<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
  Sitemap index for shieldbharat.com
  Upload to web root: https://shieldbharat.com/sitemap-index.xml
  MUST be served over HTTPS with no redirect. The current
  https://shieldbharat.com/sitemap.xml 302-redirects down to http:// - fix that.
  Update the <lastmod> values whenever the child files change.
-->
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <sitemap>
    <loc>https://shieldbharat.com/sitemap-pages.xml</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-01</lastmod>
  </sitemap>
  <sitemap>
    <loc>https://shieldbharat.com/sitemap-blog.xml</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-01</lastmod>
  </sitemap>

  <!--
    sitemap-locations.xml is deliberately NOT listed yet.

    The ~1,026 existing city pages are being noindexed while they are still
    near-identical templates (see noindex-thin-pages.php), so there is nothing
    to submit. generate-sitemaps.php will create this file and add it here
    automatically once you add a city to $CITIES_TIER_A_LIVE - that is, once
    a city page exists with genuinely unique local content.

    Do not uncomment this by hand.

    <sitemap>
      <loc>https://shieldbharat.com/sitemap-locations.xml</loc>
      <lastmod>2026-09-01</lastmod>
    </sitemap>
  -->
</sitemapindex>
