South Asia in 1730
This map shows the 27 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1730
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mughal Empire
- Tibet
- Hotaki Dynasty
- First Toungoo Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Dzungar Khanate
- Nawabs of Bengal
- Hyderabad State
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Maratha Empire
- Nawab of Awadh
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Dutch Ceylon
- Dutch Republic
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Portuguese Colonies
- British Colonial Empire
- English Colonial Empire
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- French India
- Kathmandu
New on the map since 1705
Hotaki Dynasty · Nawabs of Bengal · Hyderabad State · Maratha Empire · Nawab of Awadh · Carnatic Sultanate · British Colonial Empire
Gone from the map by 1755
Hotaki Dynasty · Nayaks of Madurai
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1730
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.