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South Asia in 1630

This map shows the 23 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in 1630 with 23 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in South Asia in 1630

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Mughal Empire
  • Tibet
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • First Toungoo Empire
  • Eastern Moghulistan
  • Bijapur Sultanate
  • Golconda Sultanate
  • Tümed
  • Gorkha Kingdom
  • Khanate of Bukhara
  • Kingdom of Mrauk U
  • Ahmadnagar Sultanate
  • Nayaks of Madurai
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Portuguese Ceylon
  • Spanish Empire
  • Kingdom of Mysore
  • Nayaks of Thanjavur
  • Sultanate of Aceh
  • Dutch Republic
  • Portuguese Colonies
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Kathmandu

Gone from the map by 1655

Ahmadnagar Sultanate · Ming Dynasty · Spanish Empire

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in 1630

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.