The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the history of South Asia:
History of South Asia – South Asia includes the contemporary political entities of the Indian subcontinent and associated islands, therefore, its history includes the histories of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the island nations of Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
South Asian Stone Age (50,000–3000 BCE)
Bronze Age India (3000–1300 BCE)
Iron Age (1200–230 BCE)
Middle kingdoms of India (Classical period) (230 BCE–1279CE)
Late medieval period (1206–1596)
Early modern period (1526–1858)
Colonial period (1510–1961 CE)
Kingdoms of Sri Lanka