Feel teh power!!:
On the serious note - I agree with the OP. Mughals should form more frequently AND immediately Indianize like they historically did. By the time of the middle of the reign of Akbar, they had adopted every Indian custom and tradition and practices, including methods of warfare, and became a fully integrated part of the Indian culture...and by 1600 they had completely shunned off their Persian origins. In the game they have trouble accepting cultures.
A primary problem with India is the deadlock between 3-4 powers. There are only 4 historical instances of major deadlocks in India:
1) Kushana Empire VS Satvahana Empire.
2) Pushyabhuti Empire VS Chalukya Dynasty
3) Three Empire Era - the bloody civil war triangle between Rashtrakuta Empire, Pala Empire and Pratihara Empire.
4) Vijayanagar Empire VS Bahamani Sultanate.
And in every single instance the deadlock was ended.
In the game however, it is always Bahamani, malwa, Gujarat, Bengal and Delhi, taking over and monopolizing all of India and turn it into an unending deadlock by 1600. Hindu kingdoms all die out, which is ironic considering Hindu rulers were beginning to rise and retake political power until Emperor Akbar's coronation instead. This is bad for the game - every time you discover India it is all divided between 3-4 kingdoms none of whom attack each other or do anything. They don't have power to defeat each other, and most wars end in white peace or tiny gains for someone. In time they start loving each other. Paradox should do something about this.
This 4 way deadlock is the major reason Timurids don't manage to form Mughal Empire or even attack India that much.
Mughals were successful because they came in at a time when Delhi was disintegrating, Rajputs were soundly defeated at Khanwa, there were small kingdoms all around, Bahamanis and Malwa were dying, and the only major power able to stop them was far in the south, busy trying to contain their own decline. And the key point was that as soon as they arrived in India within a few years they turned into Indians themselves in almost every aspect. Once they had a base they faced far smaller enemies that they squashed one by one easily, just like British after the collapse of the Mughal Empire in 1803 onwards.
On the serious note - I agree with the OP. Mughals should form more frequently AND immediately Indianize like they historically did. By the time of the middle of the reign of Akbar, they had adopted every Indian custom and tradition and practices, including methods of warfare, and became a fully integrated part of the Indian culture...and by 1600 they had completely shunned off their Persian origins. In the game they have trouble accepting cultures.
A primary problem with India is the deadlock between 3-4 powers. There are only 4 historical instances of major deadlocks in India:
1) Kushana Empire VS Satvahana Empire.
2) Pushyabhuti Empire VS Chalukya Dynasty
3) Three Empire Era - the bloody civil war triangle between Rashtrakuta Empire, Pala Empire and Pratihara Empire.
4) Vijayanagar Empire VS Bahamani Sultanate.
And in every single instance the deadlock was ended.
In the game however, it is always Bahamani, malwa, Gujarat, Bengal and Delhi, taking over and monopolizing all of India and turn it into an unending deadlock by 1600. Hindu kingdoms all die out, which is ironic considering Hindu rulers were beginning to rise and retake political power until Emperor Akbar's coronation instead. This is bad for the game - every time you discover India it is all divided between 3-4 kingdoms none of whom attack each other or do anything. They don't have power to defeat each other, and most wars end in white peace or tiny gains for someone. In time they start loving each other. Paradox should do something about this.
This 4 way deadlock is the major reason Timurids don't manage to form Mughal Empire or even attack India that much.
Mughals were successful because they came in at a time when Delhi was disintegrating, Rajputs were soundly defeated at Khanwa, there were small kingdoms all around, Bahamanis and Malwa were dying, and the only major power able to stop them was far in the south, busy trying to contain their own decline. And the key point was that as soon as they arrived in India within a few years they turned into Indians themselves in almost every aspect. Once they had a base they faced far smaller enemies that they squashed one by one easily, just like British after the collapse of the Mughal Empire in 1803 onwards.
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