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Maps · Module 8 · GS1

History on the map: India

Art & culture and modern history answers gain marks when a place is pinned correctly: a Harappan site in Gujarat, a Chola temple on the Kaveri, the Champaran satyagraha in Bihar. Pins are approximate.

See world history on the map

History on the map: India: India mapAndaman & NicobarAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJammu & KashmirJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaLadakhLakshadweepMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOdishaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTelanganaTripuraUttar PradeshUttarakhandWest BengalHarappaMohenjo-daroDholaviraLothalKalibanganRakhigarhiBanawaliRoparLumbiniBodh GayaSarnathKushinagarNalandaSanchiAjantaKhajurahoKonarkMamallapuramKanchipuramThanjavurHampiPattadakalElloraFatehpur SikriBarrackporeMeerutDelhiKanpurLucknowJhansiArrahBareillyChamparanKhedaAhmedabadAmritsar (Jallianwala Bagh)Chauri ChauraBardoliDandiBombay (Gowalia Tank)Santhal hul (1855–56)Munda ulgulan (1899–1900)Rampa rebellion (1922–24)Indigo revolt (1859–60)Moplah rebellion (1921)HarappaMohenjo-daroDholaviraLothalKalibanganRakhigarhiBanawaliRoparLumbiniBodh GayaSarnathKushinagarNalandaSanchiAjantaKhajurahoKonarkMamallapuramKanchipuramThanjavurHampiPattadakalElloraFatehpur SikriBarrackporeMeerutDelhiKanpurLucknowJhansiArrahBareillyChamparanKhedaAhmedabadAmritsar (Jallianwala Bagh)Chauri ChauraBardoliDandiBombay (Gowalia Tank)Santhal hul (1855–56)Munda ulgulan (1899–1900)Rampa rebellion (1922–24)Indigo revolt (1859–60)Moplah rebellion (1921)

India’s external and state boundaries: Survey of India–based data via DataMeet (CC BY-SA 2.5 / ODbL), generalised for teaching. World land: Natural Earth (public domain). Physical features: Natural Earth (public domain). Places are approximate and routes schematic, for teaching.

Tap a state or a place on the map.

Quiz

Tap Start, then find each place or feature on the map.

Practise in the sketch lab

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Themes that use this map

T1 Harappan civilisation, early urbanism & civilisational continuityT4 Buddhist art & sculpture schools: stupa, Gandhara, PalaT5 Temple architecture & regional dynasties: Pallava, Chola, Chandela, Vijayanagara, GuptaT6 Sculpture, painting, motifs, coins & safeguarding art heritageT7 Bhakti–Sufi movements & religious syncretismT8 Patronage, learning centres & medieval technologyT12 1857 and tribal–peasant resistance to colonial ruleT15 Gandhi: mass movements, constructive programme, ideas & contemporariesT17 Final phase: Quit India, Naval mutiny, Maulana AzadT51 Tribal identity, rights & development