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South Asia in 1450

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

Map of South Asia in 1450 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 1450

Largest first, by area on this map.

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

New on the map since 1400

Sayyid Dynasty · Kingdom of Mrauk U

Gone from the map by 1500

Chagatai Khanate · Bahmani Sultanate · Jaunpur Sultanate · Sayyid Dynasty · Majapahit

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in 1450

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.