I decided to give this a go. When will i play India again? Probably never.. Anyway. I decided to try sweeping the map with mighty elephants!
We settled in place and started with scout, monument, (culture ruin!), scout, granary, 2x warriors, war elephants.. (about 18 of them by the endgame). Liberty's settler and Military Tradition were chosen.
Stone circles were chosen after two religious CS kindly provided us with a pantheon. Religion was created in the 50'ies and we chose Ceremonial burial and holy warriors. 3 elephants were bought with faith.
We decided to start with Washington, since he was the closest.
Washington fell, and gave us Philadelphia as settlement, which we immediately sold to Oda. So, after some healing, the force of 8 elephants ambushed Constantinople, which was easy prey. Problems started when Indian elephants reached lands of Mongolia. As usual, Genghis wasn't chasing wonders, like some lesser leaders, he was actually preparing for our visit.
Meanwhile, a second army was being assembled. They followed a narrow path in the jungle towards Attila and Hiawatha.
After dancing around with elephants for a bit we killed most of Mongolia's army, but Genghis kept conjuring up more units, so we took our chances and surrounded Karakorum. After 3 turns of siege we lost 3 elephants but captured Mongolia's capital. He sued for peace and gave us a city as a settlement. City was razed on our way to Kyoto.
While army #1 was trying to kill Genghis's troops, army #2 took Attila's court without trouble and surrounded Onondaga. Now Mohawks are real trouble makers. We lost half of army there (4 elephants), but gods were kind that day and Onondaga fell too.
Lastly, both armies joined for a final push at the gates of Amsterdam. Elephant force was overwhelming and Amsterdam fell after 3 turns after declaration of war was announced.
Despot Gandhi announced a year of celebrations and captives of war were released home, because Indian people are kindhearted and spiritual.
Hope you enjoyed this little write - up.