Middle Ages
Sultanate of Bengal
- Period
- AD 1344 – AD 1533
- Duration
- approx. 189 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1502
- Area (max.)
- approx. 362,000 km²
Period and duration
Sultanate of Bengal — according to the map data from AD 1344 to AD 1533, roughly 189 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Sultanate of Bengal — greatest extent around AD 1502: the mapped borders then cover about 362,000 km², roughly 0.2% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1343)
After
- Sur Empire
- Hussain Shahi Dynasty
Neighbours around AD 1502
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Tibet
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Lodi Dynasty
- Shan States
- Ava Kingdom
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Prome Kingdom
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1502 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Sultanate of Bengal on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.