I did a little bit of research into Bactria, some of it's dynastties, it's culture and what not, And wrote some suggestions for the region. for some reason none of my ck2 mods would run for me on my laptop. So I've had to use the Vanilla CK2 map as a reference when writing this. I hope some of this is useful
Bactria wtwsms
The Kingdom of Bactria
I think all of the following duchies should, when held together by and independent ruler, allow the formation of the Kingdom of Bactria.
Forming the kingdom of Bactria would provide the ability to restore Bactrian culture as the primary culture and allow the ruler of Bactria to convert themselves and their court via decision to Bactrian culture. (Bactrian culture had almost died out by 476, and only Balkh should start with Bactrian culture, other provinces should be Afghan or Sodian)
Bactrian culture would have a few characteristics
-be in the byzantine culture group
-Have persiangfx portraits
-Allow blinding and castration
Have a decision called “study the old faiths” which allows the character to either “Follow the faith of Alexander” and convert to Hellenism (or it’s reformed variant if already reformed) and gain sympathy for Indian religions, or “Follow the faith of Demetrius” Buddhism and gain sympathy for pagans. Or a third option for a cynical character to “reject this supposititious nonsense” and gain 100 prestige, not converting to either. “Study the old faiths” should be unavailable to zealous characters.
Duchies of Bactria
Duchy of Zabulistan
Kalat – Hindu religion
- Temple holder (temple of Kalat Kali) is a Hindu
Zamindawar – Held by the Zunbil dynasty, Buddhist in 476
- A Zunbil Holder of Zamindawar should get an event starting either in selectable from the intrigue screen starting in 600, or triggered when the Sassanid empire collapses (the empire of Persia is no longer held by a Zoroastrian) to for Zunism. This event would flip all Buddist provinces, vassals and courtiers to Zunist, and if the holder is a king or duke tier vassal of Persia, grant independence.
Ghazna – Buddist Religion
Duchy of Kabulistan - Ruler is either Buddhist or Hindu (conflicting information), of Tibetan culture (if Tibet is being implemented this patch), have the tier 3 learning education, and of the Shahi dynasty
-Duke of Kabulistan possibly has a unique Shahi dynasty
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Blood of Shahi
Founded AD 250
Patrilineal
-Buddhist Opinion: +10
-Hindu Opinion: +10
-Defence: +10%
-Enables Sky Burials
-Flavour text: Blood of the first Kabul Shahi. The Kabul Shahi would rule Kabulistan for seven centuries, before being push east by Islamic conquerors
-Kabulistan was said to have it’s roots in Scythian culture. As the Greek, Indian and Persian influences are much stronger though, I’ve tried to represent this a little by giving the Sahai dynasty the ability to hold sky burials.
Kabul – Held directly by The Duke of Kabulistan
-Province is Buddhist
Bamian – Province is Buddhist, temple is province capital
Kunduz - Held directly by The Duke of Kabulistan
Duchy of Balkh
Balkh – Balkh was a large city in this period, it should have 5 holding slots, with a castle, a city, 2 temples and an empty slot
-Only starting Bactrian cultured province
-Buddhist province
-second Temple holding held by a Jewish priest
Guzgan – Buddhist province
Maymana – Zoroastrian province
-Hephtalite cultured
Duchy of Herat – Duke of Herat is of the Tirek dynasty, is Buddhist has a military education, and holds the provinces of Badghis and Herat
Mandesh – Hindu province
Herat – Ruler is the Duke of Herat
-Church held by nicene bishop in earliest start, as there was a nicene bishop of herat in 430 bc
Badghis – Ruler is the duke of Herat
-Buddhist province
Kanj Rustaq – Buddhist province
