From the Valley: Assam (EUIV AAR)

[Grover]

Now that 1.8 Art of War has released, let's begin again!

Preface: From the valley southeast of the Himalayas is a tiny kingdom thriving in the jungle. The tiny kingdom, known to neighbors as Assam is led by Raja Susenpha Ahom. The 25 year old Monarch has been in charge for five years and is starting to get the itch for expansion. He wishes the borders of his kingdom were larger, that he had more ducats lining his pockets. He wants more and hopes to set the cornerstone for a mighty empire that can stand the test of time.

Located in modern day Northeast India, Assam borders U-Tsang to the north, Sadiya to the east, Koch to the west and Kachar to the south, while also being between two wasteland areas: Arunachal to the north and Meghalaya to the southwest. Area powers are Bengal, Vijayangar, Jaunpur, and of course the ever-present Ming Dynasty.

Many challenges lie ahead for a tiny valley kingdom and their Raja.

[Grover]

1444
November 11 – We are already allies with Koch. We send a diplomat to extend a royal marriage.

U-Tsang, Kachar and Sadiya are named rivals to Assam.

We take the mission to conquer Sadiya.

As Hindus, we have selected Shakti as our Deity. This gives us +5% Discipline in our armies and +5% Siege Ability.

A general is appointed to our army of 5,000 troops and war is declared on Sadiya.

December 2 – The siege of Sadiya has begun. Their army of 3,000 troops was quickly defeated by the Assamese army. It should be noted that Koch declined to aid us in our conquest.

1445
January 2 – Event: Poor Government Policies – Lose 4.36 ducats

August 15 – After 253 days, the siege of Sadiya is over.

August 16 – Sadiya has accepted peace terms. They have been annexed into Assam. Our mission to conquer Sadiya has been fulfilled.

August 18 – We take a mission to claim the province of Bhutan, currently owned by U-Tsang.

August 29 – We have entered a royal marriage with Nepal.

September 19 – We have entered a military alliance with Nepal.

1446
August 25 – We have completed our mission to claim Bhutan.

Our new mission to take Bhutan with force.

September 14 – We declare war on U-Tsang, with the war goal of taking Bhutan. Koch and Nepal will aid us in this conflict, while U-Tsang is allied with Ladakh and Sarig Yogir.

October 6 – We have put Bhutan under siege, while Nepal is doing the same in the province of Shigatse.

November 25 – Sadiya is now considered part of Assamese patrimony.

1447
January 2 – Event: Bourgeoisie Request Privileges – Lose 50 Diplomatic Power.

March 6 – Nepal has already won the siege at Shigatse, while our army toils away in Bhutan.

June 10 – Event : Devi the Mother
An heir was recently born to the house of Ahom. Little Siphakpha ahom makes you hopeful for the future. His birth also brought to mind the reason why you view Devi as the peerless supreme divine power. Although you may rule Assam as Raja, the power that perpetuates your bloodline and indeed the world itself is the domain of the feminine.

Recognizing this aspect of the goddess in your own spouse makes you ponder the beauty and kindness of Devi.

Assam gets 'Withdrawn in Contemplation' for five years. -1.00 Yearly Legitimacy, -50% Increased Chance of New Heir, -1 Diplomatic Relations

September 2 – After what seems a lifetime, our army has won the siege of Bhutan. The army will remain there while Nepal continues their siege. Bhutan is the only way U-Tsang can get through to Assam. We must protect our borders.

November 25 – Just as Nepal wins the siege at Changtang, Shigatse is freed by the U-Tsang forces.

1448
January 2 – Event: Unhappiness Among the Merchants – Lose 50 Diplomatic Power.

April 24 – A game of musical provinces is taking place. Koch and our army have begun to siege Lhasa, the capital province of U-Tsang. Meanwhile, Nepal is back in Shigatse, while U-Tsang works to win back Changtang.

August 19 – Peace in the valley. U-Tsang accepts our terms and cedes Bhutan to Assam.
We have also completed our mission.

