South Asia in 1850
This map shows the 19 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in 1850
Largest first, by area on this map.
- British Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Burma
- Mughal Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Kashmir and Jammu
- Nepal
- Khanate of Khiva
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Talpur Dynasty
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- British Colonial Empire
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Portuguese Colonies
- Chiangmai
- Dutch East Indies
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- French Second Republic
New on the map since 1825
Emirate of Afghanistan · Kashmir and Jammu · French Second Republic
Gone from the map by 1875
British Empire · Mughal Empire · Khanate of Khiva · Emirate of Bukhara · British Colonial Empire · Dutch East Indies · French Second Republic
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South Asia in other years
Other regions in 1850
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.