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 Villages, c. 7000-2000 bce
4. The Harappan Civilization, c. 2600-1900 bce
5. Cultural Transitions: Images from Texts and Archaeology, c. 2000-600 bce
6. Cities, Kings, and Renunciants: 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