BACKGROUND
PUNJUB:
This area is referred to as the cradle of Indhi civilisation. It is the western most province and contains the oldest city in the empire, Mahenjo Doro. The two rivers the Indus and the Chandra are at the cetre af a huge valley, which is the breadbasket of the province. Situated on an island in the centure of the larger of the two, the Indus is Mahenjo Doro, the first capital of the empire and the birthplace of the legendry Ashoka. In the north of this region, Ashoka built the Blue Fortress. To protect the Empire from the Marauding Horsemen of the Ungols coming down from the Kyba Pass.
GURKAS:
A hilly and mostly forested area ehere most of the people are hunter gatherers. The Gurakas' as they are known are superb hunters, able to sneak up on just about anything, including the ever wary monkeys that are abundant in that state. Therefore they are often used as scouts for the army.
NEAPAL:
Is the richest of all the Province's and the site of the present capital Ankra. In the north is the Red Fortress that gaurds the Sutra's Pass. The hills are rich in minerals and the forests contain many rare woods. It also contains the summer palace and royal wildlife reserve in the foothills. The present supreme Maharaja in Ankra is Bhavaradula the Fifth.
NAGPUR:
The major tea and Cafa growing province. But it also produces the finest spun silk, which the Indhians favour for their clothing.
CYLON:
Along with Pradesh, Cylon breeds the best Indhia horses. It contains extentive hardwood forets, essential for ship building. Midras, Cylon's capital is a major port, and ship building yard. It is also the largest in western Inhdya and home to the Western Indya Fleet.
BENGAS AND BAMRA:
Large deposits of iron, copper and tin make these two provinces quite wealthy. They are also noted for their spicy food dishes. The few travellers from the Old World have best described it similar to the contents of a "Halfling Hotpot". It is counted as a mark of bravery to have eaten some. The locals usually find the expressions of the stranges, after a taste, quite amusing, as they themselves have no trouble eating this.
The other quaint custom of these two regions, is that their women are bare brested, and this usually is enough to attract sailors from all over the Warhammer World to the capital Goas.
PRADESH:
As with Cylon, Pradesh breed horses. They also have major elephant breeding farms. These produce the best in all the empire.
BERANDESH:
A mainly farming province. Berandesh supports the Indhia Eastern Fleet in Raipur it's capital, and a very sizable army. It has the Yellow Fort on its easten border due to occasional disagreements with Cathay to the north. Raipur itself is built on man made hills due to annual flooding of the Gandes River. Northern Berandesh also produces some of the finest gems in Inhdya, including the fabled Sunstones, sacred to the Indhi Gods.
GREKOS CITY STATES OF SPARKUS:
This originally sparsely populated and mountainous peninsular was first populated by escaped slaves from passing Dark Elf and Chaos Dwarf ships. Over the centuries they developed a unique culture based purly on infantry.
During the unification by Ashoka a huge Chaos Dwarf army attacked the city of Sparkus hoping to enslave the inhabitants. The King of Sparkus sent heralds to Maharaja Ashoka, pleading for help against the invaders.
Ashoka saw the benefits of aiding the Grekos and he personally led a huge army, including many elephants and cahriots. He swung behind the Chaos Dwarf Army. The Chaos Dwarfs were now in an untenable position. They had forty thousand Dwarf, Bull Centaurs, Orcs and Goblins etc. trapped between the unassailable city of Sparkus and a quarter million man Inhdya army. The result was unquestionable, only one in a hundred of the Chaos Dwarf army were able to flee to their ships and escape. This was the largest defeat that had ever occurred to Chaos Dwarfs to this day.
The Grekos were so grateful, they willingly joined the empire of Ashoka, and their troops are a common sight in the armies of Indhi to this day.
Due to their history and the continued sporadic raids by the Chaos Dwarfs and the Dark Elves, all Grekos hate these two races.
INDHI TIMELINE:
-993 to -943
Mahenjo Doro Built.
-943 to -893
Mahenjo Wars: Grekos Peninsula gradully Settled by escaped Slaves.
-593 to -513
Major raids by Dark Elves and Chaos Dwarfs Start.
-493
Ashoka Born
-4732 to -493
Wars of Unification.
-4737
Battle of Sparkus.
-495
Ashoka crowned Maharaja of all Indhi
-487 to -472
Border Wars with Cathay.
-452
Ashoka dies. Reports of his body being taken to the heavens in a flying chariot.
-449
Conclave of Raja's elect next Maharaja.
-448
Tamabhala the First is hailed the new Maharaja. He moves the capital to Ankra.
-30
Raids from the north by mountain tribes. Red and Blue Fortresses built.
668
A major force of dark elves are defeated at Thal, but at a heavy cost to Indhi.
723
Dark Elves raze atens, enslaving the population. It is later rebuilt and more fortified.
917
Skaven release deadly plauges in many major cities. Although finally defeated, Indhi thrown into a dark age.
1165
Ashoka the Third begins his reign and establishes a bounty on all skaven.
1295 to 1375
Cathay occupies portions of Berandesh. Finally defeated by Bhavadula the First, who builds the Yellow Fortress.
1475
Battles of Thar Desert against Chaos Dwarfs. The armies of Inhdya finally defeated the dwarfs by sinking their barges and driving the remnats far into the Thar Desert.
1745
The combined fleets from Atens and Midras defeate a Dark Elf war fleet in the Strait of Cretus.
1955
Bhavaradula the Fifth is crowned Maharaja.