@@ReldrikGeo 90% of the things said in the video were since Indus Valley Civilization period 2500 to 1750 BCE. Aryans invaded after 1700 BCE
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@@i.kaushik_san There is no Historical evidence of Aryan Invasion theory. I have seen some people claim Aryans came from Iran, If that is the case, Aryans would be Ancient Indians who were simply fleeing climate conditions or Hostility by Hitties or Assyrians !!! Because most of locations in Ancinet India were infact in Modern day Iran. Let us remember, India's border extended to Western iran in Ancient times !!! Greek Philosopher Heradotus goes on to say - "Beyond the Zagros Moutnains (In Modern day Western Iran) lie an entire Ocean of Kingdoms of Warrior tribes called the Indoi". Ancient Indian Vedic Sags like Garga (Founder of Astrology) were born in Iran. There is a City called 'Garga" even today in Iran. Famous Forests like "Khandava" are mentioned in Hindu Epic Mahabharata, Which can be found in Iran. The Yazidi people and their practices, resemble Hindus who live there even today. Even the national Flower of Iran is a "Blue Lotus", The same Lotus which is symbol of Hindu Nationalists in India today. Mountain ranges like "Mount Damavan" (Damavanta in Hindu Scriptiure) and river "Oxus" (Chakshushu in Hidu Scriptrures) are mentioned in Ancient Indian Fables. So when we are taling about Iran and Ancient India, its the same !!! The Mahabharata says - "Beyond the river Saraswait lies the Yakshas", A Border tribe of Ancient Aryabarta. Who are these Yaksha ? The Achaemenid Persians !!! The original name of Achaemenid comes from Ancestor of Cyrus teh Graet, and is "Hakkamanush" in Persia. Achaemenid is the Greek Corrptio of this word. So you see, my point is there is no basis in Aryan Invasion theory, Even if it were true (Which it is not), It is mostly likely an Ancient Indian tribe re-locating to better pastures. There is no proof of any Conflcit between Indus Valey people and these Imaginary Aryans.
@@i.kaushik_sanAryan invasion has been proved as Europian/Western Propaganda... Aryans were Indians who travelled to Europe...Aryan literally means Wise and a person who has Intellect
In 1793, Cowasjee, a British bullock cart driver, had his nose cut off by Tipu Sultan’s soldiers as punishment. Seeking to restore his appearance, he turned to a traditional Indian surgeon skilled in the ancient Sushruta Samhita techniques. Using the "forehead flap method," the surgeon reconstructed Cowasjee's nose by grafting skin from his forehead and shaping it into place. This successful procedure amazed British observers, was documented in the Madras Gazette, and later influenced the development of modern plastic surgery in Europe. This story highlights India's advanced medical knowledge and its significant contributions to global medicine.
Indus valley had a sewage system and connected drainage, whose base was made with a mixture of limestone powder and clay where the waste would flush out and not stick behind.
@@ReldrikGeo funnily enough, when there were floods near the Harappan region in 2017, modern sewage systems completely failed, but the ruins in the IVC remains were able to drain the floods without issues
Sadly after British rule all that good culture is gone now it's pretty bad the sewage system, garbage management boz corruption is huge n the mindset was mainly on earning and eating good food boz under British rule India hav seen many famines so after independence also it was affected in behaviour it will take time
29:20 I was about to mention Sushruta who has done cataract surgery in ancient india. Not just cataract, lobuloplasty, rhinoplasty and other surgeries too. He is father of surgery. He was from 1000 to 800 BCE. He is also known to do the first ever plastic surgery, which is rhinoplasty and lobuloplasty.
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Sushruta's work and contrubtions were passed on and inspired Arab world and Arab Physicians. Sadly, Most Westerners today only know about Arab Physicians fom the Golden Ages of Islam and have forgotten the origin, Arab Phiysicians like Al Razi, Ibn Sina and Al Zaharawi.. Who went on to inspire Renaissance and Reformation Physicians like William Harvey and Leonardo Da Vinci (And yes, Leonardo was also a Trained Physician believe it or not, Not just a Painter and an Artisti)..
World's oldest stadium was built by Indus valley civilisation 4000+ years ago in a highly urbanised city called Dholavira It's a "three structured" city which is exactly how vastu shastra describes an ideal city
Rupee comes from the Indian word Rupiya which is derived from Rupyakani or silver. Currency was called Pana in Chandragupta Maurya's rule. Arthashastra by Chanakya was an economics treatise.
Prostitution is legal in india too. it happened a year or two ago. government made council to look after the security and managing of this side of business.
@@memories_in_pixels_ Yes prostitution is legal but brothel are illigal so in a way it's freelance sex work. I don't like it personally but who am i to argue with supreme court
Ancient India had the ideal population to land ratio. Sadly today our population is so high that our infrastructure is falling. Everything is over run due to massive population.
Rupee comes from sanskirt rupyaka.. meaning. Silver coin.. there were many coins...kasrsha..made of gold.. pon or hon gold..copper Common sanskrit word was mudra.. or muthirai in tamil N i guess coins or currency was used first in inside.. as words like karshapana etc are mentioned in vedas..so goes wat beyonf 4000 bve
Archaeological digs in Indus valley sites have revealed that the spice mix used for cooking, found in cooking pots in homes, had about the same ingredients as spice mixes used in Indian subcontinent today. 😮
The last grand city of ancient India was the Hampi the capital city of Vijayanagarm empire (which is from medieval period but had lots of ancient continuity). Which had all the qualities mentioned in the video and more.
