Mewar

Primary culture

Rajasthani (Western Aryan)

Capital province

Chittor (518)

Government

Rajput Kingdom

State religion

Hindu

Technology group

Indian

Mewari ideas

Traditions:

−20% Infantry cost

+10% Infantry combat ability

Rajput Heartland

−1% Yearly army tradition decay

Construct the Victory Tower

+1 Yearly prestige

The Fort of Kumbhalgarh

+15% Fort defense

City of Lakes

−10% Development cost

Recall the Purbias

+15% National manpower modifier

Mandatory Firearm Drills

+10% Land fire damage

Reorganized Rajput Regiments

+5% Discipline

Ambition:

−0.03 Monthly war exhaustion

Mewar is a Hindu kingdom located in Western India. In 1444, the country starts with Marwari separatists, trying to release Marwar as an independent nation. Hadoti is the vassal of Mewar. Mewar is a landlocked nation surrounded by numerous countries. Sindh and Jaisalmer border in the west. To the north is Jangladesh, Nagaur, Dhundhar, and Mewat. To the east is Malwa, Gwalior, and Jaunpur. To the south is Gujarat, Kutch, Idar, and Rewa Kantha.

As the primary nation of Rajasthani culture, Mewar can eventually form Rajputana. As a Hindu nation in the Western Aryan culture group, it is eligible to form Bharat.

Missions[edit | edit source]

Main article: Mewari missions

Mewar's missions are focused on developing and consolidating power in the Rajput lands, and expanding their territory across northern India.

Events[edit | edit source]

Main article: Mewari events

Mewar only has a few events ranging from events on Marwar independence to the plot against Rana Kumbha.

Decisions[edit | edit source]

Rajputana can be formed by a Rajasthani country that owns certain provinces. Unlike several other Indian formable nations, no specific religion is required. Since Mewar is in the Western Aryan culture group, it has the ability to form Bharat.

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Unite the Rajputs

The lands of Rajputana have been shattered and weak ever since the Muslim invasion centuries ago. We must reclaim the great cities of the great dynasties that came before us and unite the princes of Rajputana!

Potential requirements

The country:

was never an end-game nation.
has not yet enacted this decision.
is not a colonial nation.
has Rajasthani as primary culture.

If the country is AI-controlled then it:

is not a custom nation
is not a former colonial nation.
has at least 10 cities
Rajputana does not exist.

Playing with normal or historical nations.

Allow

Rajputana does not exist.
The country:

has an administrative technology of at least 10.
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war.
owns its core provinces:
- Multan (506)
- Marwar (514)
- Girnar (515)
- Chittor (518)
- Dhundar (519)
- Gird (525)
- Patan (2053)
- Nagaur (2066)
- Gorwar (2067)
- Doaba (2075)
- Varanasi (2095)
- Ujjain (4461)
- Ranthambore (4465)
- Kannauj (4497).

Kannauj (4497) is part of a state.

Effects

The country:

becomes Rajputana.
gains 25 prestige.
gets new missions.
gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’, unless it is a custom nation.
becomes an empire.
changes its technology group and unit type to Indian.
removes all provinces from the Holy Roman Empire, if it is a member and not an elector or the emperor.
gets a permanent claim on Western India region

If Kannauj (4497) is part of the HRE, but its owner is not a member then:

the province is removed from the HRE.
the Holy Roman Emperor:
- gets the opinion modifier “Removed provinces from the Empire” towards the owner, worth −50 opinion with a yearly decay of 1.
- loses 1 imperial authority.

Kannauj (4497):

becomes the new capital of the owner country.
gains 1 base tax,
gains 1 base production,
gains 1 base manpower.

AI will always take this decision.

AI gives "high priority" (400) to this decision

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Form Bharat (Dravidian, Hindustani, Western Aryan)

Form the mighty Bharat and bring all the lands of the Indian subcontinent under your rule.

