ARABIAN SEABAY OF BENGALINDIAN OCEANH I M A L A Y A SK A R A K O R A MNSSindhu (Indus)GangaYamunaNarmadaKaveriUttarapatha (Grand Trunk)Chola Sea Route to Srivijaya →PataliputraMohenjo-daroHarappaTaxilaSrinagar (Kashmir Valley)NalandaSanchiThanjavurHampi / VijayanagaraKonarkLeh (Ladakh)DelhiAgraJhansiSabarmati & DandiKolkata (Calcutta)Mumbai (Bombay)New Delhi
AncientMedievalColonial & Freedom MovementModernRiverTrade route

A historical map of India

7 empires and 18 places where India's history happened, on one hand-drawn map. Choose one and the map redraws.

Map tools

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA

Coming up, Jan 23

Netaji Bhawan, Kolkata (Calcutta). Netaji's ancestral residence and the starting point of his daring 1941 escape to organize the Indian National Army.

1 of 6

Empires and historic sites

The same atlas as plain links: every empire and place, when it mattered, and the article that tells its story.