Sri Lanka 2: A Tamil Narrative (not an OCC) for RFC DoC
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CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
Well VGL is 13, and there are a few oldies and youngies among us 
DKVM
Joker
Well VGL is 13, and there are a few oldies and youngies among us
I'm the youngest being a day old.
adhiraj.bose
Deity
I was born on the seventh day of Spring in *the year 1395*.
I am old yet I am young. I am not less than 5 yet nor greater than 50. What is my age, can you guess
I am old yet I am young. I am not less than 5 yet nor greater than 50. What is my age, can you guess
Spoiler :
DKVM
Joker
1. Which of these is the bengali calendar?
adhiraj.bose
Deity
The first one.
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
How was birth?
mrrandomplayer
Hopeless Situation Warrior
Sorry to have left you off on a cliffhanger, but I'm back. My updates will be pretty sporadic until August, unfortunately.
Government Reports, Part 16: Another Day, Another European Expelled
Compiled and edited by Adiyaman, Chief Secretary and General Assistant to the Emperor and Karthikai, Chief Government Archivist, dated between 1690 and 1721 AD.
The Tamil-Portuguese War was another key demonstration of the policy of Tamil Sovereignty over Southeast Asia.
The war not only produced a demand for military power, but also for engineers and civil servants.
The first key victory in the war was in Cantao, a formerly Chinese city. After demolishing the Portuguese longbowmen, Rajendra Chola exercised the policy of "family territory" by giving it to its rightful owner in the Tamil nation-family, China.
Meanwhile, the war drove technological innovations through the roof as new steel smelting-techniques put the Tamil economy in an upward, industrial spiral due to increased government investment in military technology.
On the war front, Tamil forces won another decisive victory in Tumasik, expelling the Portuguese from Asia and liberating it to the Indonesian Rump State.
While relations with the Mughals were frosty at best, relations with their vassal, Tibet, were extremely fruitful, and several exchange programs brought the progressive Tibetan education system to Tamil Nadu in return for Tamil military technology.
Portugal, humiliated in the most recent exercise of Tamil sovereignty, was forced to sue for peace on Tamil terms.
As the post-war economy expanded upwards, the government in Anuradhapura diverted their funding from the now-finished war effort to colonization efforts in North America and off Europe.
However, in the year 1721, the Tamils faced their greatest adversary yet: the British, who arrived with armies far larger than the Portuguese or the Spanish and threatened the very heartland of Tamil Nadu, not the fringes of vassal states.
To be continued...
Government Reports, Part 16: Another Day, Another European Expelled
Compiled and edited by Adiyaman, Chief Secretary and General Assistant to the Emperor and Karthikai, Chief Government Archivist, dated between 1690 and 1721 AD.
The Tamil-Portuguese War was another key demonstration of the policy of Tamil Sovereignty over Southeast Asia.
The war not only produced a demand for military power, but also for engineers and civil servants.
The first key victory in the war was in Cantao, a formerly Chinese city. After demolishing the Portuguese longbowmen, Rajendra Chola exercised the policy of "family territory" by giving it to its rightful owner in the Tamil nation-family, China.
Meanwhile, the war drove technological innovations through the roof as new steel smelting-techniques put the Tamil economy in an upward, industrial spiral due to increased government investment in military technology.
On the war front, Tamil forces won another decisive victory in Tumasik, expelling the Portuguese from Asia and liberating it to the Indonesian Rump State.
While relations with the Mughals were frosty at best, relations with their vassal, Tibet, were extremely fruitful, and several exchange programs brought the progressive Tibetan education system to Tamil Nadu in return for Tamil military technology.
Portugal, humiliated in the most recent exercise of Tamil sovereignty, was forced to sue for peace on Tamil terms.
As the post-war economy expanded upwards, the government in Anuradhapura diverted their funding from the now-finished war effort to colonization efforts in North America and off Europe.
However, in the year 1721, the Tamils faced their greatest adversary yet: the British, who arrived with armies far larger than the Portuguese or the Spanish and threatened the very heartland of Tamil Nadu, not the fringes of vassal states.
