Isn’t prithviraj also a cav archer?
my point is mughals are very late comers. (early modern empire) they are just a branch of tatars (timurids) that we already have in game.
Aoe2 indians are based mostly on rajputs/delhi sultanate not mughals. the campaign of prithviraj and king names, camel bonus, cav archers, sultans research, hindi language point towards it.
Delhi Sultanate defeated mongols using cav archers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtw2adDL3k
mughals used very heavy gunpowder (great bombards similar to ottomans) though they came into india very late and finally successful in conquering (most of) india in 1700 under aurangzeb, but that too was just momentary, south and east india (deccans) quickly broke away from their control.