| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polity | The Seshat Polity ID |
| Year(s) | The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE] |
| Tag | [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown] |
| Verified | A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data. |
| Variable | Definition | Units |
|---|---|---|
| polity_territory_from | The lower range of polity territory for a polity. | km squared |
| polity_territory_to | The upper range of polity territory for a polity. | km squared |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Polity Territory from | Polity Territory to | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 |
(Early East Africa Iron Age) |
Full Year Range of Early East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [200, 499] |
None |
None |
EMPTY_COMMENT | |
| 352 |
(Early East Africa Iron Age) |
Full Year Range of Early East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [200, 499] |
None |
None |
in squared kilometers. The following is worth noting here: "[A]rchaeology[...] suggests these early communities probably consisted of dispersed networks of homesteads, rather than centralised societies (Reid 1994/5; Van Grunderbeek et al. 1983)." [Ashley 2010, p. 146] | |
| 353 |
(Yadava-Varman Dynasty) |
Full Year Range of Yadava-Varman Dynasty is assumed. [1080, 1150] |
None |
None |
in squared kilometers “...during the turmoil of Mahipala II’s reign, he [Jatavarman] carved out for himself an independent position in South-Eastern Bengal and inaugurated the rule of the Varmans.” [Chowdhury 1965] |
|
| 354 |
(Almoravids) |
Full Year Range of Almoravids is assumed. [1035, 1150] |
4000000 |
4000000 |
in squared kilometers Estimated from google area calculator and a map. |
|
| 355 |
(Axum II) |
Full Year Range of Axum II is assumed. [350, 599] |
600000 |
700000 |
in squared kilometers Kingdom of Aksum map on page 59 for 1st - 3rd CE and 4th - 6th CE periods. [Falola 2002, p. 59] Area estimated using image overlay on Google Earth Pro. 1st - 3rd CE Mainland Africa: 351,881 km2 4th - 6th CE Mainland Africa: 496,929 km2 South Arabia: 159,214 km2 Maximum: 656,143 km2 "Archaeology shows the Aksumite kingdom as a tall rectangle roughly 300 kilometres long by 160 kilometres wide, lying between 13 and 17 north and 30 and 40 east. It extends from the reigon north of Keren to Alagui in the south, and from Adulis on the coast to the environs of Takkaze in the west. Addi-Dahno is practically the last-known site in this part, about 30 kilomtres from Aksum." [Anfray 1981, p. 363] 48,000 km2 presumably represents the core area? |
|
| 356 |
(Castile Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Castile Kingdom is assumed. [1065, 1230] |
100000 |
100000 |
in squared kilometers. Roughly just under a fifth of the Iberian peninsula, based on a map by Shepherd [Shepherd 1926] | |
| 357 |
(Chandela Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Chandela Kingdom is assumed. [950, 1308] |
100000 |
100000 |
in squared kilometers. Rough estimate, based on the map provided by Bose [Bose 1956] , which suggests that Candella territory was equivalent to just under a third of the modern Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, plus small portions of adjacent states to its north. | |
| 358 |
(Chauhana Dynasty) |
Full Year Range of Chauhana Dynasty is assumed. [973, 1192] |
230000 |
230000 |
in squared kilometers. Estimate based on the fact that the vast majority of Chauhanas inscriptions have been found within about two-thirds of the modern Indian state of Rajasthan, as shown by Sudan [Sudan 1989, pp. 312-316] | |
| 359 |
(Chaulukya Dynasty) |
Full Year Range of Chaulukya Dynasty is assumed. [941, 1245] |
None |
None |
in squared kilometers. "The territorial control of the Caulukyas began about 942 when Mularaja I acquired control over some districts in north Gujarat, the Sarasvata-ma?idala including parts of Mehsana, Radhanpur and Palanpur districts. By the time of his death, the kingdom stretched from Lata or south-east Gujarat to Mount Abu in the north. According to later chroniclers, Mularaja also defeated the kings of Saurashtra and Kacch but the nature of the control he exercised after the victory is not clear since his descendants are again found fighting these chieftains. [...] [Bhima's] son Siddharaja Jayasimha, crowned in 1094, was the most famous king of the dynasty. He defeated the king of Girnar, Ra Khengar, and reduced the Cahamanas of Naddula and Sakambhan to the status of feudatories. He also achieved decisive victories in Malwa, over the Paramaras of Bhinmal, Sindhuraja of Sind and 'Barbaraka'. The large number of conquests increased Siddharaja's territories and the Caulukya kingdom acquired its maximum span, with Saurashtra, southern Rajputana, the Sambhar area and parts of Malwa including Dhar and Ujjain coming within the kingdom." [Sheikh 2003, p. 33] | |