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Kingdom of Sikkim
Kingdom
Level 3
1642 – 1975
Namgyal kingdom; merged with India in 1975.
- Capital
- Yuksom, later Gangtok
- Region
- Northeast
- Duration
- 333 years
- Main period
- Mughal Empire
Approximate extent.
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Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Kingdom of Sikkim for a significant part of its history. The bar shows when, within its own span.
Sultanate of the Maldives ★
Islands · c. 1153 – 1968
Overlap: 326 years
Malla Dynasty of Nepal ★
Himalaya · 1201 – 1769
Overlap: 127 years
Ahom Kingdom ★
Northeast · 1228 – 1826
Overlap: 184 years
Mewar (Sisodia) ★
West · 1326 – 1949
Overlap: 307 years
Kingdom of Mysore ★
South · 1399 – 1950
Overlap: 308 years
Kingdom of Kandy ★
Sri Lanka · c. 1469 – 1815
Overlap: 173 years
Portuguese Estado da Índia ★
Coastal · 1505 – 1961
Overlap: 319 years
Mughal Empire ★
North · 1526 – 1857
Overlap: 215 years
British East India Company ★
Pan-Indian · 1600 – 1858
Overlap: 216 years
Maratha Empire ★
Deccan · 1674 – 1818
Overlap: 144 years
Nawabs of Bengal ★
East · 1717 – 1765
Overlap: 48 years
Hyderabad State (Nizams) ★
Deccan · 1724 – 1948
Overlap: 224 years
Sikh Empire ★
North · 1799 – 1849
Overlap: 50 years
Kingdom of Nepal ★
Himalaya · 1816 – 2008
Overlap: 159 years
British Raj (Crown Rule) ★
Pan-Indian · 1858 – 1947
Overlap: 89 years
Kingdom of Bhutan ★
Himalaya · 1907 – present
Overlap: 68 years
Republic of India ★
Pan-Indian · 1950 – present
Overlap: 25 years
Zamorins of Calicut
South · c. 1124 – 1766
Overlap: 124 years
Kachwahas of Amber (Jaipur)
West · c. 1128 – 1949
Overlap: 307 years
Marwar (Rathore)
West · c. 1226 – 1949
Overlap: 307 years
Bijapur Sultanate (Adil Shahi)
Deccan · 1490 – 1686
Overlap: 44 years
Koch Kingdom (Kamata / Cooch Behar)
Northeast · 1515 – 1949
Overlap: 307 years
Golconda Sultanate (Qutb Shahi)
Deccan · 1518 – 1687
Overlap: 45 years
Madurai Nayaks
South · 1529 – 1736
Overlap: 94 years
Portuguese Bassein & Bombay
Coastal · 1534 – 1739
Overlap: 97 years
Portuguese Diu
Coastal · 1535 – 1961
Overlap: 319 years
Portuguese Daman
Coastal · 1559 – 1961
Overlap: 319 years
Gorkha Kingdom
Himalaya · 1559 – 1768
Overlap: 126 years
Dutch East India Company (VOC) in India
Coastal · 1605 – 1825
Overlap: 183 years
Dutch Coromandel (Pulicat)
Coastal · 1610 – 1825
Overlap: 183 years
Bhutan under the Zhabdrung (Druk Desi)
Himalaya · 1616 – 1907
Overlap: 265 years
Danish India
Coastal · 1620 – 1869
Overlap: 227 years
Danish Tranquebar
Coastal · 1620 – 1845
Overlap: 203 years
Fort St George, Madras
Coastal · 1639 – 1858
Overlap: 216 years
Dutch Chinsurah
Coastal · 1656 – 1825
Overlap: 169 years
Dutch Ceylon
Sri Lanka · 1658 – 1796
Overlap: 138 years
Dutch Malabar (Cochin)
Coastal · 1663 – 1795
Overlap: 132 years
French India
Coastal · 1668 – 1954
Overlap: 286 years
Bombay (English East India Company)
Coastal · 1668 – 1858
Overlap: 190 years
Chandernagore
Coastal · 1673 – 1950
Overlap: 277 years