South Asia in 1740
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 1740
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mughal Empire
- Tibet
- Afsharid Iran
- Qing Dynasty
- First Toungoo Empire
- Dzungar Khanate
- Nawabs of Bengal
- Hyderabad State
- Maratha Empire
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Nawab of Awadh
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Dutch Ceylon
- Dutch Republic
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Portuguese Colonies
- Lan Na
- British Colonial Empire
- English Colonial Empire
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- French India
- Kathmandu
New on the map since 1715
Afsharid Iran · Nawabs of Bengal · Hyderabad State · Maratha Empire · Nawab of Awadh · Lan Na
Gone from the map by 1765
Afsharid Iran · First Toungoo Empire · Dzungar Khanate · Nawabs of Bengal · Lan Na · British Colonial Empire · Kathmandu
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1740
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.