New Civ Guide: Chola

[Nikolai II]

Chola India - Exploration Age Civilization​

Cornering all manner of trade and the transportation of religious people across the Indian Ocean, the Chola oversaw a vast network of merchants and naval vessels that brought Indic texts and traditions along with spices, ivory, ebony, and other trade goods. Their dominion extended at times to vassals across the sea, in Southeast Asia. But danger came from home, as neighboring kingdoms drove them into obscurity.

Unique Ability​

Samayam: Gain an additional Trade Route from Trade Agreements.

Attributes:​

• Economic
• Diplomatic

Civic Trees​

Nagaram

• Tier 1: Unlocks Manigramam Unique Building. Increased Influence towards initiating Trade Agreements.
• Tier 2: Unlocks Anjuvannam Unique Building. Increased Resource Capacity in the Capital.

Kanakam

• Tier 1: Increased Gold from active Diplomatic Actions you started or supported. Unlocks 'Devakoshta' Tradition.
• Tradition - Devakoshta: Gold Buildings receive increased Culture.

Digvijaya

• Tier 1: Kalam Unique Naval Unit receives increased Movement and Sight. Unlocks 'Marakkalam' Tradition.
• Tradition - Marakkalam: Unit Maintenance cost reduced for Naval Units.

Monsoon Winds

• Tier 1: Increased Settlement Limit. Ottru Unique Naval Commander Unit receives the Convoys Promotion. Unlocks 'Angadi' Tradition and Brihadeeswarar Temple Wonder.
• Tradition - Angadi: Settlements other than your Capital receive increased Gold if they have a Water Building.

Unique Infrastructure​

Five Hundred Lords: Unique Quarter. Increased Land Trade Route Range and Water Trade Route Range.



Manigramam: Unique Building. Happiness base. Happiness adjacency for Trade Buildings. Gold adjacency for Quarters.



Anjuvannam: Unique Building. Gold Base. Gold Adjacency for Coast and Navigable Rivers. Increased Production towards Naval Units. Must be placed adjacent to a Coast tile.

Unique Civilian Unit​

Ottru: Unique Naval Commander Unit. Opposing Combat Units in its Command Radius have reduced Combat Strength.

Unique Military Unit​

Kalam: Unique Naval Unit. Has an additional Attack per turn if Movement allows.

Associated Wonder​

Brihadeeswarar Temple: Adds Happiness. All Buildings with an active adjacency receive a Happiness adjacency with Navigable Rivers. Must be built on a Minor River or adjacent to a Navigable River.

Starting Biases:​

• Coast
• Tropical

Source: https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/civilizations/chola/

 

[FXS_Sar]

New Civ Game Guide: Chola

Introducing Chola! Cornering all manner of trade and the transportation of religious people across the Indian Ocean, the Chola oversaw a vast network of merchants and naval vessels that brought Indic texts and traditions along with spices, ivory, ebony, and other trade goods. Their dominion extended at times to vassals across the sea, in Southeast Asia. But danger came from home, as neighboring kingdoms drove them into obscurity.

Attributes:
Economic
Diplomatic

Unique Ability:
Samayam: Gain an additional Trade Route from Trade Agreements.

Unique Infrastructure:
- Five Hundred Lords: Unique Quarter. Increased Land Trade Route Range and Water Trade Route Range.
- Manigramam: Unique Building. Happiness base. Happiness adjacency for Trade Buildings. Gold adjacency for Quarters.
- Anjuvannam: Unique Building. Gold Base. Gold Adjacency for Coast and Navigable Rivers. Increased Production towards Naval Units. Must be placed adjacent to a Coast tile.

Unique Civilian Unit:
Ottru: Unique Naval Commander Unit. Opposing Combat Units in its Command Radius have reduced Combat Strength.

Unique Military Unit:
Kalam: Unique Naval Unit. Has an additional Attack per turn if Movement allows.

Associated Wonder:
Brihadeeswarar Temple: Adds Happiness. All Buildings with an active adjacency receive a Happiness adjacency with Navigable Rivers. Must be built on a Minor River or adjacent to a Navigable River.

Starting Biases:
Coast
Tropical

Check out the full game guide for more info & civic trees: https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/civilizations/chola/

 

[Guandao]

I'm glad Dravidian India is getting recognized by Civ! And the Cholas had influence in Southeast Asia too!

 

[Siptah]

I'm curious why the UB names are translated, but not the UD name? Is it that horrible in Tamil?

 

[Guandao]

So the strange orange tiled palace is Chola? Interesting. I'm not an expert on Tamil/Chola architecture.

 

[Aeon221]

Naval Commander confirmed I guess!