Our next mission is to insult our rival, Kachar.

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November 3 – We send a diplomat to send a scathing insult to the lowly Kachar. We complete our mission in the process.

November 4 - We take a mission to claim the U-Tsang province of Shigatse.

1449
July 24 – We enter a royal marriage with Orissa.

September 6 – We reach an accord on a military alliance with Orissa as well. They will be a strong ally when we are ready to go after Bengal.

September 18 – We begin to fabricate a claim on the Mong Yang province of Hkamti Long.

November 7 – Our mission to fabricate a claim on Shigatse has been completed. Our truce with U-Tsang lasts another 5 years, but the claim on the province will last 25. We have time.

November 8 – We take a mission to improve relations with Kham. They are to U-Tsang's east and our northeast through the impassible Arunachal zone.

1450
January 8 – Event: Production Research Flawed – Lose 10 Prestige.

May 14 – A herald from Delhi tells us of Civil War because of Bahlul I's continuous scheming and plotting infuriating the nobles.

August 27 – Bhutan is now considered part of Assamese patrimony.

September 4 – Assam is now accepting Tibetan culture as an integral part of the nation.

September 23 – After completing a claim for Hkamti Long, we have sent the diplomat back to Mong Yang to fabricate a province for Tamanthi.

1451
January 3 – We enter a royal marriage with Kham.

February 6 – We enter a military alliance with Kham and complete our mission to improve relations with them.

Our new mission is to take the U-Tsang province of Shigatse. It will be four more years, but we are patient.

1452
January 11 – Event: Good Harvest - +50 Administrative Power

July 22 – Event: Srikula
Since the birth of your child five years ago, your perception of Shakti has shifted. You still see her energy to destroy, but also the source of all that is. To you, the goddess is beautiful and gentle. With this gentleness, backed by infinite strength, you will also rule Assam.

Monarch gains 2 additional diplomatic points per month, +0.50 Yearly Prestige.

Event: Marriage Policies Pay Off
(Nepal): A new legal Heir (4/5/2) with a Strong claim appears.

November 20 – Guge has declared war on U-Tsang.

1453
May 14 – Administrative Technology Advance: Medieval Administration (3)
Production Efficiency +10%
May support rebels

[Grover]

1454
January 12 – Event: Diplomatic Move - +10 Diplomatic Power, +30 relations with U-Tsang

March 24 – Event: Marriage Bonds
Your understanding of Shakti's creative and graceful aspect has aided Assam's efforts in intimidating and enticing other nations to join our causes. One of many methods by which nations are bound is through the union of marriage, which you sometimes find to be the most elegant solution, having established several such bonds with other nations. Diplomatic negotiations have taken on the character of extended family gatherings, all united by the blood of Ahom.

As of late, he profound impact of these unions have inspired you to consider how the goddess aids your work. Perhaps the deeper tantric meditation can bring you closer to understanding her.

Assam gets 'Withdrawn in Meditation' for two years. +1 National Unrest, -1 Yearly Legitimacy, -50% Increased chance of new Heir, -1 Diplomatic Relations

July 16 - We have let our allies of Orissa down by refusing to aid them against a number of Indian states.

November 18 – Our treaty with U-Tsang has ended, the claim on Shigatse is still fresh. We declare war. Nepal and Koch join us.

1455
January 2 – We begin our siege of Shigatse.

July 26 – We have won the siege of Shigatse.

July 28 – U-Tsang accepts peace. In the deal they will cede the province of Shigatse to Assam.
We complete our mission to take Shigatse.

We take a mission to claim Changtang.

1456
January 12 – Event: Corruption - +3.00 inflation.

Military Technology Advance: Earthen Rampart (3)
Land Morale increased by +0.50
Can now build Earth Rampart.

April 11 – Event: Pavari
Two years of tantric meditation on how the bonds of marriage relate to divine bonds between the Devi and Deva has led you to identify with Pavari, wife of Shiva and mother of many great gods. As the source of all power, she will aid you in strengthening and controlling the bonds between mortals.

