Jat Lancer

Formerly nomads who settled throughout northern India in the Early Modern Era, Jats continue to maintain traditions stemming from their nomadic martial past, and continue to manifest this in the form of Jat Lancers.
Although seemingly weak in comparison to more modern units, Jat Lancers should not be underestimated, since they now extend the counter-cavalry abilities of Indian heavy horsemen to include ALL cavalry units, and not just light or heavy ones. Anyone in a saddle is fair game for the lance of a Jat warrior, and so as an Indian player you should use your Jat Lancers preferably in an escort role especially against factions who are cavalry intensive, such as the Americans, Russians or Chinese. They are still useful even in the Mechanisation Era, since armoured cars and tanks are still fairly expensive, so a lot of cavalry battles will often continue to take place especially on maps with vast expanses of land.