South Asia in AD 500
This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in South Asia in AD 500
Largest first, by area on this map.
- White Huns
- Gupta Empire
- Vakataka Kingdom
- Kadamba Empire
- Sasanian Empire
- Maitraka Dynasty
- Tuyuhun
- Kamarupa Kingdom
- Kalabhra Dynasty
- Pyu City-States
- Anurādhapura
- Protectorate of the Western Regions
- Late Pallava Empire
New on the map since AD 400
White Huns · Maitraka Dynasty
Gone from the map by AD 600
White Huns · Gupta Empire · Vakataka Kingdom · Kadamba Empire
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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.