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South Asia in 1680

This map shows the 25 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in 1680 with 25 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 1680

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Mughal Empire
  • Tibet
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • First Toungoo Empire
  • Eastern Moghulistan
  • Golconda Sultanate
  • Tümed
  • Gorkha Kingdom
  • Khanate of Bukhara
  • Kingdom of Mysore
  • Kingdom of Mrauk U
  • Nayaks of Madurai
  • Kingdom of Bhutan
  • Bijapur Sultanate
  • Portuguese Ceylon
  • Maratha Empire
  • Dutch Republic
  • Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Aceh
  • Portuguese Colonies
  • Southern Ming
  • English Colonial Empire
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Kathmandu
  • French India

New on the map since 1655

Maratha Empire · Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom · French India

Gone from the map by 1705

Eastern Moghulistan · Golconda Sultanate · Tümed · Bijapur Sultanate · Portuguese Ceylon · Maratha Empire · Southern Ming

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in 1680

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.