Most Influential Indian Powers

GnomeChomsky · Jun 21, 2012

I come to you with a question I have in the development of my mod, Rhye's and Fall of India. The question is this: between the years 350 BC and 1857 AD, what 33-37 nations would you say were most influential in India? Or, what 33-37 powers should a mod looking for a fairly good depiction of this time period include?

By India, I mean this region here- Balochistan in the east to Myanmar in the west; Kashmir in the north to Sri Lanka in the south:

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EDIT: And if you think that isn't a good scope for the map, do you mind delineating a better region using this tool?

http://scribblemaps.com/create/#lat=21.968812087850296&lng=71.18924921874766&z=4&t=Hybrid&y=0&p=0

Tee Kay · Jun 21, 2012

350BC - AD1857 is kinda a long time. I'll have to break this down into eras.

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If I were you, I'd cut Burma; it was more involved with politics to its east rather than its west.

GnomeChomsky · Jun 22, 2012

Using this tool, would you mind delineating what you think the proper map of this should be accounting for the fact that I'd like the civs you suggested in it?

http://scribblemaps.com/create/#lat=21.968812087850296&lng=71.18924921874766&z=4&t=Hybrid&y=0&p=0

Would this be better?

Tee Kay · Jun 22, 2012

GnomeChomsky · Jun 22, 2012

Hmm interesting. Wouldn't that put part of the Durrani and Saka, and a good deal of the Kushans off the map?

Also, what would your opinion be on Tibet's inclusion? How extensive was its contact into the Indian subcontinent?

Tee Kay · Jun 22, 2012

GnomeChomsky said:
Hmm interesting. Wouldn't that put part of the Durrani and Saka, and a good deal of the Kushans of the map?

It would, though once they entered the Subcontinent the Kushans moved their capital to Begram and the Saka to Taxila. The map shaved off the Durrani realms north of Kabul but that's no big deal; we're more interested in their interaction with the Subcontinent, anyway.

Also, what would your opinion be on Tibet's inclusion? How extensive was its contact into the Indian subcontinent?

Not very, though a Tibetan Empire briefly established itself over Bengal. Personally, I'd prioritise, say, the Nepalis over than the Tibetans if you're going to include a Himalayan civ.

GnomeChomsky · Jun 22, 2012

Thanks. I'll probably go with the Nepalis then and make Tibet Independent rather than a playable civ.

bonefang · Jun 24, 2012

Not very, though a Tibetan Empire briefly established itself over Bengal. Personally, I'd prioritise, say, the Nepalis over than the Tibetans if you're going to include a Himalayan civ.

when did this happen ? i am from Kolkata ... :O

if you are talking of the Pal / Pala kings, rather, they introduced Buddhism to tibet.

Tee Kay · Jun 24, 2012

Sometime before the Pala Dynasty took power, I suspect.

TheLastOne36 · Jun 24, 2012

taillesskangaru said:

Wouldn't leaving behind a strip of land to the west of the Arakan mountains be more desirable as those areas were cut off by the mountain range from the rest of Burma, had regular contact with the Indian civilization, and were at times owned by the Bengals?

So we can include Assam, Chutiya, Rakhine on the map.

Tee Kay · Jun 24, 2012

We need to ask what we are focusing on. Leaving the peripheral bits let us focus more on the core regions.

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