Greeks & Romans in Ancient India: 8 Things You Might Not Know

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  • @vid655
    @vid655 3 года назад +3744

    The ancient world was more connected than we think and it's heartening to know that all these people left a legacy of coexistence and intellectual exchange.

    • @KiranSingh-zr8jr
      @KiranSingh-zr8jr 3 года назад +39

      @Pk They also traded with Satavahanas who were Sanskritic- Kannada speaker

    • @KiranSingh-zr8jr
      @KiranSingh-zr8jr 3 года назад +21

      @Pk I said they spoke Sanskritic- Kannada. Yes Prakrit is also included. But their main records are in Sanskrit and Kannada.

    • @KiranSingh-zr8jr
      @KiranSingh-zr8jr 3 года назад +22

      @Pk Lol Prakrit itself came from Samskrt

    • @shivarally6171
      @shivarally6171 3 года назад +47

      The Greco-Roman women were not slaves but they were DAS(Servant) for Indians as there is a big confusion among historians and specially the western historians ttrying to prove servants as Slaves.
      P.S. king and PM is also a public servant.

    • @subodh0001
      @subodh0001 3 года назад +8

      @@KiranSingh-zr8jr Who told u that? Pakrit is order language than sanskrit. U will see many words of Pakrit taken in sanskrit. People know all the letters and meaning of words of sanskrit while many letters and words of Pakrit are yet to be discovered or recognized. That itself proof Pakrit is oldest Indian language.

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates3769 2 года назад +1282

    Greetings to the Great Civilization and People of India from Greece! 🇮🇳🇬🇷

  • @John-ct9zs
    @John-ct9zs 3 года назад +2089

    Living 2,000 years ago, traveling from Italy to India must have felt like an incredible voyage between worlds.

    • @Jumpoable
      @Jumpoable 3 года назад +123

      Same thing nowadays. A Roman visiting Tamil Nadu or Mumbai nowadays would feel the same awe & culture shock. Same goes for a Gujarati traveling to Tuscany. Although of course the ship ride took longer (& was more perilous).

    • @John-ct9zs
      @John-ct9zs 3 года назад +106

      @@Jumpoable Yeah, but the same big American corporations are in both Rome and Tamil Nadu, LOL. I guess you can compare what the Nike Store and McDonalds are like both Italy and India today.

    • @rajeshswamy9993
      @rajeshswamy9993 3 года назад +34

      Silk Road mainly.
      Same route from which Noodles reached to Italy and became spaghetti.
      Thankful for both kinda foods 😂

    • @galgar5660
      @galgar5660 3 года назад +18

      @@rajeshswamy9993 italian and Chinese pastas have a separate origin and evolution though

    • @BL1NDK1NG
      @BL1NDK1NG 2 года назад +16

      @@galgar5660 both are correct lol they had pasta before but just didn’t shape it into long strands until they saw noodles.

  • @_sx_
    @_sx_ 2 года назад +494

    India was also the source of weapons-grade steel for much of the ancient. Wootz steel was used by everyone from the Iberians to the Romans to the Persians.

    • @wonderworld7721
      @wonderworld7721 2 года назад +14

      Nick name 'Damascus steel'...

    • @sridharprasanth8833
      @sridharprasanth8833 2 года назад +46

      @@wonderworld7721 nah Damascus steel is a lower grade imitation of Wootz.

    • @tarjd6796
      @tarjd6796 Год назад +11

      That steele originated and was forged in the Indian state of Karnataka.

    • @desktoppc5738
      @desktoppc5738 Год назад

      .

