Chapters
- Prehistory and the Indus civilisation
- Vedic age
- Mahajanapadas, Magadha and the Mauryas
- Post-Mauryan India and the Sangam age
- Guptas, Vakatakas and post-Gupta north India
- Early medieval north India (750 to 1200)
- Early medieval south India and the Deccan
- Delhi Sultanate (1206 to 1526)
- Vijayanagara, Bahmani and the Deccan sultanates
- The Mughal empire
- Maratha state formation and early European trade
- Architecture
- Sculpture
- Painting
- Performing arts
- Literature, languages and sources
- Religion and philosophy
- Heritage lists, crafts and festivals