
Madras
Founded 1639 CE · attested to 1800 CE
Capital of Tamil Nadu, India
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Madras's founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1783 CE to 1800 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.
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.
Landmark · South Asia
Jama Masjid
1656 CE – still standingPolity · South Asia
Hindu kingdoms
Attested 500 BCE – 1715 CEConflict · South Asia
Mughal Conquests of India
1526 CE – 1707 CELandmark · South Asia
Badshahi Mosque
1673 CE – still standingPolity · South Asia
India
Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CEConflict · South Asia
Anglo-Maratha Wars
1775 CE – 1818 CELandmark · South Asia
Calcutta (Kolkata)
1690 CE – still standingPolity · South Asia
Afghanistan
Founded 1709 CE · attested to 2026 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1639 CE and 1800 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Chennaijamal haider from india · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Congregational mosqueSaudipics.com · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Badshahi MosqueRomero Maia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of IndiaGovernment of India · Public domain
- KolkataNalGup20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of the TalibanOriginal: Taliban Vector: Lexicon · Public domain