South Asia in 1540
This map shows the 29 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1540
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tibet
- Sur Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Mughal Empire
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Shan States
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Mongol Khanate
- Bijapur Sultanate
- First Toungoo Empire
- Golconda Sultanate
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Berar Sultanate
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Bidar Sultanate
- Prome Kingdom
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Portuguese Empire
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Jaffna kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Ming Dynasty
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Kathmandu
New on the map since 1515
Sur Empire · Eastern Moghulistan · Mughal Empire · Golconda Sultanate · Khanate of Bukhara · Nayaks of Madurai · Nayaks of Thanjavur · Sultanate of Aceh
Gone from the map by 1565
Shan States · Mongol Khanate · Prome Kingdom · Hanthawaddy Kingdom · Ming Dynasty · Lan Na Kingdom
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1540
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.