Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1668 – 1954

French India

A state of 1668 – 1954 — 286 years in South Asia. The atlas records 4 things within it — wars and battles 3 · people 1.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
286 years
1668 – 1954
Most ground
17,800 km²
in 1677
Within it
4
recorded rows
Symbol
1
on record, with years
Map: French India in 1677, its borders in gold among its neighbours
French India in 1677, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 17,800 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
French India in 1677, at its largest

1677 · at its largest · 17,800 km²

French India in 1846, last mapped

1846 · last mapped · 4,400 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000French India: 1668 – 1954

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

170017501800

17,800 km² in 1678, 7,700 km² in 1838; at its largest 17,800 km² in 1678. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of France
    flag, undatedFlag of France · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1600 – 1699: 1 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16001700 – 1799: 3 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17001800 – 1899: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other18001900 – 1999: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1900

1600 – 16991 row · 1 wars and battles

1700 – 17993 rows · 2 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood286 years

    stood longer than 72% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held17,800 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 20% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q646374 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.