MahasthanaMahasthana

Lou-Lan

Harappa

Sarnath

Sringaverapura

Tripuri

AtranjikheraAyodhya

Manda

BhagwanpuraAlamgirpur

RakhigarhiAhicchatra

Sankisa

Sonkh

Kalibangan

Siswal

Hastinapura

Kausambi

Wari-Bateshwar

Chandraketugarh

Amaravati

Satanikota

Sigiri

BedsaNevasa

Pratisthana

Prakash

AnuradhapuraMantai

Nagarjunakonda

MADHYA

PRADESH

Allahdino

Ganweriwala

Jalilpur

Hadda, Sahri-Bahlol

KabulSikriCharsada

Begram, Shotorak, Kham Zargar

Kara-tepe

Ay Khanum(Ai-Khanoum)

HotanAk Terek, Siyelik

Dandan-OilikTAKLAMAKAN

DESERT

Pataliputra

Kusinagara

Lumbini

Hulaskhera

Sravasti

BaluRajagrihar

Lauriya Nandangarh

AjantaEllora

Ujjain

Pataliputra

NalandaBodh GayaBarabar,

Lomasa Rishi

Kusinagara

Lumbini

Hulaskhera

SravastiPiprawha

MahasthanaBalu

Wari-Bateshwar

ChandraketugarhTamluk

Khandgiri Udayagiri

Amaravati

Satanikota

KanciMamallapuram

Sigiri

Kaveripumpattinam

PattadakalAiholeBadami

Sannathi

Bedsa Ter NevasaPratisthana

NanaghatNasik

BhajaKarliElephanta

Prakash

Daimabad

Amri

Rangpur Broach

Rojdi

KuntasiLothal

DholaviraSurkotada

Desalpur

AllahdinoBalakot

Jhukar

Chanhu-daro

Kot Diji

Harappa

Mohenjo Daro

Ghazi Shah

Nal

Nausharo

Dalverzin-tepe

Damb Sadaat

AnuradhapuraMantai

Arikamedu

Banavasi

Kondapur

JaugadaSisupalgarh

RajagriharSarnath

Bhita

Sringaverapura

Bhumara

Bharhut

Eran

Tripuri

AtranjikheraAyodhya

BesnagarSanchi

Ganweriwala

Gumla

Jalilpur

Rehman DeriQandahar

LewanHadda, Sahri-Bahlol

Taxila Manda

Ropar

BhagwanpuraAlamgirpur

BanawaliRakhigarhi

AhicchatraSankisa

Mathura, Mat SonkhNoh

RangMahal

KabulSikriCharsada

Bari-kotBegram, Shotorak, Kham ZargarBamiyanSurkh Kotal, Rabatak

Ayrtam, Ushtur-Mulla

Mehrgarh

BalkhDilberjin

Kara-tepeTermez, Fayaz Tepe

Samarqand

Kala-i Kahkaha

Panjikent

Altyn-tepe

Ay Khanum(Ai-Khanoum)

Kafyr-kalaKaxgar

Farhad-beg-yailaki

Kara-dongHotanAk Terek, Siyelik

RawakNiya

Endere, Qiemo

Kuqa

Dandan-OilikShan-shan

CharklikMiran

MogaoDunhuang

AstanaKocho

BezeklykTurpan

Lou-Lan

Yangi

Khalchayan

Dabar KotKalibangan

Nanaghat

SothiBairat

Siswal

Hastinapura

Kausambi Vaisali

Nagarjunakonda

Lauriya Nandangarh

RAJASTHAN

PUNJAB

GANDHARA

XINJIANG

SIND

MALWA

MADHYA

PRADESH

DECCAN

ANDHRAPRADESH

ORISSA

BENGAL

BIHAR

KACHCHH

ArabianSea

Bay ofBengal

INDIAN OCEAN

AralSea

Lop Nur

Indu

s R

.

Syr Dar’ya R.

Am

u Dar’ya R

.

Helm

and

R.

Ganges R.

Brahmaputra R.

G O B I D E S E R

T

HINDU KUSH

SRI LANKA

PAMIR RANGE

TIEN SHAN

HI M

A L A Y A S

TAKLAMAKAN

DESERT

TARIM BASIN

N

400 km0

400 miles0

Indian Subcontinent

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