Indian States are composed of minor factions from India :
Mysore
Rajput
Nizam of Hyderabad
Nawab of Arcot or Nawab of the Carnatic
Maps of India
Maps :
1. 2. 3. 4.
Map of Mysore in 1704 from 'Historical Atlas of India'
Map of Mysore in 1751 from 'Historical Atlas of India'
Map to illustrate the Mysore Wars 1784
Map of India in 1795 from 'Historical Atlas of India'
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« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
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« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
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« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
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« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
The city is more than 400 years old and is noted for its many mosques, temples, minarets, bazaars, and beautiful geography. It lies on the Deccan (Dakkan) plateau, 541 meters (1776 feet) above sea level, and sprawls over an area of 260 km² (100 mile²). A multitude of influences have shaped the character of the city. Its palaces and buildings, houses and tenements, gardens and streets have a history and an architectural individuality of their own. This land of 75 million people has an inimitable heritage dating back to times immemorial.
The Rulers of Hyderabad
The area around Hyderabad was once part of Ashoka's Empire in the 3rd century BC. Various Hindu kingdoms like the Kakatiyas ruled the area for many centuries, and the region was claimed by both Hindu and Muslim leaders until the late 14th century, when Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah consolidated power and established the fortress city of Golconda nearby. Hyderabad was founded by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah on the Musi River five miles east of Golconda in 1591-92. Quli Qutb Shah also ordered the construction of the Char Minar, one of the most famous monuments in the city, in 1591. The Qutb Shahi dynasty founded and ruled the Kingdom of Golconda, one of the five kingdoms that emerged after the break up of the Bahmani Sultanate. All seven Qutb Shahi sultans were patrons of learning and were great builders. They contributed to the growth and development of Indo-Persian and Indo-Islamic literature and culture in Hyderabad. During the Qutb Shahi reign Golconda became one of the leading markets in the world for diamonds, pearls, steel, arms, and also printed fabric. In the 16th century, the city grew spontaneously to accommodate the surplus population of Golconda, which was the capital of the Qutb Shahi rulers.
The Rulers of Charminar
In 1687, the Golconda sultanate was conquered by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, and Hyderabad became part of the Mughal Empire. As the empire weakened in the 18th century, provincial officials gained greater autonomy. In 1724, Asif Jah, who had already been granted the title Nizam al Mulk by the Mughal emperor, defeated a rival official to take control of Hyderabad province, and established his independence from the Mughals. His successors ruled as Nizams of Hyderabad. The rule of the seven Nizams saw the growth of Hyderabad both culturally and economically. Huge reservoirs, like the Nizam Sagar, Tungabadra, Osman Sagar, Himayat Sagar, and others were built. Survey work on Nagarjuna Sagar had also begun during this time. When the British and the French spread their hold over the country, the Nizam won their friendship without bequeathing his power. The title "Faithful Ally of the British Government" was bestowed on Nizam VII. The British stationed a Resident at Hyderabad, but the state continued to be ruled by the Nizam. Hyderabad, under the Nizams, was the largest princely state in India, with an area larger than England and Scotland put together. The State had its own currency, mint, railways, and postal system. There was no income tax.
Soon after India gained independence, it forcefully annexed Hyderabad through Operation Polo, and became an Indian state. On November 1, 1956, the map of India was redrawn into linguistic states, and Hyderabad state was divided between Andhra Pradesh, Bombay state (present-day Maharashtra), and Mysore state (present-day Karnataka). Hyderabad and the surrounding area were added to Andhra Pradesh based on Telugu linguistic majority, and Hyderabad became the capital of the state.
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« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
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« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
Love it ^^ I will try to gather as much pictures as I can of their armed forces. We are going to be pretty lucky with the late 18th century period, but I guess it's going to be harder for the early 18th century.