Sewage system was even there in India around 4500 years ago(read about Indus Valley Civilisation) but due to deurbanisation during late 2nd millennium it only survived in few places but eventually reestablished in early first millennium BCE in Ganga valley area during second urbanisation which eventually spread across India So by around 2000 years across India cities had a much advanced sewage system and waste management far ahead of any other civilisation But remember it all goes back to Indus valley civilisation Mature phase of Indus valley civilisation is 2600-1900 BCE when urbanism was at it's peak It's the most urbanised landmass at that time
Oh that's cool you met him! And yes I noticed it's all hand drawn. I didn't know if he commissioned it or did it himself. He is so skilled if he did it himself
@ReldrikGeo he does them himself.. that's why they are a unique style.. he even gave away some additional hardcopy drawings to us during our meeting for free.. he is a really nice person
Hi Reldrik, I’d love to see you react to J. Sai Deepak's podcast with Ranveer. JSD is an incredibly insightful intellectual, and the conversation is full of thought-provoking points. If it’s lengthy, maybe split it into parts-it’s definitely worth it!
you should watch "Mohenjo Daro" (a 2016 movie on the ancient civilization of Indus Valley Civilization) in this movie you can see the city planning, the markets, the status symbols, the brothle house, the city square, and for me the most fascinating thing was , how they keep track of daily hour to hour time
Unfornately, Nalanda University was destroyed by Bakhtyar Khilji who was ordered by Quttubuddin Aibak, the first ruler of the Slave Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate. They were called slave Dynasty because previously he was a slave of the previous ruler Mohammed Ghori.
you know i am not a historian but I could tell you about my experience in my ancestral house. the video majorly talks about the city which I believe were more common in the south eastern part of india. We have an old house that is around 500 years old in the northwestern part of India (M.P.), and yes, most of the houses had an indoor courtyard. it did actually had large wooden columns which had beautiful carvings . we also had a small fountain(which sadly didn't worked today) . in the village there were many trees around which podiums were built for people to sit, when I was young I use to see elderly people sit there all afternoon and talk. more over my aunt house was like one of the largest house in the village with a ~4 story high cylo , it was really beautiful. but sadly all this luxaries were only common among "higher cast" and the houses of lower cast were small and in the outskirts. 😔😔
You family has a house that is 500 years old? That must be amazing to visit and grow up in. Just imagine the lives that lived there. The people born and grown up and died. It's truly fascinating
sri lanka not related to indian civilisation? dude im odia and many of our ancestors moved to sri lanka and developed into the sinhalas of modern day. they are mostly buddhists and buddhism started in india, culturally and in culinary many of our aspects are there in sri lanka. i have a few sri lankan frienss and they agree that they were influenced by us and descendants of us. these ultra pro nationalists from india's neighbouring countries are heavily anti india and they ignore facts for their ideology to be stronger
Well even just a few thousand years ago the land would have been fully connected because of the sea level. And yes I know about Rama Setu, I'm talking even before this time
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Sri Lanka was to India, what Korea was to China. Same Culture and People historically, But settled down in a different region, which was too far away and developed their own Culture, History and Civilizaiton. There was some influence of course even before Buddhism, But they had their own Unique Civilization identity.
India itself is a collection of many dozens of kingdoms and cultures. The difference with China is there is a dominant Han Chinese culture, while in India it is decentralised. In the grand scheme of things, the Sinhalese are just another one of these cultures who altogether form India. Think of it, Kashmir to Lanka, all of it is one greater civilisation.
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@@xijinpig8982 China too was united only after 300 C.E. Before this, Chian too was a collection of variois Kingdoms, Called the "Three Kingdoms Period" and sometimes even 5 Kingdoms. Same is true for Greece and most Nations of Europe. Perhaps you are not aware, India was called Bhaarat in ancinet times and united many times under Kings like Bharat (The first Legendary Emperir of india sometimee bfore 3300 B.CE who united 16 Kingdoms of Ancienet India into a Republic), Harshavardhana in 700 C.E, Ashoka in 100 BCE, Samudra Gupta in 400 CE and Marathas in 1700 CE etc.So India was united and fragmented many times. So it call stil be considers a Civilization, Just like Ancinet China, Ancinet Greece or Ancinet Persia..
My point flew way over your head. Yes, India has been mostly united many times. But India is culturally decentralised, and thats a good thing. Especially by language. China has a large majority of the same culture (Han Chinese), and this culture is representative of China as a state. For this reason, China also has ethnic minorities, like Machus, Mongols, Uyghurs and Tibetans, who are constantly oppressed and their cultures pushed aside in favour of the Han Chinese people. India does not have a dominant ethnic group. Kashmiris, Dogris, Panjabis, Marwadis, Mewaris, Gujaratis, Marathis, Tuluvas, Kannadigas, Malayalis, Tamils and so on are all separate ethnic groups that altogether are different cultures that make up India. The same way, Sinhalese people are not so special that they are much different from all these Indian cultures and ethnic groups. Look at the larger scale of things. Sinhala are people are just another South Asian ethnicity. India is a union of thousands of different South Asian ethnicities and the only difference is Sinhalese are not currently part of this Union politically. They definitely are culturally.
⭐ Let me clarifiy some doubts you have asked during the video, - ancient indian currency is called "rūpya" (from this the word Rupee) came, rupee means silver coins, and the same word is now used in all the places where indian influence was there till today, and there are many names for currency used to be there during each era, but mostly they call it gold as gold coing and silver and other names in local languages. - yes plastic surgery, mathematics, geography and all was common here in india, like how gallelio was k*lled because of telling earth is sphere, that non-sense was never there here in religion, infact we never had religion and science as separate thing, infact most of the indian scholars and scientists were very religious, because it was encouraged.you can read all the historical sources available. most of what he mentioned is available in archiological sites and in written history, and most of those dumb comments in the video is by a section of people who always does this in many videos, they create fake gmail accounts or fake insta id's and name them with indian hindu names and puke all the negativity, everyone knows here by now that mostly muslms from pakistan and bangladesh does this, and some sitting in india does this as well, it's because they just don't want others to know about pre-islmc era of india, till now since our independence even in my school days we remember it was always talked and lied about how great islmc invaders were, because our 1st education minister was a hardcore extrem muslm, and since then it was continued, now when finally the native culture hindus are started talking openly about indian culture, these things have gone up by them. and let me tell you most muslms are less educated in india, that is reflecting in our literacy numbers, they still like to live in poverty with their religion. 🙌 and these things won't be told in media, but public knows that.
