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South Asia in 1400

This map shows the 22 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in 1400 with 22 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in South Asia in 1400

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Timurid Empire
  • Tibet
  • Tughlaq Dynasty
  • Bahmani Sultanate
  • Chagatai Khanate
  • Vijayanagara Empire
  • Sultanate of Bengal
  • Ava Kingdom
  • Shan States
  • Kashmiri Sultanate
  • Jaunpur Sultanate
  • Sind-Samma Dynasty
  • Hanthawaddy Kingdom
  • Ceylon
  • Jaffna kingdom
  • Samudera Pasai Sultanate
  • Majapahit
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Lan Na Kingdom
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Sukhothai Kingdom
  • Kathmandu

New on the map since 1350

Timurid Empire · Tibet · Bahmani Sultanate · Ava Kingdom · Jaunpur Sultanate · Majapahit · Ming Dynasty · Ayutthaya Kingdom

Gone from the map by 1450

Tughlaq Dynasty · Sukhothai Kingdom

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in 1400

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.