To be honest, oriental patch for IS III is something I would love to see even before other European patches (perhaps because there is a lack of good oriental mod for ETW and because Marath was the first faction I played with ETW xD)
Nawab of Arcot princes and nawab (circa 1770)
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Mysore soldiers (circa 1780-1790)
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Nice pictures but not accurate LOL but interesting none the less (battle of Plassey; of Ambur; of Cuddalore; of Arcot; of Calcutta; and Seringapatam)
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Battle of Panipat, 1761. Interesting as we can see the soldiers, well, some of them LOL
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« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
I've found some interesting informations and pictures about the troops in India.
British Sepoys
Information on the early uniforms of native enlisted men is scarce. Red cloth was supplied, and the coat followed roughly the cut of the British model, but the overall garb reflected a native flavour. All of these troops were infantry.
Sepoys 1757
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Reconstruction of a sepoy of the 1st Battalion Bengal Native Infantry at Plassey. There are few details of the clothing worn by sepoys of this period and this reconstruction is somewhat conjectual. This illustration is in the Osprey book ‘Plassey 1757′, but is an exact copy of an early water colour (shown) by Frank Todd.
Sepoy Officer 1757
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Sepoy Officer, 1757. Watercolour by Charles Lyall. The clothing of the sepoy troops who served with Clive at Plassey is not described in any of the contemporary accounts. As a result, many of the illustrations are based on guesswork than anyhing else. (Anne S.K Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library) Not sure when the sundial hat was first issued this is why the drawing may be wrong.
Sepoys of Bombay 1773
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Sepoys of the 3rd Battalion at Bombay. Engraving published in London by M. Darly in 1773
Sepoy 1780
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Sepoy soldier c1780
Sepoy drummer, 1786.
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Officer of a sepoy regiment with his syce and a drummer, 1786, by George Carter. Quite fancy dress for a sepoy regiment?!
Golandar, Sepoy and Subedar, 1785
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A golandar of the Bengal Artillery, a sepoy of the Bengal Native Infantry, a Subedar of the Governor-General’s bodyguard, c1785. They are wearing the sundial hat.
Sepoy servant, late 18th century.
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A British officer of a Madras Sepoy Battailon attended by a sepoy servant, by Carl C.A. von Imhoff 1734-1788.
Sepoys 1800
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Indian native officer and non-comissioned officer of 34th Regiment, c1802 and Indian sepoy c1800
Sepoy drummers and fifers c1800
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British sepoy drums and fifers, 1800. Watercolour by an unknown East India Company artist, 1800 (c).British sepoys of Madras, c1800. The introduction of a controversial new turban, viewed by Indians as a firangi topi (hat), and the implementation of new regulations over the sporting of caste marks on foreheads, earrings and facial hair. This Code of Military Regulations was given approbation on 13 March 1806 by Sir John Cradock, commander-in-chief of the Madras Army.
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European Regiment, 1760
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1st Bengal European Regiment, 1760. Water-colour by Harry Payne. The European regiments of Bengal, Bombay and Madras wore general issue clothing of red tunics, black hats and white gaiters. They were manned by British soldiers (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)
French:
Kerjean's and Bussy's forces 1750s
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A modern representation of French soldiers serving in India in the 1750s (from a picture by Lucien Rousselot in Le Passepoil). On the left is a soldier of Kerjean’s company, 1751, while on the right stands an artilleryman and dragoon of Bussy’s force in 1753. The figure on the left wears a red coat with green facings while those on the right are dressed in green coats and red facings (Anne S. K. Brown Military colection, Brown University Library). Osprey ‘Plassey 1757′.
French guns, 1750s
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Two of the French guns captured at Plassey. Currently at the Victoria memorial, Calcutta.
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Mughal Sepoy c1750
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A Mughal Sepoy from Plassey 1757
Mughal swordmen 1757
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Mughal swordmen fighting British troops during the battle of Plassey, as represented in a modern painting
Mughal Kutch soldier and horseman, 1838
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Kutch soldier and horseman, 1838. They are armed with "torador" matchlock muskets and "talwar" sword. Unlike British sepoys wich uniforms were evolving like their European counterpart, native indian soldier uniforms didn't quite evolve. This is why 19th century paintings depicting Indian sepoys are revealing.
Mughal heavy cavalry, 1600.