Medieval Europe was recovering from the loss of Roman city-planning and engineering kind of like how India is currently recovering from rule by predatory powers 38:46 Warhammer 40k reference
You're correct. The deity with the mace is Hanuman. The mace is associated with Hanuman from the Ramayan and Bheem from the Mahabharat. Btw, my ancestral home in Kolkata where I grew up is a courtyard mansion.
I think you should dig through Indian Vedas .. Specifically ayurveda. That will blow your mind because in India we are also amazed how those things were possible 🫡
Megasthenese is fdom Mauryan dynasty. He was ambassador in Chandragupta's Court.
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This is a common confusion. Maurya Empire was started by Chandra Gupta Maurya. "Gupta" was a Title here in his name, Not his name. It meant "Of Secret origin". The Timeline of Mauryas as accepted by Historians is 321 BCE to 185 BCE, With the decline of final king Ashoka who conveted to Buddhism and Empire broke up due to Ashokas heir not assuming King. (He preferred to becomer a Monk and abandoned the Throne to the Ministers to manage). With this, came the Declien of Maurya Empire. Gupta Empire was started some 400 years later by descendants of Chandra Gupta Maurya (Dont ask me how, That is what they claimed), This was a diffrent Chandragupta, called Chandra Gupta I. His son's reign was very famous and is equivalent to European King Arthur's Golden Period - Chandra Gupta II (aka Vikramaditya). He battled Scythians and Huns and defended India and established the Gupta empire, Which was such a stable period in indian History that the Famous "Silk Road" began. So, This Timeline of Gupta Kings is acepted by Histprians to from 300 CE to 550 C.E.).
10:45 Bro not 500 BCE, the video is talking about Indua Valley Civilization, between 2500BCE and 1750BCE. Bro Indus Valley Civilization was way ahead of its time. It had proper toilets, sewage systems, proper grid shaped roads and town planning(you can see in the animation), used burnt bricks, not stones like others, pottery. In fact, INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION WAS THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO DISCOVER COTTON. Demand of cotton was hugeeeee among the Greeks and Persians. And these all happened between 2500 BCE to 1750 BCE.
Do you not see basic things in the video. The video is actually only talking about 500 bc and taking patliputra for example. You take it to be indus valley because it is the very same description of the cities. Same to same. 😂
@vugbeshbara1103 I said that because town planning, covered sewage system, grid roads, burnt bricks, administration and lifestyle were all advanced since the IVC period not just 500 BCE. Do you not get basic things??
@@vugbeshbara1103 I know, I tried to point out that the things in the video are practised/found since IVC
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@@vugbeshbara1103 Just like Westerners consider themselevs proud descenedants of Romans, We Indians consider ourselves proud descendants of Indus Valley people. Its the same Civilization in the same place, Just a different timeline. Don't believe in Aryan Invasion bullshit spread by Communists and Westerners. Indus valley civilization has more things in common with HIdu Civiliation than anybody else !!! i suggest you read the Mahabharata, Hindu Epic which describes Game of dice, Culture, Capital Cities, Horse Carriage, Archery and Palaces with Bath-houses. The exact same themes appear in Indus Valley Relics found by Archaeologists. If you still dont believe me, Look up the Indus Pashpati Idol. It is a man emditating while a Bull and Tiger are shown obeyting him. Who is this mysterous figure ? Its th HIndu God - Shiva !!! Shiva sits on a Tiger skin (The Tiger he slew) and has a Bull for his Loyal companion. Same themes.. Same Civilizaiton. Only a Westerner with prejudied views and Limited knowledge would deny any link of Indus Valley with Hindu Kingdoms of the past.
@@ReldrikGeo well doesn't matter if it's a pdf or hard copy it's knowledge that counts And i just looked online in rupees 100$ is allot for many people. like you could get half a month worth of food and other home items in that amount and for some it could last a month i don't know what 100$ might worth to you so don't take pressure that you have to read it or something like that most Indians have not read it we just get its explaination and context in our history and political books so we know it
I think he is saying the image w get when we think about ancient Rome. he is not stating the fact that ancient Rome looked like this. it is a general view or idea that people have about Rome
Many of our old things have been destroyed, now only a few things are left, looking at them we cannot tell how the things of old times looked, but they must be more modern and advanced than us🛕🗿 Like viman ✈️
Ancient India is generally considered around 5000 years ago and they used stones rather than wood from what I know from history. 8:10 Not only tourism but health tourism was a big thing in ancient India. Many royals from central Asia have been known to visit Indian cities for this reason. 10:00 You should read about the great bath in the mohanjodaro and harappa (not sure which one of the two it was because I learnt it about 20 years ago in school). 56:55 You don't know about the biggest university of India since 2014, a.k.a. Whatapp university? It is the source of news for everyone above 40 and this university doesn't teach truth. You should search Ravish Kumar Whatsapp University (but it is always in Hindi and not worth reacting). Ravish was a news (dinner time) anchor until he was let go for not compromising with his news. Now he is a youtuber with all his 9 pm viers on YT.
@@ReldrikGeo Dude its ok, I am just reminding in case you forget, it's a channel that is not that famous but very different approach towards India history, so it may not be famous, but it also very well researched and gives you an alternate point of view that of mainstream.
Colonization especially the merchantalist way of colonization ruins society beyound repair. And european colonization was merchantilist in nature. through out america,asia and africa. Its not an incident only colonized country which developed rapidly post decolonisation was korea. Japan industrialised north korea during korean war north koreans were as rich as japanese. Infact s korea was industrialised by expert and industry leaders who escaped north korea with USA assistant and wars of middle east
when the humans in the world were huntering gathering, Indian civilization was discovering sciences, learning about stars and sun, performing surgeries on eyes and other body parts, advanced metal refining like unrustable iron etc. Lets hope that some day India will regain its glory.
