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South Asia in 1510

This map shows the 29 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in 1510 with 29 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 1510

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Tibet
  • Vijayanagara Empire
  • Shaybanids
  • Lodi Dynasty
  • Moghulistan
  • Sultanate of Bengal
  • Shan States
  • Kashmiri Sultanate
  • Mongol Khanate
  • Timurid Empire
  • Sind-Samma Dynasty
  • Ava Kingdom
  • Bijapur Sultanate
  • Kingdom of Mrauk U
  • Berar Sultanate
  • Ahmadnagar Sultanate
  • Bidar Sultanate
  • Hanthawaddy Kingdom
  • First Toungoo Empire
  • Portuguese Ceylon
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • Prome Kingdom
  • Portuguese Empire
  • Jaffna kingdom
  • Samudera Pasai Sultanate
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Lan Na Kingdom
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Kathmandu

New on the map since 1485

Shaybanids · Bijapur Sultanate · Berar Sultanate · Ahmadnagar Sultanate · Bidar Sultanate · First Toungoo Empire · Portuguese Ceylon · Safavid Dynasty · Portuguese Empire

Gone from the map by 1535

Shaybanids · Lodi Dynasty · Moghulistan · Sultanate of Bengal · Timurid Empire · Sind-Samma Dynasty · Ava Kingdom · Samudera Pasai Sultanate

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in 1510

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.