To be continued...
mrrandomplayer
Hopeless Situation Warrior
That's cold, no responses...
Government Reports, Part 17: the English Wars
Compiled and edited by Adiyaman, Chief Secretary and General Assistant to the Emperor and Karthikai, Chief Government Archivist, dated between 1721 and 1739 AD.
The British invasion of Tamil Nadu was one of the greatest challenges to Tamil Sovereignty in history.
However, Kachnipuram was not quite caught unprepared...
In response to growing anxiety and distrust of the principle of Tamil Sovereignty, philosophers began thinking of new, liberal ideas of government and secularism.
Despite the fact that the biggest war yet was being fought over in India, the colonization efforts continued in North America, in part to deprive the British of colonial pickings.
Mumbai, on the other hand, was not as well defended or prepared as Kachnipuram, and fell to the British in 1730, the only time in history a city in India was owned by a European.
The war continued, however, and the British army outside of Kachnipuram was annihilated by partisan and professional units shouting "Tamil Sovreignty!" and "Remember Mumbai!" Tamil units became some of the best trained and promoted in the world.
In order to aid the war effort and modernize the army, Tamil diplomats were sent to Prussia to purchase replaceable parts for weapons in exchange for a hefty sum of money and the knowledge of Tamil smelting techniques.
The Tamil war effort received an unexpected boost when Queen Elizabeth's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, was captured in Yogayakarta, defected, and became a loyal double agent for the Tamils.
With new knowledge from Walsingham's British information, Tamil grenadiers and the Royal Elephants (which were becoming increasingly ceremonial and seeing less and less military action) drove back the British forces to Mumbai.
The Privateer fleets in Europe needed an effective base, and the Navy authorized the construction of the port of Maudrai off the coast of Africa, serving as a haven for the scoundrels of the pirating industry.
The siege of Mumbai took 3 years, but the city finally was returned to its rightful ownership after 9 years of occupation thanks to intelligence from Walsingham and assistance from the Mughals, who became surprisingly close allies due to the joint enmity of the British. However, the city, wracked by war and occupation would never achieve the level of population and cultural growth that it once had (AKA it got screwed over by the British culture stuck there from TC).
While negotiating peace with the British would take much more time, the war was effectively over. In some ways, this was the Tamil Empire's finest hour, as it successfully warded off the greatest threat to its existence. However, it also marked the last time a European power would be fully expelled from Asia, attributed to their technological advances and destruction of the Privateer system that had harassed Europe for the past century.
End of report.
Government Reports, Part 17: the English Wars
Compiled and edited by Adiyaman, Chief Secretary and General Assistant to the Emperor and Karthikai, Chief Government Archivist, dated between 1721 and 1739 AD.
The British invasion of Tamil Nadu was one of the greatest challenges to Tamil Sovereignty in history.
However, Kachnipuram was not quite caught unprepared...
In response to growing anxiety and distrust of the principle of Tamil Sovereignty, philosophers began thinking of new, liberal ideas of government and secularism.
Despite the fact that the biggest war yet was being fought over in India, the colonization efforts continued in North America, in part to deprive the British of colonial pickings.
Mumbai, on the other hand, was not as well defended or prepared as Kachnipuram, and fell to the British in 1730, the only time in history a city in India was owned by a European.
The war continued, however, and the British army outside of Kachnipuram was annihilated by partisan and professional units shouting "Tamil Sovreignty!" and "Remember Mumbai!" Tamil units became some of the best trained and promoted in the world.
In order to aid the war effort and modernize the army, Tamil diplomats were sent to Prussia to purchase replaceable parts for weapons in exchange for a hefty sum of money and the knowledge of Tamil smelting techniques.
The Tamil war effort received an unexpected boost when Queen Elizabeth's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, was captured in Yogayakarta, defected, and became a loyal double agent for the Tamils.
With new knowledge from Walsingham's British information, Tamil grenadiers and the Royal Elephants (which were becoming increasingly ceremonial and seeing less and less military action) drove back the British forces to Mumbai.