    • @desktoppc5738
      @desktoppc5738 Год назад +28

      @@tarjd6796 Wootz steel originated in the mid-1st millennium BC in South India, in present-day Tiruchirappalli, Kodumanal, Erode, Tamil Nadu.[1] There are several ancient Tamil, North Indian, Greek, Chinese and Roman literary references to high carbon Tamil steel.[citation needed] In later times[when?], wootz steel was also made in Golconda in Telangana, Karnataka and Sri Lanka.[2][3][4][5] The steel was exported as cakes of steely iron that came to be known as "Wootz".[6]

  • @ashishpatel350
    @ashishpatel350 3 года назад +3128

    Indian universities at the time had a lot of foreign students that came to India to study. it was well connected world and alot of knowledge was exported and imported into india.

    • @bhawnabangari2389
      @bhawnabangari2389 3 года назад +385

      Yes this liar youtube video maker cleverly hid other facts, or giving the impression that Indians took knowledge from Romans/Greeks while both the knowledges are independent of each other.

    • @Garudan0804
      @Garudan0804 3 года назад +165

      ​@@bhawnabangari2389 "Closely linked" does not mean we took all our knowledge from the Greeks, exchange of Ideas among cultures was pretty common at that time. European and Chinese travellers would come to India to learn about our Sciences as did our Indian travelers who went to other countries.

    • @bhawnabangari2389
      @bhawnabangari2389 3 года назад +208

      @@Garudan0804 this video is implying that we took knowledge from Greeks/Romans because he doesn't mention what knowledge has migrated from India to West and Mediterranean regions. The knowledge migration from Bharat to rest of those places is far far much more, but he cleverly hid those facts, and devoted more time to Romans/Greeks ones. He even lied about horoscope signs/astrology. The astrology system of West is entirely different from that which is ours, we follow different charts, but he said that we took horoscopic astrology from them which is lie. Both the horoscopic charts are independent even there are many things in our charts that they don't have.

    • @bhawnabangari2389
      @bhawnabangari2389 3 года назад +132

      @@Garudan0804 I have unsubscribed him today because 1) he is a liar 2) He uses unauthentic sources 3) His videos even contain information from Wikipedia and Wikipedia is king of unauthentic things, propaganda and lies.

    • @gauravkumeriya376
      @gauravkumeriya376 3 года назад +29

      @@bhawnabangari2389 I also thinks the same.

  • @MrTrickFM
    @MrTrickFM 3 года назад +1554

    There is nothing more fascinating in history than when geographically distant cultures interact. You honestly make me proud of living in our age, when access to such information is so easily available thanks to people like you!

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +73

      Wow, thank you! And I totally agree -- these distant interactions are also what I find most fascinating about history.

    • @spr15
      @spr15 3 года назад +2

      True.

    • @ajithsidhu7183
      @ajithsidhu7183 3 года назад +5

      @@OddCompass please do on indo aryans

    • @akashsinha2880
      @akashsinha2880 3 года назад +3

      Tamils also manufactured wootz steel aka Damascus steel, fine silk and cotton textiles. Today nobody knows how wootz steel was manufactured. I think indica of megasthenes is lost too.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 3 года назад

      @@ajithsidhu7183 The Aryan invasion of India occurred during the fall of Troy when there was a global famine of seven years. A dynasty in China was also toppled at this time. Only the Bible perfectly explains why Egypt rose while others fell.

  • @quinnreverance611
    @quinnreverance611 3 года назад +703

    People just don’t know how awesome Indian History is.

    • @naiyayika
      @naiyayika 2 года назад +86

      Aristotle himself was taught in India, its Aristotle who told Alexander about India and its glories and if he were to ever conquer India, make sure to take at least a Sage from India as loot. Contrary to western HIS+story, Alexander suffered a humiliating defeat & serious injury in (Hydaspes) India, Alexander also lost his partner/lover/boy friend in the same battled. Up on retreating back Alexander never waged further conquest and circum to his injuries. Pythagoras was taught in India, that's where he ripped off his theorem from, there were far more sophisticated theorems, but he grabbed what he understood. Cleopatra was a greek drama queen who destroyed Egypt and looted its accomplishments and took it to greece. Ancient pre-islamic Egypt has lot in common with Indian civilization, has it not been crippled and destroyed, Egyptians were on their way to the realization Indians had, in-terms of Enlightenment. Europeans calling others degrading names is nothing new, where ever European see culture and accomplishments they themselves lacked and wanted to loot, they simply called the Native culture some name before genociding then often with germs and diseases.

