South Asia in 1840
This map shows the 21 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1840
Largest first, by area on this map.
- British Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Durrani Dynasty
- Burma
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Nepal
- Khanate of Khiva
- Talpur Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Sultanate of Aceh
- British Colonial Empire
- Portuguese Colonies
- Chiangmai
- Dutch East Indies
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Danish India
- French India
New on the map since 1815
Durrani Dynasty · Burma · Talpur Dynasty · British Colonial Empire · French India
Gone from the map by 1865
British Empire · Durrani Dynasty · Sikh Empire · Mughal Empire · Maratha Empire · British Colonial Empire · Danish India · French India
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1840
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.