Harappans

Harappans
"In one drop of water are found all the secrets of life"
Details
Found in:	Humankind
Affinity:	Agrarian
Era:	Ancient Era
Legacy Trait	Fertile Inundations
Emblematic unit:	Runner
Emblematic quarter:	Canal Network

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“While the Harappans certainly had markets, they left few remains. Please, show us what they might have done!„~ When entering new Era with this culture

“The agrarian Harappans! You're as likely to meet their canals and farmers as their soldiers.„~ When meeting this culture

The Harappans are one of the cultures available in the Ancient Era, with the Agrarian culture focus.

"The Harappans are city planners without peer, cultivating peas and sesame, cotton and barley, by ingeniously channeling the flood waters of the monsoon season for their own benefit."

Culture orientation

Agrarian cultures favour a gameplay orientation focused on Empire growth and Population abundance, and in some cases, resource efficiency. These cultures gain extra Fame from Agrarian Era Stars for earning new Population.

Affinity Action: Greener Pastures

Can attract 1Population from each adjacent Territory's City or Outpost. It will create a Grievance against you for each impacted Empire.

• This action will cost a sum of Influence.
• Once triggered, this action will be available again after fulfilling the Agrarian Affinity meter.

Affinity Bonus: Community

Gains 5Stability when gaining Population.

• This bonus does not modify the city's target stability percentage.
• This bonus is scaled by game speed

Transcendence Bonus: Growing Cultivation

+5%Food on City or Outpost.

Trait: Fertile Inundations

• +1Food on Dry Grass
• +1Food on River

Emblematic quarter: Canal Network

“Harappan cities are often built around great rivers, where extensive use of canals can transform the surrounding land into fertile plains.”

+3Food -10Stability +2Food per adjacent Farmers Quarter +1Farmers Slot on City or Outpost

Emblematic unit: Runner

“The Harappans thirst not for warfare, preferring to make peaceful relations with their rivals.”

Melee Close-combat Unit. Pathfinder Ignores Movement penalties from Forests.

City names

The names listed are default names, players can change their cities' names if they choose.

Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Lothal, Ganweriwala, Shortugai, Dholavira, Nausharo, Rakhigarhi, Kot Diji, Surkotada

• Since Harappans are an Ancient culture, the Harappans player's capital city will bear the first name on the city list.

Trivia

• The in-game appearance of the Harappan City Center is based on the reconstruction of a round structure in the middle of the Citadel of Mohenjo-Daro.
  • The actual function of the round structure is uncertain. It had been considered as a stupa in the past; however, Mohenjo-Daro long predates the emergence of Buddhism.
• The cultural art of the Harappans is based on Mohenjo-Daro as well.
  • Mohenjo-Daro was divided into two parts, the Citadel on the hill and the Lower City near the river. In the art work, the Citadel and the height difference is fairly obvious.
  • The appearance of the male figure in the art is based on the "The Priest-King" sculpture excavated from Mohenjo-Daro.