Southeast Asia in 1492
1492 is the year Columbus reached the Americas. This map shows the 25 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1492
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ming Dynasty
- Lan Xang
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Khmer Empire
- Shan States
- Lê Dynasty
- Ava Kingdom
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Majapahit
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Sunda Kingdom
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Bengal
- Prome Kingdom
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Samudera Pasai Sultanate
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Chámpa
- Demak Sultanate
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Tondo
- Namayan
- Sultanate of Sulu
New on the map since 1442
Sultanate of Palembang · Prome Kingdom · Sultanate of Cirebon · Demak Sultanate · Sultanate of Malacca · Sultanate of Sulu
Gone from the map by 1542
Ava Kingdom · Majapahit · Sultanate of Bengal · Samudera Pasai Sultanate
Animated maps of this time
Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1492
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.