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The Mughal heavy cavalry wore mail and plate armour (zereh bagtar) with helmets (kolah zereh) and their horses were also protected by armour (bargustavan). The weapons they carried were the sword, composite bow, lance, mace (gorz) and the saddle axe (tabarzin), and a shield (dhal) was also carried. They were mostly Pathan tribesmen riding large horses armed with swords and long spears. Some of them wore armour of mail manufactured in Lahore. The pictures are depicting 1600 armors, but Mughal heavy cavalry was using the same armors, weapons and uniforms during the 18th century. Painting is from 1885.
Maratha swordman, c1750-1800
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Maratha levy soldier armed with a "firanghi" rapier or "kandha" sword and wearing orange clothes.
Maratha pikemen 1793
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Standing at the back and to the left of the group can be seen Maratha pikemen keenly observing the fruits of their success. They are armed with the barcha, a spear made totally of steel, used by infantry rather than cavalry. The reception of the Mysorean hostage princes, Robert Home 1793.
Maratha light horsemen, c1826
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Maratha horsemen armed with a "talwar" sword, a "dhal" round shield and a "nezah" spear made of tapering bamboo, with small heads and relatively long butt spikes, so they balance very close to the butt (and have a velvet grip at that point for the purpose). Because the bamboo is hollow, the spear is very light in weight for its size.
Scinde horseman 1809.
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Sindh horseman(Mughal service?) armed with a "talwar" sword, a "dhal" round shield, 1809.
Hindoostan sepoy, 1804
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Hindoostan sepoy armed with a "torador" matchlock musket and a "gorz" (mace)which haft is fitted with a Khanda type handle.
Rogue soldier, 1857
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A budmash of Oudec, which means a rogue, perhaps criminal, soldier. I know it's from the 19th century (the sepoy revolt of 1857), but it could feet rebel units.
Mysore army
-Zumrah Gumrah [Guard Infantry]
the Tipu Sultan selected ten thousand men from the soldiers in his army. Shaikhs and Syeds, inhabitants of Seringapatam, Kilar, Devanahalli, Suba Sira, great Balapur and Tanjore were enrolled and Tipu called them his ‘Zumrai Khas’. The name of their batallion was derived from the Farsi couplet – ‘dur Zumrai Ma Ghumm Nubashud’, that is, ‘in our company sorrow shall find no entrance’. Zumrai in Farsi means Company or Unit and Khas means personal. So, this unit was his personal bodyguard. And what is very interesting here is that each consonant sound of the ‘Ghumm Nubashud’ was said to point to some racial element of the batallion. The letter ghayn (G) being the symbol of men of foreign nations(probably the French), mim(M) to denote mughals and marathas, nun (N) for Navayats (Muslims from the Konkan coast), be (B) for Brahmin, alif (A) for Afghan, shin(Sh) for Shia muslim and dal (D) for the Mehdivis in the army. The men of this division now became the most acceptable in the eyes of the Sultan, and all confidence was implicitly placed upon them. Towards the end of Tipu’s reign, Kirmani observes, this batallion (Kirmani calls it an ‘infidel’ batallion probably on account of it’s large Hindu and Shia muslim elements) gained complete ascendancy over all the departments of the state, and entered boldly into all the measures of government.
-Asad Ilahi & Ahmadi [POW Infantry]
Asad Ilahi means the faith of the lion (?). There were 8 Ahmadi regiments. The uniform of both regiments were made up of tiger cloth. Officers of both regiments were presented with gorgets of gold, silver and jewels. (book:an illustrated handbook of Indian arms). Clad in dress symbolically adorned with the Tiger stripes which symbolized the power of Tipu Sultan and his father Haidar Ali, they are well trained soldiers drilled in European fashion and can be expected to hold their own against European Sepoys and Line Infantry.
