Polity · 1497 CE – 1858 CE
Mughal Empire
امپراتوری گورکانی
- Peak recorded area
- 3,759,450 km²
- 1700 CE
- Data series
- 18
- 1600 CE–1800 CE
Overview
The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire that ruled most of the Indian subcontinent. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.
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Territory
63 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1858 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop | 400Kpersons1687 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Population | 8.11score1700 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population | 130Mpersons1700 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 1.46score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 0.8333score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Sophistication3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 1score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Levels | 6levels1687 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Territory | 6.59score1700 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Territory km² | 3.9Msq km1700 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 7levels1687 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 1levels1687 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 0.98score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 5.67score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 0.7692score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 0.99score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 5.6score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels3 obs · 1600 CE–1800 CE | 1score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Persian
- Currency
- rupee
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Mughal Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.