South Asia in 1760
This map shows the 28 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1760
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Durrani Empire
- Tibet
- Maratha Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Mughal Empire
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Nawabs of Bengal
- Hyderabad State
- Zand Dynasty
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Nawab of Awadh
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Dutch Ceylon
- Dutch Republic
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Portuguese Colonies
- British Empire
- Lan Na
- Danish India
- English Colonial Empire
- Kathmandu
- French India
New on the map since 1735
Durrani Empire · Konbaung Dynasty · Zand Dynasty · British Empire · Danish India
Gone from the map by 1785
Nawabs of Bengal · Ayutthaya Kingdom · Lan Na · English Colonial Empire · Kathmandu
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1760
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.