THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1550–1842

Kingdom of Ladakh (Maryul, Namgyal dynasty)

The Namgyal kings ruled Ladakh, with Purig, Zanskar and Nubra, from Shey and Leh. They lost Rudok and Guge to Tibet after the war of 1679–84 (Treaty of Tingmosgang).

The Dogra general Zorawar Singh conquered Ladakh for Jammu in 1834–41, and the Treaty of Chushul (1842) ended its independence.

See Kingdom of Ladakh (Maryul, Namgyal dynasty) on the map in 1550

On the map
1550–1842
Capital
Shey; Leh (from the early 17th century)

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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