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South Asia in AD 300

This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in AD 300 with 13 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in South Asia in AD 300

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Western Satraps
  • Sasanian Empire
  • Vakataka Kingdom
  • Indo-Sasanian Empire
  • Eastern Kushans
  • Pyu City-States
  • Western Jin
  • Tuyuhun
  • Anurādhapura
  • Late Pallava Empire
  • Early Pandyas
  • Early Cholas
  • Early Cheras

New on the map since AD 200

Sasanian Empire · Vakataka Kingdom · Indo-Sasanian Empire · Eastern Kushans · Western Jin · Tuyuhun · Late Pallava Empire

Gone from the map by AD 400

Indo-Sasanian Empire · Eastern Kushans · Western Jin · Early Pandyas · Early Cholas · Early Cheras

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in AD 300

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.