Map of South Asia in 1600

For 1600, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 37 names within South Asia. The map also draws 4 outlines here that the source gives no name.

Names on the map

As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.

NameDrawn area in view (km²)
Mughal Empire2,840,000
Tibet1,490,000
Safavid Dynasty752,000
Islamic and Hindu states (a description by the source, not a name)497,000
Bijapur Sultanate248,000
Vijayanagara203,000
Eastern Moghulistan162,000
Gorkha Kingdom148,000
Golconda Sultanate114,000
Shan states (a description by the source, not a name)83,000
Kingdom of Mrauk U77,600
Tümed69,800
Spanish Empire56,700
Ahmadnagar Sultanate56,400
Portuguese Empire55,800
Portuguese Ceylon55,000
Ayutthaya Kingdom49,400
Nayaks of Madurai48,300
Ming Dynasty38,000
Orissa35,200
Bidar Sultanate32,100
Khanate of Bukhara21,700
Golkonda19,100
Kingdom of Mysore18,200
Nayaks of Thanjavur14,700
Sultanate of Aceh12,500
Lan Na3,890
Burmese kingdoms2,820
Ahmadnagar2,550
Dutch Republic1,820
Portuguese Colonies1,140
central Asian khanates1,140
Bengal1,000
Kathmandu664
Ayutthaya451
Bijapur317
Safavid Empire90.8

What changed since 1530

Now drawn

Gorkha Kingdom, Tümed, Spanish Empire, Kingdom of Mysore, Nayaks of Thanjavur, Lan Na, Dutch Republic, Portuguese Colonies, central Asian khanates, Ayutthaya

No longer drawn

Vijayanagara Empire, Sultanate of Bengal, Shan States, Rajputana, Kashmiri Sultanate, Berar Sultanate, Mongol Khanate, Hanthawaddy Kingdom, First Toungoo Empire, Prome Kingdom, Jaffna kingdom, Lan Na Kingdom, Bukara Khanate, Pegu, Malaysian Islamic states, Saylan

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1600 Map of Europe · 1600 Map of the Middle East · 1600 Map of Africa · 1600 Map of East Asia · 1600 Map of Southeast Asia · 1600 Map of Central Asia · 1600 Map of North America · 1600 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1600 Map of South America · 1600 Map of Oceania · 1600

Source and method

Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.

Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 60°E–98°E, 5°N–37°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.

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