No Not all temples survived thousands of temples were destroyed by Islamic invasion but still many survived The reason for survival of those temples is due to efforts of local population to restore it in the caeses were even restorations also failed temples are permanently lost In South many temples survived compared to North because Islamic rule in South is not as prolonged as we see in North
indian civilization is the oldest one and most advanced.harrapan civilization .we have first u iversity in whole world takshila which is now in pakistan.india was very rich in old civilization and others were very poor.they were using advanced techniques but when britishers,mughals came they looted everything.the diamond at queen elizabeth crown is ours and stolen from us kohinoor diamond.the toilet was invented by india,india peformed first surgey in ancient bc when no body knows about it.we only invented 0 because of which binary system came and computers became reality.read about kailasa temple which is made in 100 bc when no tools were there but in india it exists as a temple carved from single rock that to from top of rock to bottom.how can they create such temples when no chisel,tools,cranes to remove rocks etc were not came into existence
it has definately downgraded a lot but most of these info aren't wrong...even if you go 70-80 years ago from now...the housing system, the courtyard houses, the market system are very much more managed than current times and is in a way similar to how it's said in the vedio....if you follow up with The Book of Courtesans: An Anthology of Classical Writings on the Courtesans of India or alka pandey writings....you'll see many similarities....as someone who was very connected to the rural part of india...(i stayed in my grand parents house for 4 years)....the housing and drainage is advanced for the time it was build in....the architecture is really old and hasn't been reconstructed in a long time...ANCIENT INDIA WAS MUCH MORE CIVILISED THAN THE MODERN INDIA...AND MOST EDUCATED INDIANS AGREE WITH THAT SO SOMEONE WHO HAS ONLY SEEN THE CURRENT INDIA IT COULD SOUND SKEPTICAL
If this was the case its Utopia then. From my understanding, FYI reldrik bro I think these are accurate based on the sources they used . But problem is with the timeline. They took the best out of each dynasties/Empire and merged it to create a Utopian world. Eg: (Traveller's Record) Megasthenes was during Chandragupta Maurya (300BC) Fa Hien - Gupta Empire (300AD) Xuan Tzang - Harshavardhana time(600 AD) Idk if its true.. if it's im happy. But my assumption is that they clubbed all the best things of each empires together to create this utopia
Toilets and sewage are basic and common features in all ancient Indus Valley civilization cities. They were so greatly planned constructed and maintained that today's systems will appear inferior. But this video is about Indian cities between 500 BCE and 500 CE. During this time the knowledge of toilets is not that prevalent if I am not wrong. They might be a luxury. But sewage system is still existing.
This public toilet is appearing more like Roman toilets and Turkish toilets. It is surprising because in most of ancient text there are descriptions of bathing on the banks of rivers and bathing areas built on the banks of rivers. But this kind of Hammams are not existent if I am not wrong
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advanced sewage was a common thing in indus valley civilization (lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE). So, a lot were known about a lot of things.
Yeah I had no idea before this video
@@ReldrikGeo 90% of the things said in the video were since Indus Valley Civilization period 2500 to 1750 BCE. Aryans invaded after 1700 BCE
@@i.kaushik_san There is no Historical evidence of Aryan Invasion theory. I have seen some people claim Aryans came from Iran, If that is the case, Aryans would be Ancient Indians who were simply fleeing climate conditions or Hostility by Hitties or Assyrians !!! Because most of locations in Ancinet India were infact in Modern day Iran. Let us remember, India's border extended to Western iran in Ancient times !!! Greek Philosopher Heradotus goes on to say - "Beyond the Zagros Moutnains (In Modern day Western Iran) lie an entire Ocean of Kingdoms of Warrior tribes called the Indoi".
Ancient Indian Vedic Sags like Garga (Founder of Astrology) were born in Iran. There is a City called 'Garga" even today in Iran. Famous Forests like "Khandava" are mentioned in Hindu Epic Mahabharata, Which can be found in Iran. The Yazidi people and their practices, resemble Hindus who live there even today. Even the national Flower of Iran is a "Blue Lotus", The same Lotus which is symbol of Hindu Nationalists in India today. Mountain ranges like "Mount Damavan" (Damavanta in Hindu Scriptiure) and river "Oxus" (Chakshushu in Hidu Scriptrures) are mentioned in Ancient Indian Fables.
So when we are taling about Iran and Ancient India, its the same !!! The Mahabharata says - "Beyond the river Saraswait lies the Yakshas", A Border tribe of Ancient Aryabarta. Who are these Yaksha ? The Achaemenid Persians !!! The original name of Achaemenid comes from Ancestor of Cyrus teh Graet, and is "Hakkamanush" in Persia. Achaemenid is the Greek Corrptio of this word. So you see, my point is there is no basis in Aryan Invasion theory, Even if it were true (Which it is not), It is mostly likely an Ancient Indian tribe re-locating to better pastures. There is no proof of any Conflcit between Indus Valey people and these Imaginary Aryans.
@@i.kaushik_sanAryan invasion has been proved as Europian/Western Propaganda... Aryans were Indians who travelled to Europe...Aryan literally means Wise and a person who has Intellect
Wrong aryans are not Indians at all
In 1793, Cowasjee, a British bullock cart driver, had his nose cut off by Tipu Sultan’s soldiers as punishment. Seeking to restore his appearance, he turned to a traditional Indian surgeon skilled in the ancient Sushruta Samhita techniques. Using the "forehead flap method," the surgeon reconstructed Cowasjee's nose by grafting skin from his forehead and shaping it into place. This successful procedure amazed British observers, was documented in the Madras Gazette, and later influenced the development of modern plastic surgery in Europe. This story highlights India's advanced medical knowledge and its significant contributions to global medicine.
You know now that you said it I do remember this story
Indus valley had a sewage system and connected drainage, whose base was made with a mixture of limestone powder and clay where the waste would flush out and not stick behind.
