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South Asia in AD 700

This map shows the 16 states and peoples the data has for South Asia in that year.

Map of South Asia in AD 700 with 16 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 700

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Tibetan Empire
  • Umayyad Caliphate
  • Chalukya Dynasty
  • Turk Shahis
  • Maitraka Dynasty
  • Karkota Dynasty
  • Pyu City-States
  • Kamarupa Kingdom
  • Late Pallava Empire
  • Khadga Dynasty
  • Kashmir
  • Tang Dynasty
  • Pandya Dynasty
  • Anurādhapura
  • Turks
  • Haripuñjaya

New on the map since AD 600

Tibetan Empire · Umayyad Caliphate · Khadga Dynasty · Kashmir · Tang Dynasty · Turks · Haripuñjaya

Gone from the map by AD 800

Umayyad Caliphate · Chalukya Dynasty · Maitraka Dynasty · Khadga Dynasty · Tang Dynasty · Turks

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South Asia in other years

Other regions in AD 700

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.