Self critical history of medieval India in short:
Western India:
Rajputs/Gujarat Kingdoms- Fearless warriors , par excellence traders but lost many battles due to self destructive bravado and later consolidate by matrimonial linkages with mughals. lower south Traders who would accumulate huge gold reserves through profitable trade and buy off invaders , many of these invaders didn't want land but would in regular intervals come steal , destroy few temples where this wealth was stored and even neighboring resident kingdoms would use them as piggy banks.
Central India:
Maratha Kingdoms - Cavalry charge like the mongols , light infantry warriors like the Spartans and tactics which even today are studied by Generals. But its mid-level leaders would swindle so much money to build their own castles extravagance that war raids were never enough to upgrade army and fund future war campaigns.Once the military infrastructure was weakened due to falling economy foreign invader had a walk over.
Deccan kingdoms : Open gold and diamond mines , superlative war technology at one time their war technologies were the most advanced in the world but they would use their military might to kill and plunder its own allies and neighboring kingdoms exposing them to be eventually destroyed by a foreign invader which had long infiltrated its leadership used one brother to kill the other using religious divide.
Northern India
Sikh Empire : Poet warriors , prized millitia men with a great cavalry charge but its leaders fell for the allure of white skin again self destructive bravado.British induced drug addiction , political assassination destroyed its economy. Young princes were brainwashed to forgetting their own historic bravery and traditions.
Eastern India
Sen Empire : Kingdom of Scientists , astrologers astronomers who could never make an empire due to infighting , and civil wars exposed them to foreign invaders.
Southern Kingdoms : Undefeated warriors , samurai code , suicide infantry men who took dutch naval armada with just swords and zero armour but its kings would get allured by fantasy tales and white skin, its leaders would take religious /philosophical sabbaticals leaving behind a leaderless fighting force.
What if we are able to add up all the positives and subtract all the negatives wont we be the greatest superpower to ever rule over this world ?
Disclaimer: above is my interpretation after reading history , may not be 100% factual please make your own interpretations, the post is not hurt sentiments but to highlight mistakes made as history tends to repeat itself.
Western India:
Rajputs/Gujarat Kingdoms- Fearless warriors , par excellence traders but lost many battles due to self destructive bravado and later consolidate by matrimonial linkages with mughals. lower south Traders who would accumulate huge gold reserves through profitable trade and buy off invaders , many of these invaders didn't want land but would in regular intervals come steal , destroy few temples where this wealth was stored and even neighboring resident kingdoms would use them as piggy banks.
Central India:
Maratha Kingdoms - Cavalry charge like the mongols , light infantry warriors like the Spartans and tactics which even today are studied by Generals. But its mid-level leaders would swindle so much money to build their own castles extravagance that war raids were never enough to upgrade army and fund future war campaigns.Once the military infrastructure was weakened due to falling economy foreign invader had a walk over.
Deccan kingdoms : Open gold and diamond mines , superlative war technology at one time their war technologies were the most advanced in the world but they would use their military might to kill and plunder its own allies and neighboring kingdoms exposing them to be eventually destroyed by a foreign invader which had long infiltrated its leadership used one brother to kill the other using religious divide.
Northern India
Sikh Empire : Poet warriors , prized millitia men with a great cavalry charge but its leaders fell for the allure of white skin again self destructive bravado.British induced drug addiction , political assassination destroyed its economy. Young princes were brainwashed to forgetting their own historic bravery and traditions.
Eastern India
Sen Empire : Kingdom of Scientists , astrologers astronomers who could never make an empire due to infighting , and civil wars exposed them to foreign invaders.
Southern Kingdoms : Undefeated warriors , samurai code , suicide infantry men who took dutch naval armada with just swords and zero armour but its kings would get allured by fantasy tales and white skin, its leaders would take religious /philosophical sabbaticals leaving behind a leaderless fighting force.
What if we are able to add up all the positives and subtract all the negatives wont we be the greatest superpower to ever rule over this world ?
Disclaimer: above is my interpretation after reading history , may not be 100% factual please make your own interpretations, the post is not hurt sentiments but to highlight mistakes made as history tends to repeat itself.
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