South Asia in 1770
This map shows the 26 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1770
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Durrani Empire
- Tibet
- Maratha Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- British Empire
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Hyderabad State
- Zand Dynasty
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Mughal Empire
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Nawab of Awadh
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Sikh Confederacy
- Dutch Republic
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Dutch Ceylon
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Portuguese Colonies
- Danish India
- English Colonial Empire
- Thonburi Kingdom
- French India
New on the map since 1745
Durrani Empire · British Empire · Zand Dynasty · Sikh Confederacy · Danish India · Thonburi Kingdom
Gone from the map by 1795
Tibet · Zand Dynasty · Gorkha Kingdom · Khanate of Bukhara · Kingdom of Mrauk U · English Colonial Empire · Thonburi Kingdom
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Other regions in 1770
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.