Military History of India

[Suraknar]

Yep, as am I, being half Greek and all ;)

So from which area of India is you half Indian Familly?

[Alexanderofmacedon]

South. Current day Madras.

[Suraknar]

Oh nice, and nice to meet you as well :)

My half familly are Athenians.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Oh, cool. Owls PWN!

[rajpoot]

Excellent thread Rajput indeed, I'm glad someone started a thread about Indian history, sad that no one has come back to it since two years;
I would however, like to add, that while the image of many charioteers fighting is impressive and all, however, the chariots were never used extensively. For one, they could be used properly only in the flat plains, and secondly, far as my knowladge goes, chariot combat went out alongwith the mythic age.
Mounted warriors on elephants infact were most common, and indeed, a king measure of wealth was done by the number of elephants he owned.
Thirdly most of combat history we read, specially that of the pre-sultanate era is rather obscure and inaccurate. The hero's are highlighted and their deeds are exxagerated; Infact that picture which interests Sigurd Fafnesbane so much is indeed from one of the greatest and oldest Indian epics, out of the mythic era, the Mahabharata, and depicts a scene from the battle of Kurukshetra. The man with the wheel in his hand, is the Hindu God Krishna, and he should be according to myth be holding a Chakra insted of the wheel.
I hope people will be back considering ETW is coming up, and India is a major faction in there.......too bad both Rajput and Rama Reddy seem to have left the guild............

[rajpoot]

Here's a little something new, Rajput has written about one of the fiercest warrior castes of Northern India, namely, the Rajputs, another sect of warriors, who were more of religious warriors, like the Christian Templars, were the Khalsa sect, who were the millitary arm of Sikhism......
The foremost and the most warlike of the Khalsa were the nearly fanatical Akali Warriors, who were in action even until the begining of the 20th centuary.


Akali Warriors

[Fragony]

Legendary for their cavalry, these guys didn't like surrendering. Huns with tulbands

Got me the oxford guide to military history for a wopping amount of 10 euro, idiots is worth hundreds of them but I don't complain. If you want me to look something up for you it's a good source.

[spmetla]

Thanks for diggin this gem up again. I enjoyed reading this the first time it was posted and a reread is definately in order.

[rajpoot]

Agreed. Rajput has written very well about Indian history. Furthermore, if you've got any particular questions please post them right here. Unless someone else answers it, I'll do my best to provide correct replies.

[Furious Mental]

Would anyone be at all interested to see scans of the military scenes in the Genghis Khan miniatures (essentially an early Mughal picture book about the Mongols which in fact depicts life and warfare in Mughal India)? I will happily upload and post them but not if no one cares since that would be a waste of time.

[rajpoot]

That would be nice. Please upload them when you get time.

[Furious Mental]

The images are quite large, apologies to those on dial up.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Wow...

I'm so used to the European and Far East military games that are produced for the mass market I never realised how interesting and diverse militaries were throughout the rest of the world.

BTW how did you become a Senior Member with 58 posts? (bribery and corruption...)

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