South Asia in 1570
This map shows the 25 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1570
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tibet
- Mughal Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- First Toungoo Empire
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Sur Empire
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Tümed
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Golconda Sultanate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Berar Sultanate
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Bidar Sultanate
- Portuguese Colonies
- Portuguese Empire
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Jaffna kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Kathmandu
New on the map since 1545
Tümed · Portuguese Colonies
Gone from the map by 1595
Sur Empire · Vijayanagara Empire · Kashmiri Sultanate · Berar Sultanate · Portuguese Empire · Jaffna kingdom
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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.