Ichronic Color Scheme 1.0

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

Final adjustment to the Pacifica Palette: Papua-New Guinea will now be #FFCD00 (the yellow bird on Papua's flag) while Blue Lagoon will be the color for Secondary Hawaii/Major Polinesian/Austronesian

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

We're closing in to the last leg of the world map, India and Africa. Now, since i don't know much about either, I leant a bit on some videos by Ollie Bye (Thank you).
Even with that however, I make no pretense of completeness.
This is Ollie Bye's video about India anyway:
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[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

The palette will be as follows:

India (From Indus Civilization to modern India)/Punjab: #E3A857; 227, 168, 87 (Indian Yellow)
Deccan/Gupta: #DECCA1; 222, 204, 161
Mughal Empire/Major Islamic India: #306030; 48, 96, 48 (Mughal Green)
Shry Lankha/Tamil: #E6CF99; 230, 207, 153 (Saturated #DECCA1)
Nepal/Major Buddhist: #CD5C5C; 205, 92, 92
Buthan/Minor Buddhist: Buthan #DE5D83; 222,93,131 (Blush)
Pakistan/Minor Islamic/Kush #01411C; 1, 65, 28 (Pakistan Green)
Bangla Desh/Junior Islamic #006A4E; 0, 106, 78 (Bangla Desh Green)
Thailand/Siam #B07939; 176, 121, 57 (Durian)

As usual, if anyone has suggestions, corrections, flames or insults, post it down here

 

[Bob Hope]

Maurya Dynasty (300 BC-184 BC)

Gupta Dynasty (320-550 AD)

Vardhana or Pushyabhuti Dynasty (560-647 AD)

Ghazni Dynasty (962-1116 AD)

Mohammed Ghori (1186-1206)

Slave Dynasty (1206-1290 AD)

Khilji Dynasty (1290-1320 AD)

Tughlaq Dynasty (1320-1414 AD)

Lodhi Dynasty (1451-1526 AD)

Mughal Rulers (1526-1857)

Suri Dynasty (1540-1555 AD)

The Marahattas (1649-1818 AD)

The Peshwas (1708-1818)

Chalukya Dynasty (543-1156)

Chola Dynasty (c. 301 BC - 1279 AD)

Bahmani Muslim Kingdom (1346-1526 AD)

Vijayanagar Empire (1336-1565 AD)

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

Thank you

 

[Bob Hope]

Thank you

You're welcome, sorry for the extra work

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

You're welcome, sorry for the extra work

Nah, I think I'm going to put it in a synoptical chronology

 

[Bob Hope]

Nah, I think I'm going to put it in a synoptical chronology

What you could do is add in Major/Minor/Junior Hindu. That will cover the Peshwa, Chalukya, Chola Dynasties and the Vijayanagar Empire.

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

What you could do is add in Major/Minor/Junior Hindu. That will cover the Peshwa, Chalukya, Chola Dynasties and the Vijayanagar Empire.

I'll have to look those up, but Major/Minor Hindu sounds like a good idea

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

By comparing Bob Hope's list and suggestion with Ollie Bye's video I came up with a rough scheme that should cover most if not all of Indian History with 12-15 colors (I hope).
First of all I started with the usual Major-Minor-Junior classification, then crossed it with what I thought were the main powers of Indian history, which I divided into four or five categories:

Vedic/Punjab
Hindu/Deccan
Buddhist
Muslim
[other]?

so I came up with Major Vedic, Minor Vedic, Junior Vedic, Major Hindu and so on.

Next, I'm going to sort all empires and kingdom on Bob Hope's list to see how each fit into any category, compare again with Ollie Bye's map and see if any more classification is needed.
(Not sure about the Chola, even if their influence was not so vast as, say, the Maurya, they seem to be pretty long lived. Does this make them into a "major" or "minor" power?)
I think Chola and Lahore will feature heavily into the Major Hindu, while the Islamic slot is pretty much filled.

Any correction or suggestion will be welcome as usual

 

[Bob Hope]

(Not sure about the Chola, even if their influence was not so vast as, say, the Maurya, they seem to be pretty long lived. Does this make them into a "major" or "minor" power?)
I think Chola and Lahore will feature heavily into the Major Hindu, while the Islamic slot is pretty much filled.

No Indian dynasty is going to have that much influence but the Cholas are the only one to have any real foreign impact;

In fact, without it SE Asia would probably have little or no Indian/Hindu culture.

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

No Indian dynasty is going to have that much influence but the Cholas are the only one to have any real foreign impact;
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In fact, without it SE Asia would probably have little or no Indian/Hindu culture.

To say that my sources are grossly incomplete would be an understatement. I didn't imagine the Chola to have controlled that much territory at their peak. I think that qualify as major

 

[Bob Hope]

To say that my sources are grossly incomplete would be an understatement. I didn't imagine the Chola to have controlled that much territory at their peak. I think that qualify as major

Its possible you're right

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

How about #c0e11a; 192, 225, 26 for Chola/Lahore/major Deccan?

 

[Bob Hope]

How about #c0e11a; 192, 225, 26 for Chola/Lahore/major Deccan?

Looks ok, not going to be clashing with the Spanish in this colour scheme

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

Looks ok, not going to be clashing with the Spanish in this colour scheme

Thanks. You certainly know your colors

 

[Bob Hope]

Thanks. You certainly know your colors

Too many years mapping.

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

The revised palette:

Main India (From Indus Civilization to modern India)/Punjab: #E3A857; 227, 168, 87 (Indian Yellow)
Secondary India/Vedic: #138808; 19, 136, 8 (India Green)
Minor India: #CD5C5C; 205, 92, 92 (Indian Red)
Mughal Empire/Major Islamic India: #306030; 48, 96, 48 (Mughal Green)
Pakistan/Minor Islamic/Kush #01411C; 1, 65, 28 (Pakistan Green)
Bangla Desh/Junior Islamic #006A4E; 0, 106, 78 (Bangla Desh Green)
Nepal/Major Buddhist: #CD5C5C; 205, 92, 92
Buthan/Minor Buddhist: Buthan #DE5D83; 222,93,131 (Blush)
Birmania/Myanmar/Other Buddhist #B07939; 176, 121, 57 (Durian)
Main Deccan: #DECCA1; 222, 204, 161
Chola/Lahore/major Deccan/Tamil: #C0E11A; 192, 225, 26
Shry Lankha/Secondary Tamil: #E6CF99; 230, 207, 153 (Saturated #DECCA1)

The indo-Greek kingdom can be represented through a combination of any secondary Indian and Greek colors. Do you think the Huna or Indo-Bactrians need a color?

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

Since I received no feedback on India, I decided to move forward.
Currently doing research on Africa
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[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

South Africa: #964000; 150, 64, 0 (Burnt Orange)
Namibia: #33AAFF; 51, 170, 255 (Inverted Burnt Orange, say... Wet Blue?)
Congo/Zaire: #F88379: 248, 131, 121 (Congo Pink)
Congo (Democratic Republic): #FF7669: (Saturated Congo Pink)
Kenya: #7C1C05; 124, 28, 5 (Kenyan Copper)
Sudan/Nubia/Kush: #674846; 103, 72, 70 (Rose ebony)
South Sudan: #98B7B9; 152, 183, 185 (Inverted Rose ebony)
Somalia: #B284BE; 178, 132, 190 (African Violet)
Ethiopia: #CB410B; 203, 65, 11 (Sinopia)
Eritrea: #34BEF4; #34BEF4 (Inverted Sinopia)
Djibuti: #DEEB00; 222, 235, 0