That's wild, it must have been one of the first civilizations to have this
@@ReldrikGeo funnily enough, when there were floods near the Harappan region in 2017, modern sewage systems completely failed, but the ruins in the IVC remains were able to drain the floods without issues
Sadly after British rule all that good culture is gone now it's pretty bad the sewage system, garbage management boz corruption is huge n the mindset was mainly on earning and eating good food boz under British rule India hav seen many famines so after independence also it was affected in behaviour it will take time
29:20 I was about to mention Sushruta who has done cataract surgery in ancient india. Not just cataract, lobuloplasty, rhinoplasty and other surgeries too. He is father of surgery. He was from 1000 to 800 BCE. He is also known to do the first ever plastic surgery, which is rhinoplasty and lobuloplasty.
Sushruta's work and contrubtions were passed on and inspired Arab world and Arab Physicians. Sadly, Most Westerners today only know about Arab Physicians fom the Golden Ages of Islam and have forgotten the origin,
Arab Phiysicians like Al Razi, Ibn Sina and Al Zaharawi.. Who went on to inspire Renaissance and Reformation Physicians like William Harvey and Leonardo Da Vinci (And yes, Leonardo was also a Trained Physician believe it or not, Not just a Painter and an Artisti)..
World's oldest stadium was built by Indus valley civilisation 4000+ years ago in a highly urbanised city called Dholavira
It's a "three structured" city which is exactly how vastu shastra describes an ideal city
54:06 its Akshai Chin area. We lost it durung the indo china war . But it was a part of India and we still use it
Thank you
29:37 MAHARISHI SUSHRUTHA IS THE FATHER OF SURGERY AND HE WAS THE FIRST SURGEON AND SOWEWHERE BEFORE 2000 TO 2500 YEARS AGO IN KASHI, UTTAR PRADESH
Yeah that's crazy what he could do
Rupee comes from the Indian word Rupiya which is derived from Rupyakani or silver. Currency was called Pana in Chandragupta Maurya's rule. Arthashastra by Chanakya was an economics treatise.
Thank you for the explanation
15:36 Chand bavdi is the worlds biggest step well. Located in jaipur Rajasthan there you can see the chambers for social gathering and functions
I've seen video of this one
Prostitution is legal in india too. it happened a year or two ago. government made council to look after the security and managing of this side of business.
What 👀
@@memories_in_pixels_ Yes prostitution is legal but brothel are illigal so in a way it's freelance sex work.
I don't like it personally but who am i to argue with supreme court
Ancient India had the ideal population to land ratio. Sadly today our population is so high that our infrastructure is falling. Everything is over run due to massive population.
Rupee comes from sanskirt rupyaka.. meaning. Silver coin.. there were many coins...kasrsha..made of gold.. pon or hon gold..copper
Common sanskrit word was mudra.. or muthirai in tamil
N i guess coins or currency was used first in inside.. as words like karshapana etc are mentioned in vedas..so goes wat beyonf 4000 bve
Archaeological digs in Indus valley sites have revealed that the spice mix used for cooking, found in cooking pots in homes, had about the same ingredients as spice mixes used in Indian subcontinent today. 😮
Wow that's amazing. Shows that flavor transcends time
yes indus valley civilization had a advanced sewage system
They seemed a lot more advanced than most back then
@@ReldrikGeo yeah as a native indian i can agree they were more advanced than us
The last grand city of ancient India was the Hampi the capital city of Vijayanagarm empire (which is from medieval period but had lots of ancient continuity). Which had all the qualities mentioned in the video and more.
Love your enthusiasm and knowledgeable reactions, really makes for an enjoyable watch
Glad you like my reaction and commentary style! I've had a few people tell me to not talk as much and just watch but that's not for me lol
Sewage system was even there in India around 4500 years ago(read about Indus Valley Civilisation) but due to deurbanisation during late 2nd millennium it only survived in few places but eventually reestablished in early first millennium BCE in Ganga valley area during second urbanisation which eventually spread across India
So by around 2000 years across India cities had a much advanced sewage system and waste management far ahead of any other civilisation
But remember it all goes back to Indus valley civilisation
Mature phase of Indus valley civilisation is 2600-1900 BCE when urbanism was at it's peak
It's the most urbanised landmass at that time
Humanity is fascinating man. Imagine what else we accomplished that far back
Btw odd compass does all the drawings by hand.. i literally have met him in person and he is brilliant
Oh that's cool you met him! And yes I noticed it's all hand drawn. I didn't know if he commissioned it or did it himself. He is so skilled if he did it himself
@ReldrikGeo he does them himself.. that's why they are a unique style.. he even gave away some additional hardcopy drawings to us during our meeting for free.. he is a really nice person
Hi Reldrik, I’d love to see you react to J. Sai Deepak's podcast with Ranveer. JSD is an incredibly insightful intellectual, and the conversation is full of thought-provoking points. If it’s lengthy, maybe split it into parts-it’s definitely worth it!
Yes, I have this one on my list
you should watch "Mohenjo Daro" (a 2016 movie on the ancient civilization of Indus Valley Civilization)
in this movie you can see the city planning, the markets, the status symbols, the brothle house, the city square, and for me the most fascinating thing was , how they keep track of daily hour to hour time
I will need to look it up. Maybe I could do movie nights and watch a movie with everyone
8:30 he probably counted religious pilgrimage as tourism.
Which is kind of a tourism
@playhard719 I just said religious pilgrimage, so probably Buddhist pilgrims, Hindu Pilgrims from other kingdoms.
@@munslow_ak6248 Pilgrims are kind of a tourist man if they are traveling, they are going to send for various reasons
Yeah I didn't account for that
Unfornately, Nalanda University was destroyed by Bakhtyar Khilji who was ordered by Quttubuddin Aibak, the first ruler of the Slave Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate. They were called slave Dynasty because previously he was a slave of the previous ruler Mohammed Ghori.
Thank you for reaction i loved it ❤
No problem
I grew up in a very old house, which had a central courtyard, carvings, big entry gates and very thick walls
Man that is so cool
you know i am not a historian but I could tell you about my experience in my ancestral house.
the video majorly talks about the city which I believe were more common in the south eastern part of india.
