What if Genghis Kahn, instead of pushing West, pushed South into India. Could the Mongols meet success in the terrain of India? If so how would Mongol rule change the culture of the area? What would any Mongol successor states in India look like?
They failed in Vietnam.One of the first obstacles would be the terrain, which is very tropical.This could cause many diseases such as Malaria to spread. But it could be a fertile place for income.If under Mongol control India would be a hotspot.
They failed in Vietnam.
There was a Mongol India under Genghis' descendant - Babur. If Babur could be successful, who is to say Genghis would not succeed in the conquest of India? The problem Genghis had was he had a dream - reaching the Far western sea, India did not factor in it.
I feel like they perhaps could in the northern and western portions of the Indo-Gangetic Plains but would have trouble elsewhere unless they break into the Deccan Plateau