    • @nihil_hd1598
      @nihil_hd1598 2 года назад +2

      @@naiyayika thats bot true lmao.nobody in greece knew much about india except it existed and the world behind it,this is hust a lie

    • @nihil_hd1598
      @nihil_hd1598 2 года назад +6

      @@naiyayika also alexander won the fight ar hydaspes and there arent any sources for ur claim that he got defeated except the opposite that he won.again a lie

    • @nihil_hd1598
      @nihil_hd1598 2 года назад +5

      @@naiyayika pythagoras was never in india toooooo?wtf i never heard such thing beacuse it is the biggest bullshit

    • @nihil_hd1598
      @nihil_hd1598 2 года назад +4

      @@naiyayika bro,cleopatra was nicest greek pharao because,except the otehr greek pharaos,she tried to help egypt and their citicens and was one of teh few who actually was able to speak ägyptian and yea ägypt was captured

  • @aswinvinodk5796
    @aswinvinodk5796 2 года назад +218

    India, Greece, Rome and Egypt are my favorite historical places. It is awesome that they had a very strong relationship with each other than that of the modern world.

    • @rediettadesse2828
      @rediettadesse2828 Год назад +13

      Add ethiopia , persia , and china

    • @aek12
      @aek12 Год назад +3

      @@rediettadesse2828 Arabia

    • @superboy3633
      @superboy3633 Год назад +12

      I love Indian Persian Egyptian Greek Chinese Roman and Macedonian history most.
      They were the true superpowers of ancient world.

    • @gouthamkrishnan6718
      @gouthamkrishnan6718 6 месяцев назад

      I like china more.

    • @user-k4d-e59mo28oc
      @user-k4d-e59mo28oc 3 месяца назад

      @@aek12 Meccans and Medinans turned everything into Istanbullsh****

  • @naturedeserverespect3164
    @naturedeserverespect3164 Год назад +213

    🇮🇳❤🇬🇷 ...I love Greece..love from india 🇮🇳....

    • @hevnervals
      @hevnervals Год назад +4

      Maybe too much love. Poor slave women...

    • @Dripxxl-i4k
      @Dripxxl-i4k Год назад +5

      @@hevnervals He is trying to get Visa in Greece 😂

    • @adithiarjun6764
      @adithiarjun6764 Год назад

      ​@@Dripxxl-i4k bruh
      Pakis do that

    • @CloudyShooterGNG
      @CloudyShooterGNG Год назад

      @@Dripxxl-i4k greece is a shitter than
      india so I doubt it

    • @Bingus453
      @Bingus453 Год назад

      ​@@hevnervalsthe interpretation is wrong. Those women were Das(servants) not slave. They have wrongly translated the indian word into English. Moreover, the Greek too had indian slaves, so stfu mf.

  • @itacom2199
    @itacom2199 2 года назад +624

    As an Italian, I really appreciated this video. Indian culture is very interesting and fascinating to me.

  • @Shushmabhanger1123
    @Shushmabhanger1123 3 года назад +648

    "The battle of 10 kings"
    "The history of Nalanda"
    There are more such things which were never taught to us in schools.
    I'm glad I found this channel.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 3 года назад +85

      They also didn't teach you that Hitler liberated India by bankrupting the British Empire, and that Brits were worse than Nazis, and that extremely-overrated Gandhi was a racist (which is why Ghana took down a statue of him after finding out). Countries teach people to be like Gandhi because governments don't want people to believe in a method that works to change government: violence. Do I advocate violence? Depends.

    • @darshu94
      @darshu94 3 года назад +17

      @@scintillam_dei This is So true.

