India five mods, one nation

[civilleader]

Okay time to announce that my plan is to create an Indian Quinquelogy which is composed of five mods that show India's transformation from post Indus times to a modern nation. Also please vote for a name for the mods as a whole.

India has had the same problem again and again throughout the ages. India acted as hundreds of different nations rather than as a unified power. Foreigners repeatedly exploited this weakness to dominate India, whether they were from Persia, Greece, Arabia, Turkey, Timruid Empire, Europe, or America. Each of the mods have the same objective: Unite India, culturally or militarily. Each time there are different nations, weapons and foreign powers.

Part I: ~1700BCE- 600CE: India after the fall of the Indus Valley, the rise of many small Indian states (see signature line), Mauraya invasions, Buddhism, Alexander invades, creation of Ramyana, Mahabharatha, etc.
Part II: ~600CE- 1300 CE: Islamic Invasions
Part III: ~1300CE-1650CE: Rise of the Moghul Empire, Punjabi resistance, Vijayanagar's rise and fall, the rise of the Nizams.
Part IV: ~1650-1947: Establishment and consolidation of Europeans in India. Battle of Plassey, Anglo-Mysore wars, 7 years war, Sepoy Rebellion, Fall of the Moghuls, Fall of Goa to Portugal
Part V: 1947- Present: Post independent South Asia, Indo-Pak wars, Indo-Sino war, Annexation of Sikkim, LTTE resistance in Sri Lanka, Kashmir terrorism, Fall of Tibet, Indian victory halting Portuguese domination of Goa, Diu, Daman, Fall of the Nizams.

 

[civilleader]

Sorry Delete this post please!

 

[civilleader]

My goal is that these mods will all be complete by next year. I'll release the first one during the summer. Feel free to suggest new names, or to offer assistance.

 

[Plexus]

I, for one, would go with "India: Tiger of the East".

 

[civilleader]

I like that name

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

I voted "India the Roar of the Tiger" but IMO Plexus' proposed name is better.

 

[Tathlum]

Tiger of the East works for me.

 

[LouLong]

I voted 5 tales (albeit translation is needed) !

Tiger seems to generic for me (there were tigers in China, the Tiger economies of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore...).

 

[civilleader]

Ancient India mod is where the ancient mod used to be. I will discuss all 5 in this place. My signature will change soon.

 

[Mobilize]

I like India, From Valmiki to Vajpayee

 

[Androrc]

I voted for India the Roar of the Elephant

 

[mitsho]

Everything is ok, but pleas NO english name! We have already enough globalization (f.e. this forum)

mfG mitsho

 

[civilleader]

Nice point. But India has so many different languages that it is hard to determine which one to use. We have some 16 or so official languages. English is the language that connects differents parts of Urban India together.

 

[mitsho]

The best known is I think Punjab, and it's also the one which is most spoken?
In Switzerland we have 4 languages and the two most spoken are often used to talk with each other. So take one, or two or three of the most important and form the title from that!

mfG mitsho

 

[civilleader]

hindi is the most spoken Indian language, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are more English speakers in India than Hindi speakers. Punjabi is prevalent in the NW and in Pakistan which is why it's so well known. If I going to form a title in an Indian language, it'ld be Sanskrit since its the historic language the linked most of India the longest. It's like greek or latin in Europe.

 

[mazzz]

great idea! will thier be a Punjab civ?

 

[civilleader]

In the later mods, I going to make them have really good UU in the Mughal mod and Colonial mod.

 

[Invisible Rhino]

Mughals should be Timurids Great idea for making India mods! We need more India stuff for civ!

 

[civilleader]

The ancient mod will be released first, it'll take a while before the Mughal one comes out.

 

[Antrine]

I vote Sanskrit on through the major dialecs and then end with the fifth in English, for like it or not we are globalizing to English.

Though American, I have several books in Sanskrit for it is the clearest and perhaps even the sublimist thinking ever to grace our planet.