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Landmark South Asia trade

Goa

1510 CE – still standing

Portuguese trading hub connecting Europe to the spice routes of Asia

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1500 CE)
  2. Vijayanagara (1530 CE–1650 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Mughal Empire (1700 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Maratha (1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Maratha Confederacy (1783 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · South Asia

Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency

1967 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Hampi

1336 CE – 1565 CE

Polity · South Asia

Hindu kingdoms

Attested 500 BCE – 1715 CE

Conflict · South Asia

2025 India–Pakistan Conflict

2025 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Meenakshi Temple

1600 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

India

Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1510 CE and 2026 CE.

1526 CE Mughal Conquests of India 1526 CE First Battle of Panipat 1557 CE Mughal-Rajput Wars 1571 CE Fatehpur Sikri 1595 CE Mughal–Deccan Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Leonardo da Vinci Figure · Florence, Milan, France 1452 CE – 1519 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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