The Atlas of Pakistan

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English

Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country located in South-central Asia and the w:Greater Middle East. It has a 1046 kilometer coastline along the w:Arabian Sea in the south, and is
bordered by ► Afghanistan (formerly w:Khorasan) and ► Iran in the west, ► India (Bharat) in the east and the ► People's Republic of China in the far northeast. In the north, Pakistan includes parts of ► Kashmir (w:Pakistan-administered Kashmir). It has four Provinces Punjab, Balochistan, Afghania (Pakistan),Sindh

اردو
پاکستان
پاکستان - اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان

اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان جنوبی ايشيا ميں واقع ہے۔ پاکستان کے مشرق ميں بھارت، شمال مشرق ميں چین اور مغرب ميں افغانستان اور ايران اور جنوب ميں بحيرہ عرب واقع ہيں۔ پاکستان کا مطلب ہے. پاک لوگوں کے رہنے کی جگہ اور يہ نام چودھری رحمت علی نے تجويز کيا تھا۔

1). Short name : Pakistan
2). Official name : Islamic Republic of Pakistan
3). Status : Independent country since 1947
4). Location : South Asia
5). Capital : اسلام آباد (Islamabad)
6). Population : 168,803,940 inhabitants
7). Area : 803,940 km²
8). Major languages : Urdu (official), English , Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi, Saraiki
9). Major religions : Islam

General maps

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UN map of India and Pakistan region

Map of Pakistan

Map of Pakistan in Urdu

Map of Pakistan

Topographic map of Pakistan

Map of Pakistan and Afghanistan

Boundaries of Pakistan

Subdivisions of Pakistan

Divisions of Pakistan

Tehsils of Pakistan

Ethnic divisions

Maps of Kashmir

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UN map of the Kashmir distputed territory

Kashmir

Divided Kashmir

Kashmir

History maps

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Indus Valley Civilization (2600-1900 BCE)

Vedic civilization (1500-500 BCE)

Vedic civilization

"Bharatvarsha" (Kingdom of India) during
the time of Mahabharata and Ramayana

Ancient India 600 BC

Gandhara

Achaemid Empire (Persia around 50 BCE)

The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Hellenistic successor states:
Kingdom of Ptolemy ( colour)
Kingdom of Cassander ( colour)
Kingdom of Lysimachus ( colour)
Kingdom of Seleucus ( colour)
Epirus ( colour)

Other states:
Carthage ( colour)
Rome ( colour)
Greek colonies ( colour)

Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250-125 BCE)

Maurya and Gupta Empires

Mauryan Empire (250 BCE)

Mauryan Empire

Indo-Greek kingdom (180 BCE-10 AD)

Indo-Greek Kingdom

Kushan Empire
Western Kshatrapas(35-405 AD)

Gupta Empire (400 AD)

Gupta Empire

Hephthalite dominion (520)

Harsha's Empire around 600

Pratihara (6th-11th century)

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad;
II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

Rajput Kingdoms (7th-11th Century)

Dharmapala or Pala Empire

Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)

Mongol Empire ( colour )

By 1294 the empire had split into:

Golden Horde ( colour )
Chagatai Khanate ( colour )
Ilkhanate ( colour )
Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty) ( colour )

Delhi Sultanate (13th century)

Sher Shah's Empire (around 1500)

European settlements in India 1501-1739

Mughal Empire (1600) and European possesions

Mughal Empire (1700) and Maratha Confederacy (1860)

Mughal Empire (1526-1857)

Mughal Empire

India 1700-1792

Maratha Confederacy 1790

Sikh Empire of Ranjit Singh 1799 - 1849

British India, not including Burma

Britain's holdings on the Indian subcontinent
were granted independence in 1947 and 1948, becoming
four new independent states: India, Burma (now Myanmar),
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Pakistan (including East Pakistan,
modern-day Bangladesh).

Partition of India

Historical Pakistan until 1971

Old maps

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This section holds copies of original
general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
Hindustan in 1812 by Arrowsmith and Lewis.

Ethno-linguistic Maps

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Languages of South Asia

Indo-arian languages

Dravidian languages

Languages of Pakistan

Ethnic map

Other maps

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UN map of Pakistan

Agriculture and land use

Industry map

Population density (1973)

Notes and references

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General remarks:

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1. ↑ Romanization: Pākistān - Islami Jumhuriyah Pākistān.