South Asia in 1815
1815 is the year of the Congress of Vienna. This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1815
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- British Empire
- Durrani Empire
- Maratha Empire
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Mughal Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Nepal
- Sikh Empire
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Khanate of Khiva
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Portuguese Colonies
- Chiangmai
- Dutch East Indies
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Danish India
New on the map since 1790
Qajar Dynasty · Sikh Empire · Khanate of Khiva · Dutch East Indies
Gone from the map by 1840
Durrani Empire · Konbaung Dynasty
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1815
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.