South Asia in 1776
1776 is the year of the American Declaration of Independence. 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 1776
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Durrani Empire
- Tibet
- Maratha Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- British Empire
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Mughal Empire
- Hyderabad State
- Zand Dynasty
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Nawab of Awadh
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Sikh Confederacy
- Dutch Republic
- Nepal
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Dutch Ceylon
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Portuguese Colonies
- Chiangmai
- Danish India
- English Colonial Empire
- Thonburi Kingdom
- French India
New on the map since 1751
British Empire · Sikh Confederacy · Nepal · Chiangmai · Danish India · Thonburi Kingdom
Gone from the map by 1801
Tibet · Hyderabad State · Zand Dynasty · Gorkha Kingdom · Kingdom of Mysore · Khanate of Bukhara · Dutch Republic · Kingdom of Mrauk U · Dutch Ceylon · Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom · English Colonial Empire · Thonburi Kingdom
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1776
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.