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South Asia in 1683

1683 is the year of the second siege of Vienna. This map shows the 26 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in 1683 with 26 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 1683

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
  • Dzungar Khanate
  • 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
  • Qing Dynasty
  • English Colonial Empire
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Kathmandu
  • French India

New on the map since 1658

Dzungar Khanate · Maratha Empire · Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom · Qing Dynasty · French India

Gone from the map by 1708

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

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in 1683

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.