THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1550–1857

Kingdom of Cochin

Cochin was a Portuguese ally (1503–1663) and then a Dutch protectorate (1663–1795). The Zamorin occupied its northern districts in 1756–62, Mysore exacted tribute from 1774, and it became a British subsidiary state in 1791/1809.

Its 16th–17th-century borders with the Zamorin and with the Travancore chiefdoms moved often.

See Kingdom of Cochin on the map in 1550

On the map
1550–1857
Capital
Kochi (Cochin); Thrissur and Thripunithura later

Rulers named in the sources

South Asian kingdoms, 1550–1857

From the fall of Vijayanagara's capital to the Revolt of 1857, beside the Mughal, Maratha, Durrani and British realms and a few successor states, many kingdoms ruled themselves. In the south: Travancore, Cochin, the Zamorin's Calicut, the Keladi Nayakas, the last Aravidu kings of Vijayanagara, the Nayaks of Gingee, and Mysore through the Wodeyar, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan periods. In the Deccan and centre: the Gond kingdoms of Garha-Mandla, Deogarh and Chanda, Bastar, Ratanpur, Hyderabad after 1799, Nagpur, Satara, and the Holkar, Scindia and Gaekwad states after 1818. In the north: the Rajput kingdoms and Jat Bharatpur after the Mughal collapse, Rohilkhand, the reduced Awadh of 1803–56, Kumaon, Garhwal, Ladakh and Sikkim. In the east: the Ahom, Koch, Kachari, Jaintia, Manipur and Tripura kingdoms. In the west: Kutch and the Khanate of Kalat.

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