Gandhi

[Ben Williams]

I was hoping they would fix this for civ3. Gandhi was never a political leader, he never held any elected office or had any official power. I can't stand seeing him being used as the leader in civ3 like this because most dumb Americans (like me) don't know any other prominant Indians. It makes no sense.

[Pythagoras]

Im all for Nehru!

[Willem]

It makes more sense than having Joan of Arc as leader for the French.

[Nubclear]

Re: Gandhi

Originally posted by Ben Williams
I was hoping they would fix this for civ3. Gandhi was never a political leader, he never held any elected office or had any official power. I can't stand seeing him being used as the leader in civ3 like this because most dumb Americans (like me) don't know any other prominant Indians. It makes no sense.

I doubt that Firaxis will make another animated leaderhead for India.

[delfino]

Anyhow Gandhi was a great leader for his people and surelly one of the "founding fathers" of what is India today. Heck, Gandhi was considered a leader even by some foreigners. That is more then we can say for most leaders who are really circunscribed to their own countries.

all the best
carlos

[Dr. Stiby]

Re: Gandhi

Originally posted by Ben Williams
I was hoping they would fix this for civ3. Gandhi was never a political leader, he never held any elected office or had any official power. I can't stand seeing him being used as the leader in civ3 like this because most dumb Americans (like me) don't know any other prominant Indians. It makes no sense.

Feel free to make a few nice suggestions, instead of flaming Gandhi.

[Carver]

Originally posted by Pythagoras
Im all for Nehru!

Another vote for Nehru. Not only was he a great Indian leader, but he was a strong leader of the Third World and the Non-Aligned Movement.

[Nym]

Originally posted by Willem
It makes more sense than having Joan of Arc as leader for the French.

Yes. I would have preferred Louis XIV or Napoleon as French Leader.

[Silvern Tiger]

That mistake is nothing:

The new maps of CNN --> http://www.unil.ch/auditoire/Images/cnn.gif

[Silvern Tiger]

And I think Konrad Adenauer was the real first german leader.

[Samudragupt]

Well if you are looking for some real leaders for India you would do better to look at the Maurya Dynasty (eg Chandragupt Maurya, Ashoka) or the Gupta Dynasty ( eg Samudragupt in particular). These were the original Great Indian Leaders and not that ass Nehru (Because of whose socialist policies India is still suffering). IMHO Gandhi's choice as a leader is hardly a quarter as good as say Ashok or any from the above mentioned dynasties.
To read about the maurya dynasty try

http://www.historyofindia.com/maurya.html

To read about the Gupta Dynasty try

http://www.med.unc.edu/~nupam/Sgupta1.html

It pains me to see how little people know about ancient India which more or less defines India as a nation and a society. For eg : the oldest known city in the world is not Mesopotamian or Chinese but Indian - found off the coast of Kutch is supposed to be 7000 years old or say Varanasi which is probably the oldest living city (i.e one where people still live).
Oh well life I guess.

[Samudragupt]

Also while I have the stage I would like to point out that whereas some nations have more than one great wonder India has none . I dont think that it is because we have none but more so because they are not publicized enough. Anyway here are a couple of my picks
1. The murals of Ajanta Ellora
2. The university of Nalanda - the first in the world !

http://bihar.nic.in/Depts/Tourism/Nalanda.htm

and many others...
anyway thanks for your time

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Nym


Yes. I would have preferred Louis XIV or Napoleon as French Leader.

Or even Charlemegne

[Gangerolf]

That mistake is nothing:
The new maps of CNN --> http://www.unil.ch/auditoire/Images/cnn.gif

Switzerland, Czech Republic - what's the difference anyway?

[Gangerolf]

Yeah, Gandhi should be replaced. Either by Nehru or perhaps an ancient Indian leader? Don't know of anyone off the top of my head though