South Asia in 1530
This map shows the 28 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1530
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tibet
- Mughal Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Sultanate of Bengal
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Shan States
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Mongol Khanate
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Golconda Sultanate
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Berar Sultanate
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- First Toungoo Empire
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Bidar Sultanate
- Prome Kingdom
- Portuguese Empire
- Jaffna kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Ming Dynasty
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Kathmandu
New on the map since 1505
Mughal Empire · Safavid Dynasty · Eastern Moghulistan · Golconda Sultanate · Khanate of Bukhara · Nayaks of Madurai · Portuguese Ceylon · Sultanate of Aceh
Gone from the map by 1555
Sultanate of Bengal · Mongol Khanate · Hanthawaddy Kingdom · Prome Kingdom
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1530
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.