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So I've been trying to replicate a situation where a Lanka player can have 80 Palashankas by turn 10, so I can test various Kailasa defenses (and Lanka counters).

Basically, it seems like you need at least a 1000 gold event to get it going, a minimum Holy of 9 and high production scales, and you need to be really close to your opponent (3-4 provinces at the max).

Around 40-50 seems more reasonable, and then only if Lanka has almost no research and no bad events.

I've also found that they fall easily to an Awake pretender and an Evocation of 5 (which is possible on turn 10 as long as your money isn't screwed by a bad event). You need around 6 Yakshi (Falling Frost, three Yaksha(Rust mist, Gifts from Heaven), and some decent screen troops(W9 blessed Holies and markata work well enough).