-Tiger Grenadiers [Grenadiers]
Nicknamed "Tiger Grenadiers" by British soldiers for the dress of purple wool adorned with lozenge spots, the grenadier battalions of Tipu Sultan's Sepoys were large, fearsome-looking men expected to uphold the same tasks as European Grenadiers. The pride of the Sultan's forces, these soldiers are the best drilled of Mysore's infantry. About the paintings Storming of seringapatam, 1800: "running swords through vanquished, cowering Mysore soldiers. Bodies of Tipu's sultan's elite Tiger Grenadiers, distinguishable only by their well known striped and spotted bubri uniforms and blue armor, lie scattered among the rubble in the grotesque poses of death" (book: Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art And the Prospect of India)
-Zumra Jaish [Line Infantry]
Regiments raised within the confines of the Kingdom of Mysore (the Zumra). Haider Ali would become credited as one of the first Indian rulers to maintain a force in European style. His son Tipu Sultan would continue the innovative thinking of his father to the point that the primary arm of Mysore's military would be European style Line Infantry.
-Ghair Zumra Jaish [Foreign Line Infantry]
Amongst the Line Infantry there was a separation between regiments raised within the confines of the Kingdom of Mysore (the Zumra), and those who were 'foreign' and thus raised outside of its boundaries (Ghair Zumra). As to be expected of foreign soldiers who do not possess an illustrious reputation (As would the Swiss or Arab mercenaries), the Ghair Zumra are not as well maintained as their Mysorean counterparts. This is mitigated by a cheaper cost to arm and equip them and a far greater availability to recruit. They are the equivalent of the invading European's Sepoys, and can be expected to perform like typical Line Infantry.
Mysore army uniform by Lieut. Ewan Bushby of the Bengal establishment' dated 1st September 1790 (?)
The dress of the regular infantry is generally of purple woollen stuff, with white diamond formed spots on it, which is called the tyger jacket. On the head is worn a muslin turban, of a red colour, and round the waist a cumberband, or sash, of the same. Their legs and feet are entirely naked, excepting a kind of sandal slipper, worn to protect their soles from the roughness of the march. They are accoutred with black leather cross belts, and commonly armed with musquets of French manufacture; though some are made in their own country; over the lock is a leather covering, to defend it from dampness. In the distance, a part of the north west front of Seringapatam is seen. The twin minarets of Tipu's Masjid e'Ala, the great Sriranatha-svami temple and the flagstaff cavalier are clearly visible on the skyline.
Tipu, the French and the English, all employed sepoy regiments, many of whom are commemorated on the monument which stands at the point where the British breached the walls of Seringapatam.
Mysore flag bearer, 1790s
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Mysore flag bearer from Tipu Sultan's army. The flag pole is also a rocket launcher.
Mysore grenadiers, 1794
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Mysore guard infantry, Zumrah Gumrah, c1790
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A painting (possibly European) of a soldier in the army of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Possibly a Zumrah Gumrah, as he's wearing the finest Mysore's army uniform with tiger white dots on his blue cloth. Why Zumrah Gumrah, because he is not a Mohammedan, you can see it with his painted face.
Mysore regular infantry, Zumra Jaish, c1790
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Wearing green and red turbans, showing them as Mohammedan soldier of the Mysore regular army.
Mysore infantry and flags, 1806
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Charles Gold's Oriental Drawings, 1806, of Tipu's palace
Mysore Royal Guards
Talwar sword, Mysore socket bayonet with L shape and octogonal form
Mysore/French blunderbuss musket, or small carbine, or flintlock rifle
Mysore POW Infantry
Talwar sword, Mysore socket bayonet with L shape and octogonal form
Mysore or French flintlock rifle
Mysore Grenadiers
Talwar sword, Mysore socket bayonet with L shape and octogonal form
Mysore or French flintlock rifle
Mysore Line Infantry (Regulars)
Talwar sword, Mysore socket bayonet with L shape and octogonal form
Mysore or French flintlock rifle
Mysore Foreign Line Infantry (Regulars)
Talwar sword, Indian bayonet Sangin
Torador matchlock musket
I'm going to make the officers, kerala drummers and flag bearers and the other units ! cheer ^^
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Westernized Corps [European mercenaries] Former Bussy's forces
Westernized Infantry [Line Infantry]
Irregulars
Ban [Rockets]
Punjab - Sikh
Akalis sowar [Fanatics suicide attacks] cavalry that dismount to hand to hand combat with two swords and steel quoits.
