Ancient Tamil Kinglines: Indian kingdoms

Indus Valley Civilization	(3300–1700 BC)
– Early Harappan Culture	(3300–2600 BC)
– Mature Harappan Culture	(2600–1900 BC)
Ochre Coloured Pottery culture	(from 2000 BC)
Vedic period	(1750–1200 BC)
– Late Harappan Culture	(1700–1300 BC)
Swat culture	(1600–500 BC)
– Black and Red ware culture	(1300–1200 BC)

Iron Age (1200–230 BC)

Vedic period	(1200–500 BC)
– Black and Red ware culture	(1200–1000 BC)
– Painted Grey Ware culture	(1200–600 BC)
– Janapadas	(1200–600 BC)
–Northern Black Polished Ware	(700–200 BC)
Haryanka Kingdom	(684–424 BC)
Maha Janapadas	(600–300 BC)
Achaemenid Empire	(550–330 BC)
Magadha Kingdom	(500–321 BC)
Ror Kingdom	(450 BC–489 AD)
Nanda Empire	(424–321 BC)
Shishunaga Kingdom	(413–345 BC)
Macedonian Empire	(330–323 BC)
Maurya Empire	(321–184 BC)
Seleucid Empire	(312–63 BC)
Pandya Empire	(from before [Mahabharata era] before 900 BC–1314 AD)
Chera Kingdom	(from before [Mahabharata era] before 900 BC–250 AD, 1248-1314 AD)
Chola Empire	(from before [Ramayana era] before 1100 BC–1279 AD)
Pallava Empire	(250 BC–893 AD)
Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire	(250 BC–400 AD)
Parthian Empire	(247 BC–224 AD)

Classical period (230 BC–1279

Ancient Tamil Kinglines