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Biggest Cities of South Asia in 1500 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name all cities in South Asia that had an estimated population of 25,000 or higher in 1500?
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Population figures are based off 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler.
Some of these cities do not exist anymore.
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Population
City
500,000
Vijayanagara
200,000
Gauḍa
140,000
Cuttack
100,000
Ahmedabad
80,000
Delhi
70,000
Mandu
65,000
Khambhat
60,000
Ahmednagar
50,000
Amber
50,000
Burhanpur
50,000
Chittorgarh
50,000
Jaunpur
50,000
Saptagram
45,000
Thatta
42,000
Kozhikode
40,000
Bijapur
40,000
Goa
40,000
Herat
40,000
Jodhpur
40,000
Penukonda
Population
City
40,000
Srinagar
36,000
Dabhoi
35,000
Kollam
35,000
Puri
34,000
Bihar Sharif
34,000
Kunduz
34,000
Multan
34,000
Raichur
34,000
Varanasi
33,000
Bilaspur
33,000
Kochi
32,000
Belur
31,000
Budaun
31,000
Gwalior
31,000
Madurai
31,000
Thana
30,000
Champaner
30,000
Chanderi
30,000
Charagua
30,000
Gulbarga
Population
City
30,000
Kannur
30,000
Kayalpatnam
29,000
Srirangapatna
28,000
Kathmandu
26,000
Gawilghur
25,000
Bhatgaon
25,000
Bidar
25,000
Bikaner
25,000
Chittagong
25,000
Daulatabad
25,000
Dhar
25,000
Hyderabad
25,000
Kabul
25,000
Kanchipuram
25,000
Mathura
25,000
Munger
25,000
Patna
25,000
Sonargaon
25,000
Thiruvananthapuram
25,000
Ujjain
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3 Comments
MeowILoveCats123
+1
Level 67
Oct 9, 2025
Were you the one hogging Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth??? 😂😂😂 It kept saying the book was unavailable because another patron was using it. Great quiz by the way!
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Oct 9, 2025
Thanks! No, that was probably someone else lol.
MeowILoveCats123
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Level 67
Oct 9, 2025
Oh, haha.
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