Diplomatic Relations +1

[Grover]

1457
February 1 – Shigatse is now considered part of Assamese patrimony

April 19 – Diplomatic Technology Advance: The Early Carrack (3)
Max. Colonial Range 100
Trade Efficiency +10%
Naval Morale +0.10
Naval Maintenance +10%
Settler Growth +15
Enables Early Carrack

August 10 – We have completed our mission by claiming Changtang.

August 30 – We have entered a royal marriage with mighty Ming.

November 6 – We take a mission to claim the U-Tsang province of Ngari.

1458
January 13 – Event: Nobles Demand Privileges: National Unrest +2.00

November 9 – We complete our mission to claim Ngari.

We take a mission to conquer Hkamti Long from Mong Yang.

1460
January 20 – Event: Monetary Reforms: -1 Stability, -1 inflation

May 29 – We have broken our alliance with Koch.

National Decision: Haridasa Movement Support
Stability Cost Modifier -10%
Missionary Strength +2%

June 30 – We have broken royal ties with Koch.

August 1 – We have begun to fabricate a claim on the Koch province of Koch Hajo.

1461
January 22 – We have converted Bhutan to Hinduism.

August 8 – Event: Lakshmi, Bride of Vishnu
Maintaining marriage bonds with other countries has helped Assam diplomatically and in a recent meeting with a ruler of such an ally, you also discussed the spiritual significance of the bonds of marriage.

The ruler and many ambassadors were followers of Vishnu, and knew Shakti as Vishnu's consort Lakshmi. You took this opportunity to speak to them about the importance of the goddess as a medium to the divine. Your words seemed to sink in and their leaders now have a better understanding of our faith as well as the value of our royal marriage.

+20 Diplomatic Power, +20 relations with Nepal.

August 9 – We declare war on Koch for Koch Hajo. Koch is allied with Kachar, Garhwal and Tirhut. Nepal, our stalwart ally will aid us.

1462
January 17 – Event: Trade Expansion - -10% National Spy Defense, +10% National Trade Income Modifier for 10 years.

April 10 – After 225 days we have won the siege of Koch.

1463
February 15 - Garhwal has accepted peace and will pay us 92 ducats.

May 14 – We have won the siege of Koch Hajo

September 25 – Shigatse has been converted to Hinduism.

1464
January 23 – Event: Political Crisis - -25 Legitimacy.

Februar 3 – Event: Tensions Along the Darrang Border
Kachar gains a claim on Darrang.

June 1 – We have won the siege of Naga.

June 13 – And the siege of Cachar.

June 14 – Kachar accepts peace and will become an Assamese vassal.

August 28 – Koch accepts peace. They will concede Koch Hajo to Assam and will also become an Assamese vassal.

September 4 – We have entered a royal marriage with Kachar.



This map shows Assam in green, our vassals Koch and Kachar are in the lighter green/teal. Our allies, Kham and Nepal are in blue, while our royal marriages with Ming and Orissa are in purple.

[Grover]

September 5 – We begin to forge a claim on the Bengal province of Nasirabad

September 30 – We have entered a royal marriage with Koch.

1468
January 1 – Administrative Technology Advance: National Ideas (4)
Allows another group of ideas.

We have chosen to learn Quantity Ideas in the Military Group.

Quality Ideas Advance: Levée en Masse
National Manpower Modifier +50%

January 27 – To be honest, I missed this and I'm not sure how it happened, because I missed a year or two when I thought I had paused, but Koch has become part of Bengal with no battles being fought. I'm assuming rebels flipped the province. My only guess.

Event: Tea Party – Gain 10 unrest in Sadiya

We will fabricate a claim on Koch.

March 13 – Diplomatic Technology Advance: Marketplace and Dock (4)
Trade range 10
Can now build Dock
Can now build Marketplace

September 8 – A Call to Arms! Kham is going to war with Mong Yang, Lan Na and U-Tsang. We gladly join in.

