South Asia in 1600
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 1600
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mughal Empire
- Tibet
- Safavid Dynasty
- Eastern Moghulistan
- First Toungoo Empire
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Tümed
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Golconda Sultanate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Ming Dynasty
- Bidar Sultanate
- Spanish Empire
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Lan Na
- Portuguese Colonies
- Dutch Republic
- Kathmandu
New on the map since 1575
Gorkha Kingdom · Ayutthaya Kingdom · Ming Dynasty · Spanish Empire · Lan Na · Dutch Republic
Gone from the map by 1625
Bidar Sultanate · Lan Na
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Other regions in 1600
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.