History of the Maratha nation

[ramana]

I think the Hindu leaders were using game theory before its time to induce cooperation. This repeated forgiveness is a constant tactic from Prithviraj to Mahatma Gandhi when dealing with Islamic hordes. The game is always the repeated Prisoners Dilemma where one of the players has an opportunity to benefit by deceiveing the the other. As Ackerman has shown for repeated Prisoner's Dilemma the best strategy is "tit-for Tat'. One player does what the other adversarial player does tit-for tat. The mass simulation converges to induce cooperation in three tries.