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South Asia in AD 600

This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in AD 600 with 15 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 600

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Sasanian Empire
  • Maukhari Dynasty
  • Chalukya Dynasty
  • Turk Shahis
  • Maitraka Dynasty
  • Karkota Dynasty
  • Tuyuhun
  • Kamarupa Kingdom
  • Pyu City-States
  • Pandya Dynasty
  • Anurādhapura
  • Kalabhra Dynasty
  • Western Göktürks
  • Protectorate of the Western Regions
  • Late Pallava Empire

New on the map since AD 500

Maukhari Dynasty · Chalukya Dynasty · Turk Shahis · Karkota Dynasty · Pandya Dynasty · Western Göktürks

Gone from the map by AD 700

Sasanian Empire · Maukhari Dynasty · Tuyuhun · Kalabhra Dynasty · Western Göktürks · Protectorate of the Western Regions

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in AD 600

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.