World History (हिन्दी)

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Have we made progress compared to those who preceded us?

Are we better than them?

Materially, no doubt. We have iPhones, drive EVs, fly in hours to different places on the planet.

Socially?

The jury isn't out, yet.

So was the case for the Mauryan rulers of Magadha compared to other dynasties of Magadha. We could say similar things when we compare Magadha to the Age of Mahajanapadas, Early Vedic Age and the Indus Valley Civilisation.

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Corrigendum: Ashoka's children who went to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism were Mahendra and Sanghamitra. Mahendra was incorrectly mentioned as Rahula. In history, Rahula was the son of Siddhartha Gautam(Buddha).

Alexander defeats Persians and reaches India and fights the Battle of Hydaspes/Jhelum in 326 BC. He leads a campaign along India's western lands along the Indus river and the regions to its west in modern day Balochistan. This weakened western India provides the right environment for Chanakya and Chandragupta to raise armies, capture lands and taste power. They would then train their arrows on the Nandas in the next episode and create the Mauryan Empire.

All about Achaemenid Empire, it rise and expansion and how they reached India, captured many kingdoms, washed their feet in the Indus river and left a mark

In this episode we talk about the rise of Achaemenids and how Kourosh/Cyrus II/Cyrus the Great escapes death and is on the verge of taking power.

This episode would be all about Persia but is part of the Ancient India series, as we are discussing this to understand the context in which the Achaemenids reach Indus Valley.

In the next episode we shall see Cyrus the Great take power in the territories of what had been the Median Empire

War in Indian History, India of Today and Magadh and the challenges ahead.

The gap between those on the field and those thinking and formulating the policy. Can it be narrowed down further?

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The second episode dedicated to Magadh/Magadha or may be even the third if we are to include one of the bonus, non-serialised, episodes.

The rule of the Shishunagas, Nandas and how Vishnu Gupta(Chanakya) enabled the end of the Nandas as a payback of the humiliation he received in the Nanda court of Dhananand.

In the melee of the sixteen(16) Mahajanapadas, four(4) emerged supreme: Magadh, Avanti, Kosala, Vatsa. These four competed for pre-eminence and Magadh emerged victorious under the leadership of Haryanka dynasty. Haryanka had great kings like Bimbisara, Ajatashatru and Udayin. The Haryankas were related to Vardhaman Mahavir, the 24rth Jain Tirthankara and were patrons of Buddhism.

Both Bimbisara and Ajatashatru had met Siddhartha Gautam, The Buddha, in their lifetime. Both were great military leaders and the father was perhaps better than his son, when it came to diplomacy. We shall cover it all in this episode

Chanakya, Mauryas, their strategies...

The rise and spread of Buddhism in India from the Birth of Buddha to the schisms within the religion.

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In the intellectual melee of 6th century BC we see the rise of new ideas and beliefs. We have discussed Ajivikas in the previous episode. In this episode we shall talk about Janinism