 

[Xandinho]

Naval and commercial civilization, it's simply my favorite style of gameplay. I loved it.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

So the strange orange tiled palace is Chola? Interesting. I'm not an expert on Tamil/Chola architecture.

It has more of a Southeast Asia flavor, than what the other parts of India would look like.

 

[chaosprophet]

Gold adjacency for Quarters.

The term here being quarters, does it means the same as urban districts? or does it have a specific meaning like, a urban district with all it's buildings slots filled?

Also now we for the first time we got a Exploration civ with unique buildings instead of improvement, and still only two. So probably, at least on exploration age, there is still just 2 buildings per district.

 

[Nikolai II]

The term here being quarters, does it means the same as urban districts? or does it have a specific meaning like, a urban district with all it's buildings slots filled?

I think the latter.

 

[chaosprophet]

I think the latter.

Yeah, considering the unique quarters need both buildings to become the unique quarter, that is what I think too.

 

[Guandao]

It has more of a Southeast Asia flavor, than what the other parts of India would look like.

Which does make sense, since the Cholas interacted heavily with other kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Perhaps they brought back SE Asian building techniques back to India?

 

[moondog385]

Woo, maritime civ!

I’m curious how these Indian civs will be referred to in-game since the marketing has been inconsistent. It’s probably already been addressed and I missed it.

 

[Xandinho]

Woo, maritime civ!

I’m curious how these Indian civs will be referred to in-game since the marketing has been inconsistent. It’s probably already been addressed and I missed it.

As far as I know, it will be Maurya India, Chola India and Mughal India.

 

[chaosprophet]

Woo, maritime civ!

I’m curious how these Indian civs will be referred to in-game since the marketing has been inconsistent. It’s probably already been addressed and I missed it.

Probably just Chola when you're seeing a bigger picture, as in places where you have a list to select from between various, and Chola India when on detailed screens, like how it is on the Game Guide.

 

[AriochIV]

The term here being quarters, does it means the same as urban districts? or does it have a specific meaning like, a urban district with all it's buildings slots filled?

Also now we for the first time we got a Exploration civ with unique buildings instead of improvement, and still only two. So probably, at least on exploration age, there is still just 2 buildings per district.

A "quarter" is a district that has two buildings in it.

 

[Trav'ling Canuck]

Can I interest you in a trade agreement with Chola?

 

[Zaarin]

Can I interest you in a trade agreement with Chola?

I beg your pardon?

 

[SeelingCat]

Back at again with Translations (with the Tamil as I could find it):

• Samayam (Unique Ability) - சமயம் - Literally "agreement, contract; time", refers to "organizations of itinerant merchants [that] helped administer the Chola ports"
  
  
• Nagaram (Civic) - நகரம் - "City, town" - References to it meaning "Commercial towns" in particular; or to a "local assembly of merchantguilds"
• Kanakam (Civic) - கனகம் - "Gold" - Appears to be an archaic term
• Digvijaya (Civic) - [Sanskrit] - "Conquest" - Alternatively, "world conquest" or "conquest of the 4 quarters"; is mentioned on the Wikipedia page for the Chola invasion of Srivijaya
• Monsoon Winds (Civic) - [பருவமழை] - The seasonal wind/storm patterns around the Indian Ocean
  
  
• Devakoshta (Tradition) - [தேவகோஷ்டம்] - I think this term is Sanskrit; Not a lot info but appears to be a (West-facing?) "divinity niche", usually with some kind of image/sculpture within it
• Marakkalam (Tradition) - மரக்கலம் - "[Wooden] Boat, craft, ship, vessel"
• Angadi (Tradition) - அங்காடி - "Bazaar, Market"
  
  
• Five Hundred Lords (Infrastructure) - ஐந்நூற்றுவர் - Literally "500 people" - A merchant guild in southern India that became powerful under the Cholas
• Manigramam (Infrastructure) - மணிகிராமம்? - Medieval Merchant Guild of ethnic Indian traders
• Anjuvannam (Infrastructure) - அஞ்சுவண்ணம் - Medieval merchant guild of non-Indian traders
  
  
• Ottru (Civilian) - ஒற்று? - "spy, espionage" - Ostensibly some sort of naval "intelligence corps"; not much info except for stuff that's repeated between sites; Seems to be ஒற்று /oṟṟu - the Tamil word for "spy"
• Kalam (Military) - கலம் - "vessel, ship, boat" - I assume related to the Marakkalam (Tradition, above)

 

[Lord Lakely]

Naval Commander confirmed I guess!

and the opportunity to name them "Flagship" was missed, I guess :-/