We have an old house that is around 500 years old in the northwestern part of India (M.P.), and yes, most of the houses had an indoor courtyard.
it did actually had large wooden columns which had beautiful carvings . we also had a small fountain(which sadly didn't worked today) .
in the village there were many trees around which podiums were built for people to sit, when I was young I use to see elderly people sit there all afternoon and talk. more over my aunt house was like one of the largest house in the village with a ~4 story high cylo , it was really beautiful.
but sadly all this luxaries were only common among "higher cast" and the houses of lower cast were small and in the outskirts. 😔😔
You family has a house that is 500 years old? That must be amazing to visit and grow up in. Just imagine the lives that lived there. The people born and grown up and died. It's truly fascinating
52:50 I think that many people have certain biases themselves and don't want to rectify it.
yep. They're not ignorant, just uncomfortable even considering counterarguments to their own frame of reference.
Yeah everyone is biased. It's a learned thing. But we can also learn to be unbiased
sri lanka not related to indian civilisation? dude im odia and many of our ancestors moved to sri lanka and developed into the sinhalas of modern day. they are mostly buddhists and buddhism started in india, culturally and in culinary many of our aspects are there in sri lanka. i have a few sri lankan frienss and they agree that they were influenced by us and descendants of us.
these ultra pro nationalists from india's neighbouring countries are heavily anti india and they ignore facts for their ideology to be stronger
Well even just a few thousand years ago the land would have been fully connected because of the sea level. And yes I know about Rama Setu, I'm talking even before this time
Sri Lanka was to India, what Korea was to China.
Same Culture and People historically, But settled down in a different region, which was too far away and developed their own Culture, History and Civilizaiton. There was some influence of course even before Buddhism, But they had their own Unique Civilization identity.
India itself is a collection of many dozens of kingdoms and cultures. The difference with China is there is a dominant Han Chinese culture, while in India it is decentralised. In the grand scheme of things, the Sinhalese are just another one of these cultures who altogether form India. Think of it, Kashmir to Lanka, all of it is one greater civilisation.
@@xijinpig8982 China too was united only after 300 C.E. Before this, Chian too was a collection of variois Kingdoms, Called the "Three Kingdoms Period" and sometimes even 5 Kingdoms.
Same is true for Greece and most Nations of Europe. Perhaps you are not aware, India was called Bhaarat in ancinet times and united many times under Kings like Bharat (The first Legendary Emperir of india sometimee bfore 3300 B.CE who united 16 Kingdoms of Ancienet India into a Republic), Harshavardhana in 700 C.E, Ashoka in 100 BCE, Samudra Gupta in 400 CE and Marathas in 1700 CE etc.So India was united and fragmented many times. So it call stil be considers a Civilization, Just like Ancinet China, Ancinet Greece or Ancinet Persia..
My point flew way over your head. Yes, India has been mostly united many times. But India is culturally decentralised, and thats a good thing. Especially by language.
China has a large majority of the same culture (Han Chinese), and this culture is representative of China as a state. For this reason, China also has ethnic minorities, like Machus, Mongols, Uyghurs and Tibetans, who are constantly oppressed and their cultures pushed aside in favour of the Han Chinese people.
India does not have a dominant ethnic group. Kashmiris, Dogris, Panjabis, Marwadis, Mewaris, Gujaratis, Marathis, Tuluvas, Kannadigas, Malayalis, Tamils and so on are all separate ethnic groups that altogether are different cultures that make up India.
The same way, Sinhalese people are not so special that they are much different from all these Indian cultures and ethnic groups. Look at the larger scale of things. Sinhala are people are just another South Asian ethnicity. India is a union of thousands of different South Asian ethnicities and the only difference is Sinhalese are not currently part of this Union politically. They definitely are culturally.
⭐ Let me clarifiy some doubts you have asked during the video,
- ancient indian currency is called "rūpya" (from this the word Rupee) came, rupee means silver coins, and the same word is now used in all the places where indian influence was there till today, and there are many names for currency used to be there during each era, but mostly they call it gold as gold coing and silver and other names in local languages.
- yes plastic surgery, mathematics, geography and all was common here in india, like how gallelio was k*lled because of telling earth is sphere, that non-sense was never there here in religion, infact we never had religion and science as separate thing, infact most of the indian scholars and scientists were very religious, because it was encouraged.you can read all the historical sources available.
most of what he mentioned is available in archiological sites and in written history, and most of those dumb comments in the video is by a section of people who always does this in many videos, they create fake gmail accounts or fake insta id's and name them with indian hindu names and puke all the negativity, everyone knows here by now that mostly muslms from pakistan and bangladesh does this, and some sitting in india does this as well, it's because they just don't want others to know about pre-islmc era of india, till now since our independence even in my school days we remember it was always talked and lied about how great islmc invaders were, because our 1st education minister was a hardcore extrem muslm, and since then it was continued, now when finally the native culture hindus are started talking openly about indian culture, these things have gone up by them. and let me tell you most muslms are less educated in india, that is reflecting in our literacy numbers, they still like to live in poverty with their religion. 🙌 and these things won't be told in media, but public knows that.
Thank you so much for the explanation
51:50 Yup the hater don't read :) they HATE
Yup, turns out these haters are just dumb lol
I follow both Odd Compass and Useful Charts and they both are great channels!
I haven't seen any useful charts videos yet
21:40
Enjoy mate
Lol will do
After a loooooong time a good video you reacted to
Oh no 😅 sorry you haven't been liking my reactions
@@ReldrikGeo your reactions are good but not the choices of Videos
Medieval Europe was recovering from the loss of Roman city-planning and engineering kind of like how India is currently recovering from rule by predatory powers
38:46 Warhammer 40k reference
I am just not getting into Warhammer 😅 at least to the lore point. I played all the dawn of war games back in the day but that's about it
You're correct. The deity with the mace is Hanuman. The mace is associated with Hanuman from the Ramayan and Bheem from the Mahabharat. Btw, my ancestral home in Kolkata where I grew up is a courtyard mansion.
