Talk:Elephant Archer (Age of Empires II)/@comment-96.244.45.134-20171019012915/@comment-27726014-20180619062347

Indians did use gunpowder before their trade started. They got it from the Chinese which is fairly close and the technology was spread thanks to the Mongols. Also the Dutch weren't the first ones to trade with India, it were the Portugeese.

I think you are confusing the Indians with the Japanese. Despite being closer to the Chinese urban centers than India Japan indeed didn't use guns until they were introduced by the Dutch.