October 1 – Quantity Ideas Advance: The Young Can Serve
Manpower Recovery Speed +20%

1469
October 23 – We have won the siege of Tamanthi.

We take a mission to improve relations with Ava.

1470
January 28 – Event: Scandal at the Court - -13.04 ducats

1471
April 15 – We have won the siege of Mong Yang capital Mong Yang. Aptly named, I suppose. Regardless, we are losing the war because Kham is getting destroyed any time they engage MY or Lan Na's forces.

September 17 – We've won the siege of Mong Kawng extremely quickly, in under six months.

November 28 – Kham accepts peace and the war is over.

[Grover]

1472
January 30 – Event: Peasants Getting Uppity - -10 Legitimacy

May 17 – We have entered a royal marriage with Ava, completing our mission.

We take a mission to protect our brethren in Nasirabad.

June 16 – We declare war on Bengal for the province of Nasirabad. Nepal joins the war with us. Arakan and Malwa join Bengal. Bengal is already at war with Orissa.

July 13 – Event: Surplus Equipment – Infantry Cost -10% for 5 years.

August 12 – Nepal has begun a siege of Koch, we have begun one in Nasirabad.

1473
March 9 – After 225 days we have won the siege of Nasirabad.

May 10 – Nepal has won the siege of Koch for us.

We have begun a siege on Silhet, Nepal on Barind.

1474
April 13 – Assamese Ideas Advance: The Buranjis
All our kings decend from the great Sukaphaa who founded our kingdom in 1228 after his long journey into Assaam. Swargdeo Sukaphaa was also the first of our rulers to realize the great need of documentation for the coming generations and it was he who had the first 'Store that teaches the ignorant' or Buranji created. Thanks to this and other Buranjis created throughout the history of our kingdom we know the history of our people well and it is not hard to identify the many heirs of Sukaphaa.

Increased chance of new Heir +25%

Quanity Ideas Advance: Enforced Service
Regiment Costs -10%

April 23 – Event: Hindu Defectors – Assam gains core on Nasirabad.

May 8 – Bengal accepts peace by ceding Koch and Nasirabad to us. Glory to Assam.

We complete our mission to take Nasirabad.

May 10 – We take a mission to incorporate Kachar into the country.

June 8 – Bengali is now an accepted culture in our proud nation.

June 15 – We have begun the process of annexing Kachar's two provinces into Assam.

November 14 – Ming is being torn apart by Dali Nationalists, they have even spread into Mong Yang and Lan Na.

December 1 – Integrating Kachar – the nation of Kachar has been successfully annexed and Cachar and Naga are now part of Assam.

Our mission to incorporate Kachar is complete.

December 2 – Our new mission is to eliminate Tripura from the map.

December 18 – A diplomat has begun to fabricate a claim on the Bengali province of Silhet.

1475
January 12 – We declare war on the one province nation of Tripura. They have no allies and 3,000 troops. Goodnight Lakshmi.

June 19 – The province of Koch is now considered part of Assamese patrimony.

December 25 – We have begun to fabricate a claim on the Bengali province of Dhaka.

1476
February 1 – Event: Opposing Military Schools
Lose 1 Stability, +10% Morale of Armies, +10% Fort Defense for 10 years.

April 9 – Shan has appeared as a country in the aftermath of the Dali nationalists (who are still crushing China). We have gained a Casus Belli against them for the province of Tamanthi, formerly of Mong Yang.

April 26 – Tripura has accepted full annexation in a peace deal, completing our mission.

April 29 – We take a mission to recover negative stability and do so.

May 1 – We take a mission to improve relations with Jaunpur.

[Grover]

May 23 – We have declared war on Shan, for their sole province Tamanthi. We've got a claim on it, they have no allies. Why not? This will be easy work.

June 9 – The siege begins.

1477
February 18 – 262 days later, the siege ends.

February 19 – Shan have accepted our peace offer of full annexation.

February 20 – We learn that Mong Yang's independence has been guaranteed by Ming. I guess we won't be attacking them after all.

A diplomat will instead fabricate a claim on Begali province of Chittagong.