    • @ripper5941
      @ripper5941 3 года назад +41

      @@scintillam_dei Gandhi is no one in india . Indians don't like Gandhi.

    • @luciusmalfoy5446
      @luciusmalfoy5446 3 года назад +29

      @@scintillam_dei and also, chruchill killed many people as equal to hilter, but we only know about hilter.

    • @libinandrews
      @libinandrews 3 года назад +2

      @@scintillam_dei i like your username. But it is grammatically incorrect. "Scintilla Dei" is the right one since "scintillam" is the accusative case of the noun.

  • @lunettasuziejewel2080
    @lunettasuziejewel2080 3 месяца назад +7

    When I took Sanskrit in college, my professor referred to it as "the great-aunt of Latin and Greek." Interesting to see how the family stayed in touch!

  • @smarterlogic1281
    @smarterlogic1281 3 года назад +812

    I think Ancient India was economically richer than Ancient Romans... atleast that's what the data shows

    • @reddragonemperor1623
      @reddragonemperor1623 3 года назад +29

      Right therefore Indian thought they are superior 2 nd superior Greeks and Romans because if science and research

    • @dwarasamudra8889
      @dwarasamudra8889 3 года назад +63

      Ancient Rome had a massive slave-based and plunder-based economy. Roman Armies would occasionally invade places like Mesopatamia and Germania in order to plunder them. However, most significantly were the shear number of slaves in the Roman Empire. Of course, many wealthy provinces like Italy, Greece, Anatolia and Egypt had strong agricultural, commerce and manufacturing sectors (some of the best in the world), but its still important to acknowledge the rampant slavery and loot.

    • @dwarasamudra8889
      @dwarasamudra8889 3 года назад +137

      India has never really had a strong slave system. The only times when there was near rampant slavery in India were during the Delhi Sultanate invasions. Slavery did exist in India but it was never on a massive scale and most slaves were just debt slaves who had to serve as slaves I order to repay their debts

    • @AmIAPacifist
      @AmIAPacifist 2 года назад +49

      History shows that agricultural societies closer to the equator were richer for the most of history than societies more distant. India and China were such large economies for that reason. However with the rise of industrialization, capitalist nations were able to develop rapidly and overtake the more tropical countries. After all, industries were important after the 17th century, as countries wanted to expand their powers through military might, which is why the country that produced more guns rose to the top. It was an interesting turning point in history, as suddenly giant, established agricultural civilizations found themselves defeated by a small European country.

    • @jasrajsandhu1658
      @jasrajsandhu1658 2 года назад +2

      Ooooooooooh that's why the great india got invaded 200+ times ooooooooh ok!!!!

  • @oceejekwam6829
    @oceejekwam6829 3 года назад +793

    What I admire about Indians is that they know they have had considerable influence and continue to have influence today, but they're very low key and modest about their contribution to humanity. I think that's a wonderful example to follow.

    • @alekisighl7599
      @alekisighl7599 3 года назад +29

      Are you sure? Sort by new in this comments section to see peasants with an inferiority complex.

    • @studygram_
      @studygram_ 3 года назад +49

      @@alekisighl7599 they're just speaking the truth

    • @alekisighl7599
      @alekisighl7599 3 года назад +7

      @@studygram_ sure

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 3 года назад +7

      What I admire about Indians is their women if you look past the mile of make-up.

    • @sattva6089
      @sattva6089 3 года назад +105

      @@alekisighl7599 Remember even alexander had to suffer a loss in India and returned back.
      A nation that has produced many religions and holy men don't lectures from descendants of Neanderthals.

  • @piyushpranav4028
    @piyushpranav4028 3 года назад +162

    When you said "Sadly, this history is often neglected"....I genuinely felt that.