Potential requirements

Bharat does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game nation.
has never formed Bharat or Hindustan before.
is not colonial nation.
is part of the Dharmic or Buddhist religion group
does not have 'Steppe Horde' government reform
has a culture in either culture group:
- Dravidian
- Hindustani
- Western Aryan

If the country is AI-controlled then it:

is not a custom nation
is not a former colonial nation.
has at least 15 cities

Playing with normal or historical nations

Allow

The country:

is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war.
is not a nomad nation.
has 3 stability.
has embraced Feudalism
owns its core provinces:
- Multan (506)
- Surat (517)
- Central Doab (524)
- Madurai (536)
- Daulatabad (545)
- Cuttack (552)
- Pataliputra (558)
- Bidar (1948)
- Halar (2052)
- Kumari (4410)
- Mansura (4503)
- Tondainadu (539)
- Kandy (2099)
- Ujjain (4461)
owns core provinces if primary culture is Dravidian:
- Vijayanagar (541)
- Seringapatam (4421)
owns core provinces if primary culture is Hindustani:
- Lahore (507)
- Delhi (522)
owns core provinces if primary culture is Western Aryan:
- Chittor (518)
- Mahakoshal (550)

Provinces map

All orange provinces must be owned and cored.
Additional provinces are required based on primary culture:

Dravidian green
Hindustani blue
Western Aryan red
Central Indian yellow
Eastern Aryan pink

Formation grants permanent claims on shaded area.

Effects

The country:

becomes Bharat.
gains 10 prestige.
gets new missions.
gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’, unless it is a custom nation.
becomes an empire.
removes all provinces from the Holy Roman Empire, if it is a member and not an elector or the emperor.
gains permanent claims on the Indian subcontinent.

AI will always take this decision.

AI gives "small priority" (50) to this decision

Strategy[edit | edit source]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Mewar. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Overview[edit | edit source]

Mewar is a somewhat misleading nation that at first glance may seem like a fairly minor nation in the grand scheme of things in India. However, Mewar starts with the only gold mine in the entire subcontinent, and has excellent military-focused national ideas as well as a mission tree that grants permanent claims over most of Northern India. These factors make Mewar potentially an extremely powerful nation capable of quickly securing dominance over most of India. The nation's Rajput Kingdom reform, combined with its first national idea, make it so that army tradition decays extremely slowly, making it so the player gets two or three star generals as early as the 1450s. Additionally, Mewar's gold mine gets even better after completing the Found Udaipur and Jawar Silver Mine missions, securing Mewar financially in the early to mid-game.

Opening moves[edit | edit source]

At the beginning of the game, the player should rival Gujarat and Malwa, as Mewar’s mission tree grants permanent claims over most of these countries. The player can choose any small Indian minor as their third rival. Oftentimes, Jaunpur rivals Mewar in 1444, if so, do not dispair. You should usually rival them back in order to facilitate an alliance with either Delhi or Bengal. (If Jaunpur is friendly at the start, feel free to ally them, although this will be a temporary alliance as they will rival you once either Gujarat or Malwa is beaten in a war.) Immediately begin improving relations with either Bahmanis or Vijayanagar, although Vijayanagar should be prioritized as it is the stronger of the two and won’t demand much land in peace deals during your wars of conquest through Northern India. Once they are willing to, royal marry and ally them, not only does this protect Mewar from an alliance of rivals attacking at the start, it also gives a powerful long-term ally to start with. However, Bahmanis is much easier to get early game as an ally, and are just as strong too, and if they will ally or royal marry you, you should absolutely take it unless that would mean sacrificing an alliance with another strong power. The first mission requires annexing Hadoti, and as such cannot be completed until 1454. However, calling the diet at the beginning can give you claims on provinces in your vicinity.

Ideally, you can get a claim over the province of Kutch, which is very useful because we want to attack the nation of Kutch very soon. The first thing you will want to do is get rid of the rebels that spawn in your nation. Once you do, attack Kutch and full occupy them. Usually Gujarat will attack them after you do, and if they do I would recommend actually vassalizing them instead of annexing them, because that makes you the defender of a war against Gujarat, and you can call in your allies, usually Bengal or Vijayanagar, or whoever you allied before the war. In this defensive war, you want to take all of their centers of trade, and make sure everything has a land connection to your capital so you don't have to rely on transports to do everything. After this war, up until you can integrate Hadoti, fabricate claims on and annex the minors in the Gujarat trade node.

Another way is to fabricate a claim or get a claim from your estates on a province of Malwa, and full annex them straight away. This may lead to a coalition, but an alliance with Vijayanagar should be enough to stop them declaring. Take all of the small one or two province nations around you (assuming they didn't join the coalition) like Kutch. Afterwards Vijayanagar will most likely attack the Bahmanis, so help them in that war. Afterwards attack Jaunpur with Vijayanagar's help. Sometimes they ally Bengal and Dehli, in which case you can attack Gujurat. When one of those two have been defeated, start fabricating claims on Sindh. You are now in a strong position to attack Delhi and unite the Rajput lands.