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Zhu Youlang was a Chinese prince of the Ming Dynasty, who became Emperor of the Southern Ming during the Manchu conquest. He retreated into Burma after several defeats, and was eventually turned over to the Manchu by his Burmese hosts for trying to create a state in Burma.

But could a similar situation arise where a Chinese prince and a number of followers, fleeing China from either the fall of their dynasty or some internal civil war, could arrive in India and gain influence and eventually control of a local state? India seems a bit easier to subvert than Burma, given the often fragmented nature of the subcontinent. It also lacks a close border with China, which is a barrier to a Chinese prince attempting to do this but also a barrier to this prince's enemies in China.

Although I'd love a wank of a Chinese Indian state where they become as strong as the Mughals or even a lesser Indian Empire (if a state like that existed, then you know there'd be threads about that here), I think a decent-sized state controlled by the descendents of this Chinese prince is as much as we could ask for. It would definitely be culturally Indian, and even the Chinese rulers would become very Indian, but just how much so? Would there be a Buddhist revival in this part of India, since Chinese Buddhists would make up a significant part of the state's governance, at least at first?
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