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Map showing the topography and physical features of South Asia, including the Indian subcontinent.

Map showing the average date of onset of the summer monsoon across Asia.

Map showing important sites in the history of the ancient Indus civilization, including cities and agricultural sites, along with the locations of modern-day cities.

Language, architecture, and culture in the Indus River basin

Map showing the extent of the Gupta empire at the end of the 4th century.

Gupta terra-cotta

Mughal emperors: Jahāngīr, Akbar, and Shah Jahān

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Language, architecture, and culture in the Indus River basin

Language, architecture, and culture in the Indus River basin

An overview of the Indus civilization.

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Map showing the topography and physical features of South Asia, including the Indian subcontinent.

Topography of South Asia

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Map showing the average date of onset of the summer monsoon across Asia.

Average date of monsoon onset in Asia

Map showing the average date of onset of the summer monsoon across different regions...

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Map showing important sites in the history of the ancient Indus civilization, including cities and agricultural sites, along with the locations of modern-day cities.

Principal sites of the Indus civilization

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Map showing the extent of the Gupta empire at the end of the 4th century.

Gupta empire in the 4th century

The Gupta empire at the end of the 4th century.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Gupta terra-cotta

Gupta terra-cotta

Mithuna, terra-cotta sculpture from India, Gupta period, 5th century ce;...

Photograph by L. Mandle. Honolulu Academy of Arts, purchase, 2003 (12,476.1)

Mughal emperors: Jahāngīr, Akbar, and Shah Jahān

Mughal emperors: Jahāngīr, Akbar, and Shah Jahān

Emperors Jahāngīr (left), Akbar (centre), and Shah Jahān (seated at right) are depicted...

Brooklyn Museum, New York, gift of the Asian Art Council in memory of Stanley J. Love, 1994.42

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