Biggest Cities of Asia in 1500 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of Asia in 1500?

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Population figures are based off 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler.

Both historical and modern-day names accepted.

Excludes Constantinople.

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Population	City
670k	Beijing
500k	Vijayanagara (Hampi)
250k	Hangzhou
250k	Tabriz
200k	Constantinople (Istanbul)
200k	Gauḍa
150k	Guangzhou
145k	Nanjing
140k	Kataka (Cuttack)
125k	Ayutthaya
125k	Hanseong (Seoul)
125k	Xi'an
120k	Suzhou
100k	Ahmedabad
85k	Chengdu
85k	Fuzhou
80k	Delhi
80k	Kaifeng
70k	Mandu (Mandav)
65k	Aleppo
65k	Khambhat
65k	Wuchang (Wuhan)
60k	Ahmednagar
60k	Ava (Inwa)

Population	City
60k	Damascus
60k	Hanthawaddy (Bago)
60k	Quanzhou
60k	Samarkand
60k	Shiraz
60k	Taiyuan
60k	Turpan
60k	Yangzhou
55k	Xuzhou
50k	Amber
50k	Bukhara
50k	Burhanpur
50k	Chittorgarh
50k	Hormuz
50k	Jaunpur
50k	Kunming
50k	Mrauk U
50k	Nanchang
50k	Saptagram
45k	Bursa
45k	Chiang Mai
45k	Isfahan
45k	Thatta
42k	Kozhikode

Population	City
41k	Đông Kinh (Hanoi)
41k	Martaban (Mottama)
41k	Pyeongyang (Pyongyang)
40k	Bijapur
40k	Bandar Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)
40k	Goa
40k	Heian-kyo (Kyoto)
40k	Herat
40k	Jinan
40k	Jiujiang
40k	Jodhpur
40k	Luang Prabang
40k	Penukonda
40k	Srinagar
39k	Yarkand
38k	Zhenjiang
37k	Longvek
36k	Changchun
36k	Dabhoi
36k	Demak
36k	Hamadan
36k	Huaiyin (Huai'an)
36k	Khoy
36k	Puri

Population	City
36k	Sendai
35k	Ardabil
35k	Bihar Sharif
35k	Changsha
35k	Ishiyama Hongan-ji (Osaka)
35k	Kerman
35k	Kollam
35k	Kunduz
35k	Mosul
35k	Raichur
35k	Varanasi
35k	Yamaguchi
34k	Changzhou
34k	Mecca
34k	Multan
33k	Belur
33k	Bilaspur
33k	Kochi
32k	Budaun
32k	Dali
32k	Gwalior
32k	Jingdezhen
32k	Madurai
32k	Thana (Thane)

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