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)

Mongol Empire ( colour )

By 1294 the empire had split into:

Golden Horde ( colour )
Chagatai Khanate ( colour )
Ilkhanate ( colour )
Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty) ( colour )

Delhi Sultanate (13th century)

Sher Shah's Empire (around 1500)

European settlements in India 1501-1739

Mughal Empire (1600) and European possesions

Mughal Empire (1700) and Maratha Confederacy (1860)

Mughal Empire (1526-1857)

Mughal Empire

India 1700-1792

Maratha Confederacy 1790

Sikh Empire of Ranjit Singh 1799 - 1849

British India, not including Burma

Britain's holdings on the Indian subcontinent
were granted independence in 1947 and 1948, becoming
four new independent states: India, Burma (now Myanmar),
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Pakistan (including East Pakistan,
modern-day Bangladesh).

Partition of India

Historical Pakistan until 1971

Historical Pakistan until 1971