South Asia in 1789
1789 is the year the French Revolution began. 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 1789
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Durrani Empire
- Tibet
- Maratha Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Konbaung Dynasty
- British Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Hyderabad State
- Nepal
- Zand Dynasty
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Nawab of Awadh
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Sikh Confederacy
- Dutch Republic
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Dutch Ceylon
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Portuguese Colonies
- Chiangmai
- Danish India
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- French India
New on the map since 1764
Nepal · Emirate of Bukhara · Sikh Confederacy · Chiangmai · Habsburg Monarchy · Rattanakosin Kingdom
Gone from the map by 1814
Tibet · Hyderabad State · Zand Dynasty · Carnatic Sultanate · Nawab of Awadh · Kingdom of Mysore · Sikh Confederacy · Dutch Republic · Dutch Ceylon · Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom · Habsburg Monarchy
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1789
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.