March 12 – Bengal has named us a rival.

November 4 – Kham has declared war on U-Tsang.

1478
January 8 – We declare war on U-Tsang for Changtang. Nepal, ever faithfully aids us in our conquest.

April 15 – We begin by laying siege to Ngari, also a province we have a claim on. Kham has Changtang under siege, we may need to alter our goals a bit here.

July 20 – Diplomatic Technology Advance: Basic Financial Instruments (5)
Trade Range: 20
Trade Efficiency Increased by +10%

August 1 – We have entered a royal marriage with Tirhut.

September 1 – Tripura is now considered part of Assamese patrimony.

1479
January 2 – Administrative Technology Advance: Constables & Temples (5)
Can now build Temple.
Can now build Constable.

June 5 – We order Temples in Assam, Darrang, Nasirabad and Sadiya.

December 5 – We have lost the siege of Bhutan.

1480
February 8 – Event: Warriors Do Not Read Books - -1 Stability

March 31 – Ngari accepts peace after Lhasa falls. They cede the province of Ngari to us.



We have certainly taken on an odd shape.

[Grover]

April 12 – We have entered a military alliance with Tirhut.

April 27 – We have entered a military alliance with Orissa.

July 17 – Quantity Ideas Advance: The Old and Infirm
Land Maintenance Modifier -10%

July 21 – I order a temple in Bhutan.

1481
April 22 – We take a mission to recover negative stability and do so.

April 25 – We take a mission to claim the province of Mong Kawng.

September 14 – The province of Tamanthi is now considered part of Assamese patrimony.

1482
January 2 – Ngari is now considered part of Assamese patrimony.

January 4 – We order a Temple in Naga.

February 11 – Event: Merchant Defects
National Spy Defense -10%, National Trade Income Modifier +10%, -1 Mercantilism

April 28 – We have completed our mission to claim Mong Kawng.

We take a mission to insult Bengal and do so.

May 2 – We take a mission to conquer Bengal's Chittagong province.

July 27 – Event: Administrative Problems - +10% Land Maintenance Modifier for 5 years.

1484
February 8 – Event: Cities Demand Old Rights -1 Stability (-1)

March 10 – I order a Temple in Tripura.

1485
May 13 – Dali announces as us a rival.

September 3 – Naga has Assamese culture now.

September 25 – Cachar now has Assamese culture.

November 2 – We will fabricate a claim on Hkamti Long.

1486
February 14 – Event: Noble Families Feud, -33 Diplomatic Power.

[Grover]

December 27 – We declare on Mong Yang, with the goal of a complete annexation. We have designs on Dali's land. Mong Yang is already deep into a war with various powers to our southeast.

1487
February 6 – We now have all three Mong Yang provinces under siege. Steady as she goes.

August 1 – Event: People Laugh At Our Army, -10 prestige

November 27 – We have won the siege of Mong Kawng.

December 8 – We have won the siege of Hkamti Long.


1488
January 30 – Mong Yang accepts peace and full annexation. Three more provinces under the Assamese flag and empire now.

February 12 – Event: Merchants Suffering, -10 Diplomatic Power

July 6 – Kham asks us to join them against Dali. We decide against it for the time being. We don't have the manpower.

December 8 – Death of the Raja! Susenpha Ahom is dead after a truly glorious and divine 49 year reign. His son, Siphakpha I Ahom (3/4/0) is the new Raja! Siphakpha II (1/3/5) is the new Heir.

Siphakpha I will reign under Vishnu, giving us +2% missionary strength and +20% Fort Defense.

Our royal marriage with Nepal has been renewed.

Event: Rise of a Pretender!
6,000 Pretenders rise up in revolt in Koch Hajo

December 16 – Our royal marriage with Orissa has been renewed.

We send a diplomat to the Kham province of Changtang to fabricate a province.

December 28 – We have renewed our royal marriage to Tirhut.

1489
April 11 – Event: National Epic, +1 Year Prestige for 20 years.



A look at what our Raja Susenpha did for Assam.