Misldar sowar [Sikh Light Cavalry]
Jagirdari sowar [Irregular Light Cavalry] Feudal cavalry
Ghorchurra sardar sowar [Feudal Heavy Cavalry]
Akalis sowar [Fanatics suicide attacks] cavalry that dismount to hand to hand combat with two swords and steel quoits.
Misldar sowar [Sikh Light Cavalry]
Jagirdari sowar [Irregular Light Cavalry] Feudal cavalry
Ghorchurra sardar sowar [Feudal Heavy Cavalry]
Ghorchurra khas sowar [Westernized Life Guard]
Chairana sowar [Westernized Heavy Cavalry]
Dragon sowar [Sikh Dragons] part of the Fauj I Soware [Westernized cavarly army]
Lancer sowar [Sikh Light Cavalry - Lancers] part of the Fauj I Soware [Westernized cavarly army]
Fauj I Khas [Elite Westernized Army] one Gurkha battalion and others were Sikhs (Dal Khalsa doctrine of westernization) royal guard equiped French Imperial style with square flag and eagles
Fauj I Ain [Regular troops armed, clothed and trained in Western style] Sikh
Fauj I Ain [Regular troops armed, clothed and trained in Western style] Gurkhas
Najib [Regular Fauj I Ain battalion] Punjabi muslims
Seik Irregulars [Traditional Sikh Infantry] part of the Jagirdari Fauj (feudal army)
Sardar [Swordmen] part of the Jagirdari Fauj (feudal army)
Akalis [Fanatics Line Infantry]
Fauj I Qilajat [Garrison army]
Muslim Irregulars [Line Infantry] part of the Jagirdari Fauj (feudal army)
Some westernized units, mostly cavalry, can be removed from the roster, as they are really mid-19th century. Others westernized units on the other hand already existed in 1800.
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Proposed roster for Mysore, late period.
What do you think Wangrin ? I removed the elephants from the cavalry as they weren't use for combat anymore by the end of the 18th century... that's what they say anyway. I forget to add the elephants "gardes du corps" for the Sultan.
It is not possible to add so much artillery units.
But it is possible :
to differentiate "native" artillery and "europeanized" one
to differentiate heavy and "light" artillery
We could have something like this :
native heavy artillery
Europeanized artillery (like the "artillery of the stirrup" for the Maratha)
native light artillery (like camels)
For Indian factions' roster, they should be composed of few "national/faction" units and a big roster of regional units used by all.
For instance, Akali could be specific to Sikh (only available for).
But Sikh warrior would be a "generic" unit available for all faction that own a region from their AoR (Area of Recruitment).
"Warrior" could be of 4 types :
pikeman
swordsman
archer
musketeer
"Sepoy" could refer to "Europeanized" native infantry, but divide in ethnical groups (Bengal sepoys, Hindu sepoys, etc.)
To represent European infantry, it could be easier to allow Indian states to recruit English or French colonial infantry if they own region with colonial building (French or English).
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« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
So, does it work this way?: National units (regular and some irregular units): only the faction can recruit them in said territory ex: Fauj I Ain (Sikh Line Infantry) and Akali (Sikh Fanatic Irregulars) can be recruit only by the Sikh and only in Punjab territory. AOR units (warriors): every Indian faction can recruit them in said territory ex: Mysore Feudal Light Cavalry can be recruit by any Indian faction but only in Mysore. Faction units (some irregular units and European units): only some factions can recruit them but in every territory (if specific buildings are here or if factions can build them) ex: Afghan Irregulars can be recruit only by Muslim factions outside of Afghanistan (in Afghanistan, they are AOR units, but muslim factions can recruit them as mercenaries outside of this territory)
Well, for the artillery we should indeed reduce the number of calibres to something more westerner like. And mix it with the idea of Native and Europeanized artillery.
Do you think you will be able to make the different carriages: elephant, bullocks and horses ? Or will you make them fixed artillery ?
Because for many Indian states, what Europeans used as Siege Artillery (for exemple 16 pounders) it was considered as Field Artillery by the Indians (and thus could be moved on the battlefield with the bullocks or elephants).
