Megasthenes and his Indica - A Reconsideration

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @puneet90
    @puneet90 11 месяцев назад +16

    Alternatively, megasthanes' "visits" might be the reason of the treaty eventually being signed. Much like modern day geopolitical ground work done by diplomats before signing of a major intergovernmental MOU/treaty.

  • @drmpsinha6461
    @drmpsinha6461 11 месяцев назад +2

    Well researched! Every fact has been stated ,analysed critically and conclusion arrived at logically. Many many thanks for your scholarly explication.

  • @adwaitvedant3297
    @adwaitvedant3297 11 месяцев назад +14

    Bhaiya i want to know about the wild claims and interpretation of Dr Ruchika sharma that 1) Nalanda was not destroyed by bakhtiyar khilji and probably she is indicating towards brahmins 2) ASI archeologist sanjay manjul is wrong about the sinauli chariot , and it is not at all chariot but bullock cart
    3) shamanist instead of pashupati shiva in the harappan seal
    She is playing and manipulating many information related to archeological facts based on her political inclination.

    • @indranidutta1945
      @indranidutta1945 11 месяцев назад +17

      Manipulation’s by neo- Buddhists and leftists will continue to be attempted but the truth is well entrenched. If you go to ayutthaya in Thailand or Ankit way in Kampuchea , the truth is overwhelming- both are Hindu places of orship but you will find the Buddha superimposed everywhere. By the way ayutthaya is the Thai equivalent of Ayodhya and the kings go by the name of Rama 1 etc. even today coronation of Thai kings is done by Brahmins. So ….

    • @Rakshita442
      @Rakshita442 11 месяцев назад +12

      Wo toh Buddhism ko Jainism se old manti hai balki historian aisa nahi sochte,wo bhi Neo Buddhist ka hi agenda chala Rahi hai jo jhuth pe tika hai.. Sanjay manjul ji ka ANI ki Smitha ji ke sath podcast hua hai archaeology ,sinauli pe bhi

  • @shaileshkris
    @shaileshkris 10 месяцев назад

    Dude! Thanks for sharing the knowledge you have accumulated on the subject! Keep sharing more!

  • @aryaputram
    @aryaputram 11 месяцев назад +4

    Interesting also shed more light on Magadhan empires. Though irrelevant but I have seen your videos on Guptas but it seems like Samudragupta north western conquests are still uncovered here, I would like to drag your attention to Samudragupta's war with Persians and Samudragupta alliance with Kidara I against Shapur II (Kidara I asked Samudragupta's aid against Shapur II to regain his former possessions of Balkh which was conquered by Shapur I) and how Kidara I defeated him in two occasions with the help of Samudragupta's aid and then accepted his suzerainty by sending gifts and tributes.

  • @mayankjoon108
    @mayankjoon108 11 месяцев назад +3

    Come here after watching your all podcasts on @waad . Amazing Sir 👏
    Your new subscriber here ❤

  • @sanjayshah7776
    @sanjayshah7776 8 месяцев назад

    Really excellent..... Your DEEP TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE of Greek-Indian history is explemplary. Frankly, many Western historians, who are very popular, do NOT possess your level of TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE on Western history

  • @why.shutterbug
    @why.shutterbug 11 месяцев назад +9

    Bhaiya, please make video on cultural and Religious practices during ancient India.⛄
    Like evolution of Vedic religion to Hinduism.

    • @CatastrophicDisease
      @CatastrophicDisease 11 месяцев назад +4

      This is a fascinating topic. The evidence suggests that when the Vedic Indo-Iranians migrated into northwest India from modern Tajikistan, they adopted many of the “spiritual” aspects (including worship of Shiva, which doesn’t exist in the Indo-European pantheon) from the indigenous religion of the Harappan people, leading to proto-Hinduism and then later the Upanishads and Hinduism proper.

    • @meteor541
      @meteor541 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@CatastrophicDiseasemy man over simplified it lol. Don't know about Shiva but they surely adopted yoga.

  • @shatabdabasu505
    @shatabdabasu505 11 месяцев назад +1

    I was also searching your take
    on dating of rigved with the context of saraswati river and BoghazKoi Inscription..

  • @cvm1979
    @cvm1979 11 месяцев назад

    Sir, vijaynagar Empire and Hyderabad ke bich kuchh sambandh tha kya?
    Please reply.

  • @nitinsharma2089
    @nitinsharma2089 10 месяцев назад +1

    Jay do you think Greeks connected with India or even exist in india before Alexander

  • @Savitri-nt7eh
    @Savitri-nt7eh Месяц назад

    Good analysis,

  • @ayushkumarsingh3029
    @ayushkumarsingh3029 11 месяцев назад +1

    Alexandria in Arachosia- Iskandher-Kandhara

  • @jitendramisra722
    @jitendramisra722 7 месяцев назад

    You are doing a wonderful job, God bless you 👍🙏👍🙏👍🙏

  • @shivamkushwaha7757
    @shivamkushwaha7757 11 месяцев назад

    Thank a lot!
    Could you make videos about south indian empire

  • @contemporarymatters8106
    @contemporarymatters8106 9 месяцев назад

    Nice analysis.