I think you should dig through Indian Vedas .. Specifically ayurveda. That will blow your mind because in India we are also amazed how those things were possible 🫡
I have a book ordered and coming. It was supposed to be here yesterday but it has been delayed til the 16th because of the holidays
Megasthenese is not from mouryan era but from Gupta era around the time of Alexander
Yeah the video covered a wide frame of time
Megasthenese is fdom Mauryan dynasty. He was ambassador in Chandragupta's Court.
This is a common confusion.
Maurya Empire was started by Chandra Gupta Maurya. "Gupta" was a Title here in his name, Not his name. It meant "Of Secret origin". The Timeline of Mauryas as accepted by Historians is 321 BCE to 185 BCE, With the decline of final king Ashoka who conveted to Buddhism and Empire broke up due to Ashokas heir not assuming King. (He preferred to becomer a Monk and abandoned the Throne to the Ministers to manage). With this, came the Declien of Maurya Empire.
Gupta Empire was started some 400 years later by descendants of Chandra Gupta Maurya (Dont ask me how, That is what they claimed), This was a diffrent Chandragupta, called Chandra Gupta I. His son's reign was very famous and is equivalent to European King Arthur's Golden Period - Chandra Gupta II (aka Vikramaditya). He battled Scythians and Huns and defended India and established the Gupta empire, Which was such a stable period in indian History that the Famous "Silk Road" began. So, This Timeline of Gupta Kings is acepted by Histprians to from 300 CE to 550 C.E.).
Hey Reldrik 'fall of bengal' is coming out today right?
Tomorrow. I developed a massive migraine and couldn't look at my screen for too long until today.
@@ReldrikGeo okay please do that next when you have time
You can check Bimbisar and Amrapali story
10:45 Bro not 500 BCE, the video is talking about Indua Valley Civilization, between 2500BCE and 1750BCE. Bro Indus Valley Civilization was way ahead of its time. It had proper toilets, sewage systems, proper grid shaped roads and town planning(you can see in the animation), used burnt bricks, not stones like others, pottery. In fact, INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION WAS THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO DISCOVER COTTON. Demand of cotton was hugeeeee among the Greeks and Persians. And these all happened between 2500 BCE to 1750 BCE.
Do you not see basic things in the video. The video is actually only talking about 500 bc and taking patliputra for example. You take it to be indus valley because it is the very same description of the cities. Same to same. 😂
@vugbeshbara1103 I said that because town planning, covered sewage system, grid roads, burnt bricks, administration and lifestyle were all advanced since the IVC period not just 500 BCE. Do you not get basic things??
@@i.kaushik_san this video is not talking about indus valley civilisation. He mentions and refers to timeline of 500BC in many places
@@vugbeshbara1103 I know, I tried to point out that the things in the video are practised/found since IVC
@@vugbeshbara1103 Just like Westerners consider themselevs proud descenedants of Romans, We Indians consider ourselves proud descendants of Indus Valley people. Its the same Civilization in the same place, Just a different timeline.
Don't believe in Aryan Invasion bullshit spread by Communists and Westerners. Indus valley civilization has more things in common with HIdu Civiliation than anybody else !!! i suggest you read the Mahabharata, Hindu Epic which describes Game of dice, Culture, Capital Cities, Horse Carriage, Archery and Palaces with Bath-houses. The exact same themes appear in Indus Valley Relics found by Archaeologists.
If you still dont believe me, Look up the Indus Pashpati Idol. It is a man emditating while a Bull and Tiger are shown obeyting him. Who is this mysterous figure ? Its th HIndu God - Shiva !!! Shiva sits on a Tiger skin (The Tiger he slew) and has a Bull for his Loyal companion. Same themes.. Same Civilizaiton. Only a Westerner with prejudied views and Limited knowledge would deny any link of Indus Valley with Hindu Kingdoms of the past.
Riligious tourism was a big thing in ancient india, older people would travel chardham which is one of the goal of hindu belief and shakti pith.
Yeah I didn't account for religion tourism
Indica is the book written by megasthinez you can get English translation easily
I will look for it
I will have to download this book 😅 looked online and it's selling for $100
@@ReldrikGeo well doesn't matter if it's a pdf or hard copy it's knowledge that counts
And i just looked online in rupees 100$ is allot for many people. like you could get half a month worth of food and other home items in that amount and for some it could last a month i don't know what 100$ might worth to you so don't take pressure that you have to read it or something like that most Indians have not read it we just get its explaination and context in our history and political books so we know it
Yeah it's just super expensive because it's out of print. I could probably look and find it cheaper but the first few results were insanely expensive
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Indus Valley Civiilization (IVC)
I guess this is the reaction you get when you live in a Euro-centric world.
American centric lol even my history class barely touched European history
You should read the Artha shastra, if you want to know about ancient India.
Why are malls not a thing in the US? In India its very popular we have big malls and they are mostly full on weekends
Because it is easier to just order online
Civic sense is something that i blame the education system, it has to be taught to you as kids
Personally I feel like a lot of kids these days aren't taught properly
I think he is saying the image w get when we think about ancient Rome. he is not stating the fact that ancient Rome looked like this. it is a general view or idea that people have about Rome
Noted
2:09 No, CoK is missing
Edit: 53:55 ok you noticed that
What is this area called again?
@@ReldrikGeo Akshai chin, CoK - China occupied Kashmir
Thank you
Many of our old things have been destroyed, now only a few things are left, looking at them we cannot tell how the things of old times looked, but they must be more modern and advanced than us🛕🗿
Like viman ✈️
It is like this in many places around the world. Truly saddening knowing our history is being destroyed everyday
*Resist the WARP!* Warhammer 40K reference, duh!
My bad lol
@@ReldrikGeo Its all good! Have a nice day!