First, contrary to European, Indians artillery didn't use "standardized" gun such as 12pdr, 6pdr, etc.
So, native battery were composed of gun of different calibers.
This is the reason why I think that native artillery should not be categorized by caliber but as "native artillery" (or "heavy native artillery" because Indian field gun were significantly bigger than they European counterparts).
Second, native artillery was heavy and should be static on the battlefield.
Moreover, it seems difficult to add oxen because it is not possible to add a new skeleton in ETW.
Third, Indians used light guns, such as those use with camels or elephant.
They can be compared to "amusettes" from Marechal de Saxe or fortress muskets.
About National units / AoR units / faction groups units, it's what I was thinking.
But religion was not a problem in India, even Hindu prince recruited Muslim and Muslim prince recruited Hindu.
What was important was... the paid.
« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
Cool, couldn't agree more with you on that! Indeed, either Hindus or Muslims soldiers... it wasn't a problem as long as they were paid. But, I choose Afghan Irregulars as I needed an example and because this unit, correct me if I'm wrong, was employed only by Indian Muslim states.
Well, if you can make an unit with different calibres ingame, then, yes, Native artillery should be named by category rather than calibre. Also, for Europeanized artillery, even if they kept an huge number of calibres and kept employing old Mughol guns, they started to standardized their batteries, they didn't mix them anymore. So for the late period, they will switch to calibre categories.
Well, some heavy guns were movable on the battlefield (for example the battle of Plassey with Mughal movable artillery platforms). Such a pity we can't modify the skeletons! But, the elephants are already ingame, and ox's skeletons are the same than horse's skeletons right? Do you mean, it's not possible to modify the gun carriage's skeleton, like change the horse for an ox (horse with ox texture/body) or an elephant?
I've found all (almost) the unit roster for Mysore and the Sikh. Nizam of Hyderabad is a bit foggy and Maratha and Mughol are an huge piece of research...
Will post photos of the Mysore artillery and carriages. You will love them ^_^
I've worked on Maratha roster and I think it is almost complete.
I have to work on Mughal roster, I have all the informations I need but find some time to write their roster on paper.
Horse and ox skeleton are not exactly the same, and ox would need new animations too.
It is not a piece of cake...
About artillery, it is not possible to add different gun models nor textures in the same unit.
But it important to avoid to classified "native" artillery using caliber to clearly distinct the native artillery from the "Europeanized" one.
And even Europeanized artillery used by Indian powers were rarely class by caliber, they often try to regroup them more or less but rarely achieve the same level of organization as their European counterparts.
Indian were not particularly good with artillery, it was one of their great weaknesses.
« Le courage, c’est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.. » Jean JAURES
Sure, it's not the same skeleton, but what I meant is it's close enough to change it into an ox. Also, it's going to need new animations indeed... That with the new ox body, texture, and animations, represent an hell lot of work... Too bad, because it would have been very nice ^_^
Well, like you say they tried to regroup them. But anyway, by the mid 18th century, many guns were not native anymore, or not native looking anymore. So, if I understand you, they should have Europeanized artillery, the same way they had Native artillery: no calibres, even for Europeanized, just the size (heavy, light...) and type (siege, mortars...) . I'm going to modify my unit roster once again xD haha
Interestingly enough, I found that the Marathas had in the early 1700s European firearm and rank drills training throughout South Asian (Topasses) NCOs. This Topasses were former EIC soldiers and Baji Rao I recruted them to train massed ranks of flintlock-armed regulars. It's almost half a century before other Indian states try to Westernized their units. Maratha was known anyway to have excellent infantry and cavalry (Bargirs regular light cavalry, provincial light cavalry from Dhangars and Mahars, Silladars cavalry and Pindaries rogue irregular horsemen)
Found some interesting stuff on the Nizam of Hyderabad. Aside from Nizam's guard units (Sepoy amazons for the win! xD), the infantry of Hyderabad sucked and didn't have a good reputation. But they had very good lancer horsemen, which became later the finest lancers of the British Indian army.