Map of South Asia in 500 BC
For 500 BC, 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: 29 names within South Asia. The map also draws 1 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.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Hindu kingdoms (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,360,000 |
| Achaemenid Empire | 1,360,000 |
| Iron Age megalith cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 952,000 |
| Magadha | 185,000 |
| Mahajanapadas | 93,800 |
| Pancala | 66,000 |
| Kuru | 64,000 |
| Simhala | 62,000 |
| Avanti | 53,300 |
| Surasena | 44,500 |
| Magadha - Haryanka dynasty | 33,500 |
| Kosala | 29,700 |
| Gandhāra | 24,000 |
| Kasi | 16,500 |
| Austronesians | 6,900 |
| Janapada of Malla | 5,500 |
| Janapada of Aśmaka | 5,420 |
| Janapada of Kuru | 5,240 |
| Janapada of Matsya | 5,230 |
| Janapada of Surasena | 5,200 |
| Janapada of Vajji | 5,170 |
| Malla | 5,140 |
| Janapada of Avanti | 5,110 |
| Janapada of Kāśī | 5,050 |
| Janapada of Kosala | 5,000 |
| Janapada of Pañcāla | 4,970 |
| Janapada of Cedī | 4,400 |
| Janapada of Vatsa | 4,020 |
| Vatsa | 3,230 |
What changed since 700 BC
Now drawn
Hindu kingdoms, Achaemenid Empire, Iron Age megalith cultures, Magadha, Mahajanapadas, Pancala, Kuru, Simhala, Avanti, Surasena, Magadha - Haryanka dynasty, Kosala, Gandhāra, Kasi, Janapada of Malla, Janapada of Aśmaka, Janapada of Kuru, Janapada of Matsya, Janapada of Surasena, Janapada of Vajji, Malla, Janapada of Avanti, Janapada of Kāśī, Janapada of Kosala, Janapada of Pañcāla, Janapada of Cedī, Janapada of Vatsa, Vatsa
No longer drawn
Vedic Aryans, Tibetans, Dravidians, Iranian pastoralists, Burmese, Austro-Asiatic rice farmers
The same date elsewhere
World map · 500 BC Map of Europe · 500 BC Map of the Middle East · 500 BC Map of Africa · 500 BC Map of East Asia · 500 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 500 BC Map of Central Asia · 500 BC Map of North America · 500 BC Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 500 BC Map of South America · 500 BC Map of Oceania · 500 BC
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.