  • @shatabdabasu505
    @shatabdabasu505 11 месяцев назад +4

    Your podcasts are more interesting then this ,
    Your free flowing talk was more helpful ,
    It was like really doing archiolo with different narrative and sharp unbiased analysis killing all controversis for ever

  • @Hindustaniyoddha089
    @Hindustaniyoddha089 11 месяцев назад +9

    Jai shree ram

    • @witchilich
      @witchilich 11 месяцев назад

      Ayodhya was just called Saketa during early Gupta Empire. Valmiki Ramayan is written in classical Sanskrit which is the modern version of Sanskrit based on grammer rules set by Panini in 5th century BC. Panini's Ashtadhyayi, Buddhist text Mahavastu, Samyutta Nikaya, Vinaya Pitaka and multiple Jain and Buddhist texts call it "Saketa". In the fifth century BC, Ajatashatru conquered Saketa. After which it passed through the Magadhan kings until finally becoming part of Mauryan Empire. Saketa is nowhere mentioned in the vedas.
      "Ayodhya" was first mentioned in Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa. Ramayan is neither a vedic nor a later vedic era text. It is written based on Panini's grammar rules, particulary very similar to later Gupta era texts. Kinda like how Mahabharat mentions hunas, tusharas(kushans) and other kingdoms that existed during Gupta period, and calls Arjuna "Partha Sarathi".

    • @tathagatquandaliusganesh1082
      @tathagatquandaliusganesh1082 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@witchilichtf megasthenes's raghuvamsa

    • @witchilich
      @witchilich 11 месяцев назад

      @@tathagatquandaliusganesh1082 was too focused on the video. my bad.

    • @Rakshita442
      @Rakshita442 11 месяцев назад

      Buddhist jataka story ghat jataka me ayodhya ko ayujjha nagar likha hai prakrit me,Buddhist text mahavansh me ayujjhapur likha hai,Jain text ayashyak churni me prakrit me ayojjha likha hai.. indian archaeology survey ke 1970-71 me brahmi me likha ek coin Mila hai 100 bce ka jaha pe brahmi script me prakrit me ayodhya ko ajudhe likha hai...

    • @witchilich
      @witchilich 11 месяцев назад

      @@Rakshita442 Mahavamsa is from 5th Century CE. Avashyaka-churni is dated between Samvat 593-693 CE.
      Xuanzang also mentions Ayodhaya.
      It was only during Skandagupta that the city was renamed to Ayodhya. All texts before that call it Saketa.

  • @विनयजोशी1
    @विनयजोशी1 6 месяцев назад +1

    No mention of caste system rather clues which supports caste system was not there at least up to that point

    • @Akira-dm3tj
      @Akira-dm3tj 4 месяца назад

      What are the evidences of that?

    • @prasantabagh432
      @prasantabagh432 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Akira-dm3tjhi❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Shubham-1999
    @Shubham-1999 11 месяцев назад +2

    If he said porus is greater than chandragupt, how credible his account is ?!

    • @heathenfire
      @heathenfire 11 месяцев назад

      Remember that what we know about chandragupta is what has come down to us through generations of glorification and romanticism. This hasn't happened to porus. I'm not saying that megasthanes is correct but he lived closer to both men than we do and he probably had a better sense of both their good and bad qualities. Of course a lot of this is subjective and there really isn't always a right and a wrong answer.

    • @Viraj911
      @Viraj911 11 месяцев назад

      Arian said it

    • @ayushkumarsingh3029
      @ayushkumarsingh3029 11 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@heathenfire plus porus was associated to Alexander the great

    • @agniswar3
      @agniswar3 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@heathenfire Both of them were great. Porus fought Alexander with all his might to protect his kingdom, eventually gaining the praise from his enemy himself. On the otherhand Chandragupta founded the largest empire of his time and united most of India under one banner and even defeated Seleucus Nicator.

    • @heathenfire
      @heathenfire 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@agniswar3 I agree. Both were great. I was responding to the original comment where @Shubham-1999 was saying that saying porus is greater than Alexander is not credible

  • @ABHAY_DEV_ARYA
    @ABHAY_DEV_ARYA 11 месяцев назад +1

  • @shivanandams4562
    @shivanandams4562 11 месяцев назад

    Hai

  • @Straightforwardpk
    @Straightforwardpk 9 месяцев назад +2

    Yes yes megasthanes didn't even exist, while as Rama krishna indra and ravan existed. You are doing good... Keep lieing

    • @cheapthrills9035
      @cheapthrills9035 9 месяцев назад +6

      When did Muhammad exist?? Archeological proof??

    • @prithwishroy
      @prithwishroy 7 месяцев назад +4

      Where is Mohammad?
      Where is Mecca in ancient Soudi Arab Map 😂😂😂

    • @CucaTour
      @CucaTour 6 месяцев назад

      Except Flying donkey of Muhammad everything doesn't exist

  • @MrNobody-op6sc
    @MrNobody-op6sc 11 месяцев назад +3

    First...

  • @rudrachavan4080
    @rudrachavan4080 11 месяцев назад +2

    2nd comment 😂❤

  • @lalitpal1453
    @lalitpal1453 11 месяцев назад +4

    Hindi mein bana diya kari video

  • @CucaTour
    @CucaTour 6 месяцев назад

    Hindi m video banayi hoti views 1 million hote