Regarding the latest comments...
Tomahaha, going from 6 bordering dots to 7 isn't *that* big a deal, especially since there are 66 dots total, rather than 34. That said, I'll think about adding a water province or two, but enlarging southern Ocean was done specifically to foster east-west interaction, and Arabian Sea was extended to Yemen specifically to compensate Bahmana for the increased competition it may have on Seylac. By the way, realism-wise, since Madagascar was first settled from Indonesia, I don't feel bad extending the Southern Ocean to Somalia. While the Supply Center provinces in the west are somewhat close, overall the density there is barely greater than Standard. There are a lot of non-Supply Center edge provinces. I can't see removing a Power or making significant changes in the heart of the western half of the map. There has been a lot of play in that half of the map (in the Maharajah's variant, or I should say subvariant, at this point), and the Powers are quite well balanced.
Carpenter, moving Vijayanagar that way would be totally non-historical. In fact, the capital was located in the non-Supply Cent Honavar province, so that won't be happening. I actually think Vijayanagar is more vulnerable on the combined map than in the Maharajah's subvariant.
P.S. I am thinking about putting the navigable rivers (but not river convoys, which are very complicated) back in, adding the Mekong as a fourth navigable river, giving Gondwana back its fleet in Sambalpur, and giving Rajputana back its fleet in Jaisalmer.