  • @SpartanLeonidas1821
    @SpartanLeonidas1821 Год назад +31

    I don’t care what anybody says, Greeks & Indians are connected for Millenia now! It’s incredible!!!! Outside of the Indo-Euro Greek & Sanskit root words & cognates, there is also the Myth of Dionysus going to India. Also from the time of Alexander the Great onward there was a lot of direct connection.
    So much cultural enrichment & ideas must have passed back & forth from these very distant civilizations. The Buddhist Proselytizing by the Indians on many of the Eastern Greeks is fascinating as is the influence on the Neo-Platonic Movement!
    Ancient Greek Scholars were always fascinated by the Wise Men they met in India! That is simply a FACT found in the Ancient Sources.
    We are not the BS POS Western Brits with their Propaganda! We Greeks know Ancient History & KNOW who the admirable Ancient Civilizations were, and India is on the Top of that List for us!!! 💯
    Greetings to our friends in India, may you always stay blessed!
    🇬🇷🤝🇮🇳

    • @user-k4d-e59mo28oc
      @user-k4d-e59mo28oc 3 месяца назад

      The problem was the jealous desert tribe megalomaniacs and their Voodoo "salvation" SCAM.
      *Joshua 10.12-13; 20* “On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord: “Sun, *STAND STILL* over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” So the *sun* _STOOD STILL,_ and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies . . . So Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely, but a few survivors managed to reach their fortified cities.”
      *Qur'an 7:166* “When they persisted in violation, We said, “Become disgraced APES!’”
      *Qur'an 5:60* "Those whom Allah has cursed He made them APES, PIGS, slaves.'"
      *Qur’an 36.38* “The _sun_ TRAVELS for its fixed term. That is the design of the Almighty, All-Knowing.”
      *Qur'an 31:29* “Do you not see that Allah has subjected the sun and the moon, _each_ ORBITING for an appointed term, and that Allah is All-Aware of what you do?”
      *Qur'an 13:3* “It is He who spread the Earth…”
      *Qur'an 15:19* “The Earth, we have spread it…”
      *Qur'an 20:53* “Who has made for you the Earth as a bed...”
      *Qur'an 43:10* “made the earth as a bed . . .”
      *Qur'an 50:7* “The Earth, we spread it out . . .”
      *Qur'an 51:48* “And we have spread out the Earth...”
      *Qur'an 78:6* “Have we not made the Earth a bed?”
      *Qur'an 79:30* “After that, He Spread the Earth.”

  • @braunarsch
    @braunarsch 3 года назад +513

    would be so cool to see a netflix series with oddball historical vantage points, like the daily life and romantic affairs of a roman sculptor living in muziris, or an indian scholar's life in athens/greece, or the life of a greek buddhist family in bactria/afghanistan...

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +53

      What an awesome idea

    • @mayurgudi381
      @mayurgudi381 3 года назад +33

      Netflix won't do anything which is pro India

    • @distorteddingo9230
      @distorteddingo9230 2 года назад +14

      They would only show demeaning and racist points like Sati and Caste.

    • @BabuMosahi
      @BabuMosahi 2 года назад +6

      @@distorteddingo9230 and what do you mean by the castism & racism or things like sati , which historical Netflix shows you are referring to, ohhh maybe tell me so that I could judge it even before watching it & i might even watch it but i will try my best to not to understand the context of the show so that I can give my complete "support" to the movement of boycotting Netflix . Don't worry bud it's all okay we must try our best to boycotting Netflix because it's anti national , it's urban naxal & maybe even funded by china or Pakistan who knows ?? 😱😱 That would be really bad right ? Ehh ? We should focused on boycotting "maybe" okay "maybe" fictional show talking that talks about not so fictional problems like castism or maybe talks of real issues sometimes but don't forget this is new India people has no rights to speaks about the non-fictional issues but then again which is possible because of new India being totally advanced in every sector and is a superpower & is prevailing in everything which probably is a fictional thing thing just to make the fools out of common public , but don't worry this is new great India here we don't talk about "not so fictional" issues but always talks about "maybe" totally fictional issues , bud you have a great day. **MIC DROP**

    • @Mike-wb3oc
      @Mike-wb3oc 2 года назад +4

      @@distorteddingo9230 Which is a good thing as most of the problems in modern India are derived from these two abhorrent systems.

