54 maps · 500 BC to 2020
Historical maps of India and South Asia: 500 BC to 2020
Every state and empire in India and South Asia, year by year, from 500 BC to 2020. Pick a year to see which states held the land, which ones were new since the year before, and the atlas chapters that tell their story. Each year opens on the interactive map, where you can move through every year between them and ask the history guide what happened.
500 BC15 states · the Achaemenid Empire, the Mahajanapadas and Magadha - Haryanka dynasty200 BC11 states · the Maurya Empire, the Satavahana Dynasty and the Allegiance of Seleucid Empire to Roman Republic100 BC10 states · the Shunga Empire, Indo-Scythians and the Satavahana DynastyAD 111 states · the Satavahana Dynasty, Indo-Scythians and the Parthian Empire10011 states · the Kushan Empire, the Satavahana Dynasty and the Parthian Empire20011 states · the Kushan Empire, the Parthian Empire and the Satavahana Dynasty30012 states · the Sasanian Empire, Western Satraps and the Vakataka Kingdom40013 states · the Alliance between Gupta Empire and Vakataka Kingdom, the Allegiance of Kidarites to Sasanian Empire and the Sasanian Empire50013 states · White Huns, the Alliance between Gupta Empire and Vakataka Kingdom and the Vakataka Kingdom60015 states · the Sasanian Empire, the Maukhari Dynasty and the Chalukya Dynasty70017 states · the Tibetan Empire, the Umayyad Caliphate and the Chalukya Dynasty80017 states · the Tibetan Empire, the Abbasid Caliphate and the Rashtrakuta Dynasty90021 states · Tibetans, the Alliance between Samanid Empire and Ziyadid dynasty and the Rashtrakuta Dynasty100025 states · Tibetans, the Ghaznavid Empire and the Western Chalukya Empire110024 states · Tibetans, the Ghaznavid Empire and the Western Chalukya Empire120024 states · Tibetans, the Ghurid Dynasty and the Yadava Dynasty130023 states · the Allegiance of Ilkhanate to Yuan Dynasty, the Allegiance of Chagatai Khanate to Yuan Dynasty and the Allegiance of Golden Horde to Yuan Dynasty140027 states · the Alliance between Golden Horde and Timurid Empire, the Vassalage of Kingdom of Georgia to Timurid Empire and the Timurid Empire144427 states · the Vassalage of Qara Qoyunlu to Timurid Empire, the Timurid Empire and Tibet145326 states · the Vassalage of Qara Qoyunlu to Timurid Empire, the Timurid Empire and Tibet149231 states · Tibet, the Timurid Empire and the Vassalage of Jaffna kingdom to Vijayanagara Empire150031 states · Tibet, the Timurid Empire and the Vassalage of Jaffna kingdom to Vijayanagara Empire155029 states · Tibet, the Sur Empire and the Safavid Dynasty160027 states · the Mughal Empire, Tibet and the Safavid Dynasty164828 states · the Mughal Empire, Tibet and the Safavid Dynasty170026 states · the Mughal Empire, Tibet and the Safavid Dynasty175033 states · Tibet, Afsharid Iran and the Mughal Empire177631 states · the Durrani Empire, the Maratha Empire and Tibet178929 states · the Durrani Empire, Tibet and the Maratha Empire180024 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Durrani Empire and the Maratha Empire181521 states · the Qing Dynasty, Company rule in India (British East India Company) and the British Empire183022 states · the British Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the Emirate of Afghanistan185021 states · the British Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the Emirate of Afghanistan187121 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Qing Dynasty188020 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Qing Dynasty190016 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Qing Dynasty191016 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Qing Dynasty191417 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Republic of China191818 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and Tibet192016 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and Tibet193016 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and Tibet193816 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Republic of China193916 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Republic of China194016 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Republic of China194216 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Republic of China194515 states · the British Empire, the British Raj and the Republic of China195018 states · the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and Dominion of Pakistan196014 states · the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan197013 states · the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan198014 states · the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan199014 states · the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan200017 states · the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan201016 states · the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan202016 states · the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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About these borders
The borders come from Cliopatria (v0.2.1, Seshat Global History Databank, CC BY 4.0), the dataset behind our interactive map, with our audited name and border corrections. It records each state's territory year by year from 3400 BC to 2024. Borders before modern surveys are reconstructions: the data draws a state where it held control, and frontier zones, nomadic realms and loose overlordships are approximate. Areas are measured on an equal-area projection. Read how we make our maps.