Map of South Asia in 1856
On 1 July 1856, IntMap’s historical map draws 23 names within South Asia. The borders for this date come from OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent.
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.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Company Raj | 3,590,000 |
| Qing | 1,850,000 |
| British Empire | 800,000 |
| Emirate of Afghanistan | 625,000 |
| Burma | 330,000 |
| Khanate of Kalat | 219,000 |
| Persia | 184,000 |
| Nepal | 148,000 |
| British Ceylon | 75,700 |
| Khanate of Khiva | 48,000 |
| Bahawalpur State | 44,800 |
| Talpur Dynasty | 43,300 |
| Bhutan | 39,200 |
| Manipur State | 22,400 |
| Dutch East Indies | 13,400 |
| Sultanate of the Maldive Islands | 11,500 |
| Rattanakosin Kingdom Mandala | 7,780 |
| Khanate of Kokand | 1,750 |
| French India | 792 |
| Portuguese India | 654 |
| Omani Empire | 529 |
| Sultanate of Muscat and Oman | 529 |
| Emirate of Bukhara | 100 |
What changed since 1853–1855
Now drawn
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
No longer drawn
Emirate of Kabul, Awadh
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1856 Map of Europe · 1853–1859 Map of the Middle East · 1856 Map of Africa · 1856 Map of East Asia · 1856–1858 Map of Southeast Asia · 1854–1858 Map of Central Asia · 1856–1858 Map of North America · 1854–1858 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1854–1857 Map of South America · 1853–1857 Map of Oceania · 1856
Source and method
Borders and names: OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 + 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.