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    The Rajput States


    Background

    The origins of the Rajput Clans are one shrouded in mystery, blurred of religious Hindu belief and the historical developments of Northern India. What remains certain is that they held no single ancestry that united them, be it in legend or history.

    According to the Rajputs themselves, theirs is a people divided into 36 or so clans, each belonging to one of three basic divine lineages:
    1. The Suryavanshi lineage, claiming descent from Surya, the Hindu Sun-god.
    2. The Chandravanshi lineage, claiming descent from Chandra, the Hindu Moon-god.
    3. The Agnivanshi lineage, claiming descent from Agni, the Hindu god of fire. Four Rajput clans are considered to be Agnivanshi.They are Chauhans,Chalukyas,Ghosh,Paramara and Pratiharas.
    Be it not from the Heavens, then most would conclude the origins of the Rajputs to be with the Scythian (Saka), or Hepthalites (or White Huns). Even their arrival into historical prominence is uncertain, their emergence coinciding with the chaotic Dark ages of the Indian Subcontinent.

    While the first Rajput kingdoms would be attested to the 6th Century AD, it would be in the 9th and 10th that they would take to the role of guardians of Hinduism against the growing pressures of Islam as it spilled forth across the Sindh and Punjab. While the Suryavanshi and Chadravanshi Rajput Clans would rise to prominence first, it would be the Agnivanshi Rajputs which now stand as the premier of the Rajput Clans. In the North the Chauhan Kingdom reigns supreme, ruled from Delhi by an ancestor of Agni named Prithviraj III, while the Islamic Soomro Rajputs of the Paramara clan hold Sindh with a sovereignty threatened by their fellow Muslims.

    With the Ghaznavid's attacks upon India growing mild, the concern is now with the arrival of Muhammad of Ghor's armies, and whether the States of the Rajputs will face him divided or united.

    Summary

    The Rajput States are a feuding people, having only been able to come together in a loose confederacy easily swept aside by Mahmud of Ghazni. The times of proud, feuding Kshatriya has come and gone, the threat of foreign empires too great to stand as warriors serving your clan and not warriors serving the dharma of Heaven. It will take a Rajput Clan and a Raj among them with the mind and drive to take the thousand castles of a thousand kings that dot the lands of India and build from stone and soul a wall from which to throw out those that would seek to eradicate the sons of Surya, Chandra, and Agni from their guardianship of the righteous of India.

    Faction strengths and weaknesses

    Stengths
    • Abundant and easily affordable Elephants.
    • Moral-Raising Kshatriya Warriors, unbreakable in battle.
    • Cheap, Massed Foot Archery
    • Abundant access to Swordsmen.
    • Strong spearmen.
    • Ability to field large cheap armies
    Weaknesses
    • An absolute lack of common, reliable cavalry, with only a Javelin horsemen of poor ability and the rare but excellent Kshatriya horsemen.
    • Elephant's are at risk of running amok
    • A lack of armor-piercing weapons.
    • No neighbors of the same religion.
    • No Horse-Archers.
    • Low level troops are of poorer moral than their peers
    Barracks
    Tier 1 - Indian spearmen




    Tier 2 - Bharat armoured spearmen




    Tier 3 - Indian swordsmen




    Tier 3 - Ghandara spearmen




    Tier 4 -
    Ghandara axemen




    Tier 5 -
    Kshatriya warriors




    Archery Range

    Tier 1 - Hindu archers




    Tier 2 - Tribal Indian javelinmen





    Tier 3 -
    Jaipur Longbowmen




    Stables

    Tier 1 - Rajput javelin cavalry




    Tier 2 - Rajput Javelin Elephants




    Tier 3 -
    Rajput Elephant Archers




    Tier 4 - Kshatriya Cavalry







    Tier 5 -
    Kshatriya elephant archers





    Last edited by Ahiga; November 22, 2007 at 08:45 PM.

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    This certainly lives up to expectations!

    I'm running out of praise to give.

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    can't wait to slam these guys with the ghorids lol
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    Holy Shi'ite!


    I definitely don't regret choosing these guys as my first faction in the poll. I love the new revised skins/roster as well.


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    ARRGGH!!! I love that summary!!!! Great work Ahiga!!

    I gave out at least 20 bizarre grunts of happiness while reading that preview.

    What about the Elephant bodyguards? The Kshatriya elephant archers??


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    Very nice preview!!!! I have been awaiting this for a while.

    No tier 4 stables? "Gasp" do the units get experience on that tier?
    Last edited by Son of Mao; November 22, 2007 at 07:56 PM.

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    Great work Ahiga!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by whhyy View Post
    ARRGGH!!! I love that summary!!!! Great work Ahiga!!

    I gave out at least 20 bizarre grunts of happiness while reading that preview.

    What about the Elephant bodyguards? The Kshatriya elephant archers??

    They are the same as the Tier 5 elephant archers.

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    Whats tier 4 in the stables???

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    Look again.

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    I was operating from an old version, the Kshatriya Cavalry are actually at tier 4.

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    You sneaky son of a...


    I love the new elephants, the murals on the cloth are just fantastic. I still think the Ksathriya are going to be the coolest in the roster.

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    So..Many..Elephants! This faction is going to be very unique to play as.

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    Most unique faction in BC up there with Makuria and The Kypchaks.

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    I could not help but notice the Indian naked woman elephant archers are missing...


    I was kind of hoping to see them, I mean they were in Alexander:TW so they must have been historically correct

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    TW does need more women.

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    I'm sorry to inform you BC, but this is the internet.

    I guarantee you somebody fapped to the Kara Khitai archers.


    edit - it's late, i will regret this post in the morning
    Last edited by The Mongol; November 23, 2007 at 12:23 AM.

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    Oh, Please!! Teenagers view this forum.
    Last edited by whhyy; November 23, 2007 at 12:32 AM.

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    Silence knaves!!

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