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South Asia in AD 400

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

Map of South Asia in AD 400 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 400

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Gupta Empire
  • Sasanian Empire
  • Western Satraps
  • Kidarites
  • Vakataka Kingdom
  • Kadamba Empire
  • Kamarupa Kingdom
  • Kalabhra Dynasty
  • Pyu City-States
  • Protectorate of the Western Regions
  • Tuyuhun
  • Anurādhapura
  • Late Pallava Empire

New on the map since AD 300

Gupta Empire · Kidarites · Kadamba Empire · Kamarupa Kingdom · Kalabhra Dynasty · Protectorate of the Western Regions

Gone from the map by AD 500

Western Satraps · Kidarites

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in AD 400

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.