Territorial change of Mughal Empire

“Mughal Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1529 to 1858. Its territory was largest in AD 1700 – 1705, at ≈ 3.76 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1700 – 1705 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1700: number 107 of 4.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Kingdom of England — 52 frames
• Maratha Empire — 50 frames
• Khanate of Bukhara — 45 frames
• Safavid dynasty — 41 frames
• Tibet — 37 frames
• Gorkha kingdom — 37 frames
• Kingdom of Portugal — 33 frames
• Durrani Empire — 28 frames
• Moghulistan — 23 frames
• Golconda Sultanate — 21 frames
• Ahmadnagar Sultanate — 18 frames
• Sikh Confederacy — 18 frames
• Bijapur Sultanate — 17 frames
• Dzungar Khanate — 14 frames
• Dutch Republic — 14 frames
• Nawab of Awadh — 13 frames
• Nepal — 12 frames
• Kingdom of France — 11 frames
• Nawabs of Bengal — 10 frames
• Talpur dynasty — 9 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 30 by area (of 33 in total).

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Gondal State

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

Wikipedia (English) “Mughal Empire”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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