
Sri Lanka
Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Country in South Asia
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Sri Lanka on Wikipedia.
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Sri Lanka'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 6 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1945 CE to 2026 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
Faisal Mosque
1986 CE – still standingPolity · South Asia
Tibet
Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CEConflict · South Asia
Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency
1967 CE – 2026 CELandmark · South Asia
Taj Mahal
1632 CE – still standingPolity · South Asia
British Raj
1858 CE – 1947 CEConflict · South Asia
2025 India–Pakistan Conflict
2025 CELandmark · South Asia
Mount Everest
3000 BCE – still standingPolity · South Asia
Travancore
1729 CE – 1949 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1945 CE and 2026 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Flag of Sri LankaOriginal: Sri Lanka Vectorization: Zscout370, Mike Rohsopht · Public domain
- Faisal MosqueAli Mujtaba · CC BY-SA 4.0
- TibetUniversity of Texas Libraries · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Taj MahalYann; edited by Jim Carter · CC BY-SA 4.0
- British RajEdinburgh Geographical Institute; J. G. Bartholomew and Sons. · Public domain
- 2025 India–Pakistan conflictGrubb at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mount EverestRdevany · CC BY-SA 3.0
- TravancoreSwiãtopôłk · CC0