Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
From what I know, the Harappans weren't Aryan, which (part) answers one of your questions. For Aryans, maybe you would like to add Maurya (if your mod goes that far)
Get ahold of a book called Eden in the East. A lot of libraries have it or can get it. You can skip the dna research part, unless it gains your interest. The mythological/anthropological part lays out how Lemuria was located in Sundaland, which was swallowed by the sea at the end of the last ice age. The other books I'll mention are also skimmable, and worth at least a glance.And im using the myth of the lost continent of Lemuria, where most or part of the inhabitants of india came from. There's one or more theories that see Aryans and Dravidas as two tribes of Lemuria that were in constant wars with eachother, and when Lemuria sunk they migrated to India and took their wars with them.
The academic/scientific jury is still out. you're fine for purposes of your scenario. Another book you may be interested in is Proof of Vedic Culture's Global Existence. It's got that late-night radio talk show vibe (everything from proof that Mayans are brahmins to the atomic war that turned Australia into a desert), but there's some tasty morsels in there. The Tamil nationalist/ seperatist extremists see Lemuria as a lost homeland. Here's a link with a map of Tamil Lemuria. The "Lost City Under the Sea" myth is very popular in southern India. And apparently has some substance, as revealed, by the infamous tsunami, at Mahabalipuram .There's the Aryan invasion theory that says the Aryans were invaders from the north, and there's the other theory thats gaining support (i think) that says the Aryans were indigenous to india and migrated out. I prefer the later one, combined with the Lemuria myth, the Aryans came from Lemuria to India, and later migrated to other areas.
There's no evidence that the Harappans came from anywhere else. I can't tell from the few artifacts I'm aware of if they could be classified as either Aryan or Dravidian. Take a look at In Search of the Cradle of Civilization (another one in many libraries) for an easy to read intro to the nature of Harappan civ and its connections to the Mesopotamian civs. If you've got room, I'd make them indigenous, and let the As and Ds roll over them.But what about Harappa, should I make them a separate civ or combine them with the Dravidas from south India? Or were they Aryan?
Basically, any of the northern Indian civs (Mauryans, Rajputs, etc.), or even the western nomadic civs (Sarmatians, Kushans, Pashtuns, etc.) would fall under the "Aryan" label. A generic label for Dravidian would be "Tamil", and that could be subdivided into any of the southern Indian civs (Chera, Chola, etc.). If you decide on a specific number I can help you pick names.Do I make another civ to represent the Aryans? Im thinking of Aryans as some sort of culture group, not a unique civ, should I think of the Dravidas in the same matter? ...What about names for civs to represent the two "cultures"? Aryan and Dravidian
Yes. Something in me sees it as strongly Mughal, but Mughal is definitely Indian.Would this pass as an indian watchtower?
I guess that's a "300" reference? If it's not, in good Marx Bros. fashion, a non sequitur then I don't get it.This is Sparta.
Now that I know it has elephants in it, I'll have to move it up in my netflix queue.It was a 300 reference ...from the movie it is known that spartans killed elephants.
I hope you don't disappear. Take a break, but don't stop altogether.The watchtower is not really progressing. I may stop making graphics alltogether i think.
Blue Monkey said:If they don't want to, I know one of our architect/builders can do at least as well for C3C.
Which of the 1,600 mother tongues spoken in south Asia today would you accept as authentic Indian? Since were talking about a style of building used 500 - 1000 years or longer ago, maybe we need to include all the no longer extant languages as well.If you can tell me the authentic Indian name, consider it added to my to-do list.
Maha- means "great" or "foremost" implying that the named thing is exceptional. And "Hastipasala" is actually the most common generic name for an elephant stable in Sanskrit. "Hastipa" is one name for an elephant-handler or mahout and "-sala" is a type of building, often used to refer to animal enclosures like stables or barns. If by common you mean modern (Sanskrit is as common as Latin - to a Roman), then Pilkhana is the word you're looking for.Actually, I was looking for a more common name. But maybe something in Sanskrit would be nice. Perhaps I'll go with "Mahapaksasala."