"Indian Houses/villages- " Topic

I have been scouring the 'net' for several days now but can't seen to find what a typical Indian village in North and Central India would have looked like during the Indian Mutiny.
Where they brick built? Plastered? Thatched roofs? Or more like the Middle Eastern ones with flat roofs?

Googling 'Indian' houses or villages mostly gets you North American native houses.

Does anyone have an idea where I could find any more info?
Thanks very much!

Depends on where exactly, but mud bricks and flat roofs would be OK for most areas and easy to do.

Here are some pictures from the 1880's

I hope these help?
I agree with adobe buildings, I would look at this link

Buildings as per above are also, of course, very sound…just harder to make.

There are probably books with pictures from the Raj period at the library, or available through interlibrary loan.

Thank you all very much!
The thatched houses look splendid especially mixed with the obviously stone buildings as in the first picture.

The Colonial Steamboat company has some really great looking adobe houses, alas no longer available, but perfect for inspiration.

Try to find a copy of Mangal Pandey: The Rising on DVD. Very poor history, but great scenery.

Too Fat Lardies have a nice looking Indian village in this AAR on their site
toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=5924

Yes those pics are accurate. Some still look like that today in some areas I bet.

A variety of card stock models for differing regions of India are available in both 28mm and 15mm via this link

There are photos of each design on site to show you exactly what each looks like assembled.

Sold as PDF's for self printing, each model can be printed as often as desired for a village of any size, and for a fraction of the cost of other media.

Follow the link and see for yourself!

Here to help you anytime,

TVAG