The Privateer fleets in Europe needed an effective base, and the Navy authorized the construction of the port of Maudrai off the coast of Africa, serving as a haven for the scoundrels of the pirating industry.
The siege of Mumbai took 3 years, but the city finally was returned to its rightful ownership after 9 years of occupation thanks to intelligence from Walsingham and assistance from the Mughals, who became surprisingly close allies due to the joint enmity of the British. However, the city, wracked by war and occupation would never achieve the level of population and cultural growth that it once had (AKA it got screwed over by the British culture stuck there from TC).
While negotiating peace with the British would take much more time, the war was effectively over. In some ways, this was the Tamil Empire's finest hour, as it successfully warded off the greatest threat to its existence. However, it also marked the last time a European power would be fully expelled from Asia, attributed to their technological advances and destruction of the Privateer system that had harassed Europe for the past century.
End of report.
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
I like to wait until the end of a continuation to respond sometimes. Good job kicking them out
adhiraj.bose
Deity
I was hoping for this story to come back to life .
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mrrandomplayer
Hopeless Situation Warrior
Government Reports, Part 18: Peacetime Advances
The period of relative peace after the British were expelled from India was largely one of diplomatic and technological advancements. Wary of future invasions and aware of potential Dutch plans to invade Indonesia, the Tamil government took all necessary steps towards acquiring rifles for the military, and a breakthrough was made by an independent inventor in the New World.
Meanwhile, the British defector, Francis Walsingham, took a trip on a Dharani to Carthage, the capital of the mighty Moroccan empire, to act as a double agent and steal technology.
During this period, diplomatic relations with nations formerly hostile improved, marked by trade deals. Mongolia in particular moved from an enemy to an equal.
However, while the stability of the Tamil state itself remained stable, the Thai immortal in exile, Ramkhamhaeng, overthrew the weak Indonesian government set up in Thailand and even took Malacca as well, leaving Indonesia as a tiny rump state. Our own state, hindered by diplomatic technicalities and protocol (10 turn rule) was unable to stop this.
As Walsingham arrived in Carthage, more spies were sent behind him to take his secrets back to Anuradhapura.
The secrets of Rifling, carefully guarded by the Moroccans, were finally discovered by Tamil engineers, preparing them for another onslaught of Europeans.
Privateers based out of Madurai continued to harass European shipping, hurting the Spanish and Moroccan economies and disrupting the flow of trade in and out of the Mediterranean.
After years of de facto peace, embarrassed British diplomats concluded a peace treaty that provided for indemnities from the sacking of Mumbai.
End of report.
The period of relative peace after the British were expelled from India was largely one of diplomatic and technological advancements. Wary of future invasions and aware of potential Dutch plans to invade Indonesia, the Tamil government took all necessary steps towards acquiring rifles for the military, and a breakthrough was made by an independent inventor in the New World.
Meanwhile, the British defector, Francis Walsingham, took a trip on a Dharani to Carthage, the capital of the mighty Moroccan empire, to act as a double agent and steal technology.
During this period, diplomatic relations with nations formerly hostile improved, marked by trade deals. Mongolia in particular moved from an enemy to an equal.
However, while the stability of the Tamil state itself remained stable, the Thai immortal in exile, Ramkhamhaeng, overthrew the weak Indonesian government set up in Thailand and even took Malacca as well, leaving Indonesia as a tiny rump state. Our own state, hindered by diplomatic technicalities and protocol (10 turn rule) was unable to stop this.
As Walsingham arrived in Carthage, more spies were sent behind him to take his secrets back to Anuradhapura.
The secrets of Rifling, carefully guarded by the Moroccans, were finally discovered by Tamil engineers, preparing them for another onslaught of Europeans.
Privateers based out of Madurai continued to harass European shipping, hurting the Spanish and Moroccan economies and disrupting the flow of trade in and out of the Mediterranean.
After years of de facto peace, embarrassed British diplomats concluded a peace treaty that provided for indemnities from the sacking of Mumbai.
End of report.