Ancient India is generally considered around 5000 years ago and they used stones rather than wood from what I know from history. 8:10 Not only tourism but health tourism was a big thing in ancient India. Many royals from central Asia have been known to visit Indian cities for this reason. 10:00 You should read about the great bath in the mohanjodaro and harappa (not sure which one of the two it was because I learnt it about 20 years ago in school). 56:55 You don't know about the biggest university of India since 2014, a.k.a. Whatapp university? It is the source of news for everyone above 40 and this university doesn't teach truth. You should search Ravish Kumar Whatsapp University (but it is always in Hindi and not worth reacting). Ravish was a news (dinner time) anchor until he was let go for not compromising with his news. Now he is a youtuber with all his 9 pm viers on YT.
prostitution is legal in Germany too.
Whoa I had no idea
Reldrik where is your Project Shivohom reactions????
I just haven't had time to sit and do them, I am sorry
@@ReldrikGeo Dude its ok, I am just reminding in case you forget, it's a channel that is not that famous but very different approach towards India history, so it may not be famous, but it also very well researched and gives you an alternate point of view that of mainstream.
currency was always called rupee
Wow, I actually didn't know this
Colonization especially the merchantalist way of colonization ruins society beyound repair. And european colonization was merchantilist in nature. through out america,asia and africa. Its not an incident only colonized country which developed rapidly post decolonisation was korea. Japan industrialised north korea during korean war north koreans were as rich as japanese. Infact s korea was industrialised by expert and industry leaders who escaped north korea with USA assistant and wars of middle east
when the humans in the world were huntering gathering, Indian civilization was discovering sciences, learning about stars and sun, performing surgeries on eyes and other body parts, advanced metal refining like unrustable iron etc. Lets hope that some day India will regain its glory.
It will for sure
No
Not all temples survived thousands of temples were destroyed by Islamic invasion but still many survived
The reason for survival of those temples is due to efforts of local population to restore it in the caeses were even restorations also failed temples are permanently lost
In South many temples survived compared to North because Islamic rule in South is not as prolonged as we see in North
Yeah, so many temples were destroyed. Good on the people striving to repair and restore them
Man, RUclips deletes my comments left right and center nowadays.
Yeah RUclips is terrible about that
react to geopolitical situation of india video
Yes, I've been keeping up with it
You booked a trip to Australia, why though? 😏
Lol
Research Nalanda Vishwavidyalaya❤
I will need to, I only know the name and not the history
indian civilization is the oldest one and most advanced.harrapan civilization .we have first u iversity in whole world takshila which is now in pakistan.india was very rich in old civilization and others were very poor.they were using advanced techniques but when britishers,mughals came they looted everything.the diamond at queen elizabeth crown is ours and stolen from us kohinoor diamond.the toilet was invented by india,india peformed first surgey in ancient bc when no body knows about it.we only invented 0 because of which binary system came and computers became reality.read about kailasa temple which is made in 100 bc when no tools were there but in india it exists as a temple carved from single rock that to from top of rock to bottom.how can they create such temples when no chisel,tools,cranes to remove rocks etc were not came into existence
I'm bit skeptical about his sources. Because....modern India is like totally opposite to what's said in the video
it has definately downgraded a lot but most of these info aren't wrong...even if you go 70-80 years ago from now...the housing system, the courtyard houses, the market system are very much more managed than current times and is in a way similar to how it's said in the vedio....if you follow up with The Book of Courtesans: An Anthology of Classical Writings on the Courtesans of India or alka pandey writings....you'll see many similarities....as someone who was very connected to the rural part of india...(i stayed in my grand parents house for 4 years)....the housing and drainage is advanced for the time it was build in....the architecture is really old and hasn't been reconstructed in a long time...ANCIENT INDIA WAS MUCH MORE CIVILISED THAN THE MODERN INDIA...AND MOST EDUCATED INDIANS AGREE WITH THAT SO SOMEONE WHO HAS ONLY SEEN THE CURRENT INDIA IT COULD SOUND SKEPTICAL
I think the British rule has a huge part to play in downgrading the area
try to learn about Indus Valley Civilisation
I will!
guys you can request him to react on J SAI DEEPAK videos, RELDRIK IS A TRULY KNOWLEDGE SEEKER AND JSD WOULD BE A PERFECT FOR HIM.
Anand Ranganathan is also great
It is in my list
dude, You watch the videos before recording it....🙂
I don't that would be boring and a huge waste of time
And India has become less civilised since.
Nalanda vishwavidyalay inverter Muslim destroy😢
Yeah :/
If this was the case its Utopia then.
From my understanding, FYI reldrik bro
I think these are accurate based on the sources they used . But problem is with the timeline.
They took the best out of each dynasties/Empire and merged it to create a Utopian world.
Eg: (Traveller's Record)
Megasthenes was during Chandragupta Maurya (300BC)
Fa Hien - Gupta Empire (300AD)
Xuan Tzang - Harshavardhana time(600 AD)
Idk if its true.. if it's im happy.
But my assumption is that they clubbed all the best things of each empires together to create this utopia
Research father surgery sushruta❤ who are Muhammad and Jesus😂
I'm just amazed he could do these things back then
Muslims with hate comments 😂😂
😅
Toilets and sewage are basic and common features in all ancient Indus Valley civilization cities. They were so greatly planned constructed and maintained that today's systems will appear inferior.
But this video is about Indian cities between 500 BCE and 500 CE. During this time the knowledge of toilets is not that prevalent if I am not wrong. They might be a luxury.
But sewage system is still existing.
Bathing -
Separate bathroom? This might be a luxury. But bath area is common in every house, either it is mostly open area or open top room.
This public toilet is appearing more like Roman toilets and Turkish toilets.
It is surprising because in most of ancient text there are descriptions of bathing on the banks of rivers and bathing areas built on the banks of rivers. But this kind of Hammams are not existent if I am not wrong
Interconnected water lines are also seems to be exaggeration
Luxury or not it's still fascinating. It would be like magic compared to other cultures in different parts of the world at the time