Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
One of my passions is the culture of India, from the Harappans and the Vedic Era through the Classical and Medieval periods (that’s everything pre-Muslim Invasions to me). In addition to research for my own yet to be started mod, I’ve been contributing to the Rise of Asia team, and posting comments in the threads about Anno Domini, Alexander’s Conquests, and elsewhere. There’s a lot of overlap between what’s being said in those places.
I’ve been encouraged enough to start this thread about the culture whose hegemony spread at one time from Afghanistan to the Philippines. While I’ll naturally concentrate on South Asia (what most people in the west think of as India, from Alexander til today), I’ll be including things about related cultures, such as Bactria, Tibet, and the “Indianized” states of SE Asia.
This thread is for the modding community to share discoveries and creativity. I’ll be posting links to historical info, graphics to inspire unit and pcx creators, maps, etc. I’ll do my best to track down answers to questions that anyone posts. I hope many of you will contribute as well. Be sure to let me know what to add here, for example do you want to see what relevant books I’ve got on my shelf, or what dvds and music are inspiring me?
This first post will evolve as an index to highlight key posts. There will also be various posts below that become nexus for specific categories. As any of these key posts are edited and added to I will also post a notice at the end of the thread.
Feel free to go ahead and post anywhen during this process, beginning right now. It will take me a while just to get the links I’ve bookmarked properly organized and posted here. That’ll be ongoing while I continue to work on the map and terrain for Rise of Asia and lobby on behalf of Bharata-Varsha in the various threads.
Links to Key Posts in this Thread
Maps (including resources, terrain, and city lists)
Units
Wonders large and small and City Improvements
Civs, Cultures, Tribes (including LH info)
General Info, Timelines, and History
Mahabharata / Kurukshetra War
Techs