darth_ender said:

That really would have helped. I wish Paramount would release the deleted scenes for a faneditor to work on. In any case, the heroic British Army had Indian soldiers, and this was the reality of the day: the British Empire owned India, and Indian soldiers were part of the Empire's military. Who else would drive off the Thugees, who, for the sake of the story, were necessarily Indian? It makes logical sense.

What makes me laugh is the fact that no one complains about the treatment of the Germans or the Soviets in the other Indy movies. They were clearly bad guys with their fair share of idiots. But they were white evil idiots, and you can't be racist against white people. Are folks aware of the fact that there were many good and noble men conscripted into the Nazi war machine, often against their will, often in ignorance of the nature of the crimes of their own fatherland. But I enjoy the movies for what they were, in spite of the stereotypes against the Germans.

Do we actually see Indian soldiers in the British Army in the film, though? I honestly don't remember.