South Asia in 1580
This map shows the 22 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1580
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mughal Empire
- Tibet
- Safavid Dynasty
- First Toungoo Empire
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Tümed
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Golconda Sultanate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Sur Empire
- Bidar Sultanate
- Portuguese Colonies
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Jaffna kingdom
- Kathmandu
New on the map since 1555
Portuguese Colonies · Kingdom of Mysore
Gone from the map by 1605
Kashmiri Sultanate · Sur Empire · Jaffna kingdom
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Other regions in 1580
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.