South Asia in 1000
This map shows the 21 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1000
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tibetans
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Western Chalukya Empire
- Pala Empire
- Chauhan Dynasty
- Kamarupa Kingdom
- Sind-Habbari Dynasty
- Paramara Dynasty
- Chaulukya Dynasty
- Utpala Dynasty
- Chola Empire
- Kashmir
- Chandela Kingdom
- Pyu City-States
- Kingdom of Khotan
- Chandra Dynasty
- Anurādhapura
- Kara-Khanids
- Pagan Kingdom
- Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
- Haripuñjaya
New on the map since AD 950
Ghaznavid Empire · Western Chalukya Empire · Chauhan Dynasty · Paramara Dynasty · Utpala Dynasty · Chandela Kingdom · Kara-Khanids
Gone from the map by 1050
Utpala Dynasty · Pyu City-States · Kingdom of Khotan · Anurādhapura · Kara-Khanids · Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1000
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.