Rajput vs Maratha

[Httpx Apvhtetic]

What's the difference between the Rajputs and the Maratha?
For what i experienced they are basically just the same class except one is for North Indians and the other is for Southern Indians, they have the same role, opponents to the Nobles that grant you special units with some buffs and have their own formable (Rajputana and Marathas)

[Razor Feather]

They are pretty different, actually. Only the rajputs give special units, or in fact any units at all. They can raise up to 10 free full strength rajput infantry regiments every 5 years, and those regiments have +5% morale, -50% reinforce cost, -25% drill decay, and conditionally 10% bonus fire damage and 5% discipline. You can only have at most one of these regiments active per rajput controlled provience though, so its hard to field a lot of them without stating a bunch of low dev land for that purpose. The super low cooldown on raising them though means they can serve as an extra 2000 flat manpower generation per year, which is huge for a start in the nepal area. They also let you recruit generals with +1 fire pip. Their passive bonus is fort maintence though, which is kind of weak. They get manpower recovery when loyal, though.

The marthas have no special unit, and they give manpower in the same way as the normal nobility estate, with the same long cooldown. They have an interaction that gives a discounted discipline advisor though, which means consistent access to the best military advisor, as well as having an otherwise unreliable military advisor discount. They also give army tradition as their standard bonus, and having access to them lets you get a 5% discipline government reform, though taking the reform makes that very nice advisor interaction give a +1 shock general instead, which is far less useful. They also give cav combat ability when loyal.