  • @Shrutishastry279
    @Shrutishastry279 3 года назад +369

    I’ve been feeling a connection between India, Rome and Greece ever since I first read Percy Jackson. I’m so glad it’s actually true.

    • @vr5076
      @vr5076 3 года назад +24

      There is also the Indo-European connection.

    • @mtk3755
      @mtk3755 3 года назад +22

      There are a lot of connection especially the similarities between the deities

    • @AnuradhaRohini
      @AnuradhaRohini 3 года назад +9

      Yeah, pagan religions are similar

    • @meep3035
      @meep3035 3 года назад +4

      Lol don’t mistake this brief period in history as a “connection” it was more a connection to indians than it was to greeks and romans in the Mediterranean. Romans and greeks in the Mediterranean could care less about india. Rome had no interest in india especially after expanding its borders to its max. And greeks were much more connected to their roman counterparts worried about roman and greek affairs.

    • @ripper5941
      @ripper5941 3 года назад +11

      @@meep3035 nice joke. Greek couldn't even come past Afghanistan. They were stopped there itself

  • @Alexander_D_Shaffer
    @Alexander_D_Shaffer 3 года назад +915

    With all the evidence of large scale exchange, it really makes me excited to imagine the adventurous outliers that couldn't be documented. Did a South Indian ever visit Ireland? See the northern lights? Did a Roman provincial ever make their way to Assam? The further we push the boundaries of regular interaction, the further my imagination pushes the anonymous adventurers.

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +173

      That’s a great point! I do wonder how many interesting adventures have been lost to time

    • @bhuvharshitabhargava9471
      @bhuvharshitabhargava9471 3 года назад +59

      imagine the webseries :)

    • @braunarsch
      @braunarsch 3 года назад +20

      indeed, would make a great netflix series!

    • @Tout-Le-Monde02
      @Tout-Le-Monde02 3 года назад +25

      ever visit Ireland??? Bunch of TCS Chennai engineers live in the same building as mine in Belfast, with their families .....

    • @MrThe1shu
      @MrThe1shu 3 года назад +21

      I too have wondered on the same lines so many times. We can only see history through documented parts. But then human history has been shaped by so any people who didn't leave any records or probably didn't know how to.
      It is really fascinating when you think like that. Almost as overwhelming as looking up at the night sky and wondering about the universe, at least to me!

  • @toxishree3816
    @toxishree3816 Год назад +49

    Indian education system needs to be updated 🕉️❤️🇮🇳🚩

    • @user-k4d-e59mo28oc
      @user-k4d-e59mo28oc 3 месяца назад +5

      Indian education needs to revert back to Taxila and Nalanda traditions.

    • @KnickGurr
      @KnickGurr Месяц назад +1

      ​@@user-k4d-e59mo28oc The first education minister was of the same cult, which destroyed the two universities what do you expect.

  • @TamilSelvan-jm6sn
    @TamilSelvan-jm6sn 3 года назад +113

    In Greek mythology, There are two kings by the name of Pandion I and Pandion II. Coincidentally there was an ancient kingdom in India by the name of Pandian.

    • @kimjongun9517
      @kimjongun9517 3 года назад +10

      @@KiranSingh-zr8jr because they are tamils and you are north

    • @LOL-cv9it
      @LOL-cv9it 3 года назад +6

      Coincidence ah irukum

    • @kimjongun9517
      @kimjongun9517 3 года назад +8

      @@LOL-cv9it illa bro anga ori nu oruthar irundharu inga val vil ori inga adhavan anga adhun

    • @LOL-cv9it
      @LOL-cv9it 3 года назад +1

      @@kimjongun9517
      Bro ithellam conspiracy la kekka nalla irukum but historical ah ithellam invalid.Rendu words um vera vera language la different ana etymology irukum.so ippudi claims panna nammalla adi muttal illa history thirudar ennu ninaipanga

    • @Chairman_MaoZedong
      @Chairman_MaoZedong 2 года назад +6

      Indra is Zeus of Greece and Jupiter of Rome.

  • @atriacharya2967
    @atriacharya2967 3 года назад +425

    As an Indian-American, you're doing a significant service to your original motherland by making these videos! Thanks.

  • @thewarriorofbharat
    @thewarriorofbharat 3 года назад +101

    Astrology was heavily influenced by Greeks... Bt Scientific Exchange part was a bit illogical to make a conclusion... Indian mathematics and science was introduced to Europe by Islamic kingdoms later. The works of *aryabhatta* was not influenced by any other form and was independent. The value of pi, diameter of earth... Quadratic equations were not influenced by Greeks.... Bhaskaras mathematics was continuation of aryabhattas. Same goes for *surya siddhanta* ..there was a sine table in suryasidhanta where as in Hipparchian table was of chords... Bt sine table was found to be more accurate... U r quoting pingee on direction of flow of information... Bt Yukio Ohashi considers just the opposite... +1 info... Before Christianity, Romans were influenced heavily by Indians... They didn't bury their dead. They started cremation and collected the ash in an urn just like Indians do even today.... Later they adopted Christianity and started practicing the faith. The *Pompeii Laxhmi* is the past that many Italians want to know.

    • @nihil_hd1598
      @nihil_hd1598 2 года назад +1

      1 the diameter of the earth and pi was found out by the greeks but yes,also by other cultures too.2 the romans wasnt heavely by the indians?!ancient rome got heavely influenced by the greeks but not the ancient idnians,there wasnt any direct cultural lin kbetween ancient rome and greece and especially rome except of a brief moment(like 2 years).there was at least 1 hige persian empire or other between rome/greece and india.also they buried and cremated their dead because it wasnt rly that important except ot was like a emperor or a very loved general.for the romans only a big long lasting grave was important and cremation isnt rly something india invented ,becauce every culture knew of this procedure.and again a comment like this gets 10 likes....wow

    • @thewarriorofbharat
      @thewarriorofbharat 2 года назад +11

      @@nihil_hd1598 got get some research done kiddo. Dnt humiliate urslf like this😂. I desperately want to counter u with facts bt I really don't want to engage with such person who type such things with their half eye open. Now get up. Else ur mommy will be angry... Grrrrrrrhhhhh🥱 I'm still laughing reading this comment though.

    • @nihil_hd1598
      @nihil_hd1598 2 года назад

      @@thewarriorofbharat u are humiliating urself by ur comment becauce u dont give arguments against my comment.u only attack me as a person which is just a stupid ad human argument and not great one either.i could have done the same comment as u do but no ,i i tried to argue with u.if this is ur last answer i basically win the argument because ur answer just shows that u dont know to answer against my argument and u cant even say something against one wrong argument i did...wow
      got get some research done kiddo. Dnt humiliate urslf like this😂. I desperately want to counter u with facts bt I really don't want to engage with such person who type such things with their half eye open. Now get up. Else ur mommy will be angry... Grrrrrrrhhhhh🥱 I'm still laughing reading this comment though.

    • @nihil_hd1598
      @nihil_hd1598 2 года назад

      @@grimepilogue2831 ur opinion

    • @lightbringer2794
      @lightbringer2794 2 года назад

      @@thewarriorofbharat Imagine trying to insult someone and then typing this ridiculous comment.

  • @kapiltriv
    @kapiltriv 2 года назад +40

    Indians may have adopted the Greek astronomical signs but the pure scientific knowledge behind the Surya Siddanta is astounding. Not to mention the vedanga Jotisha which is even older

    • @GyanTvAmit
      @GyanTvAmit Год назад +7

      yes indians had knowledge about astronomy and 9 planets before greeks,surya siddhanta book is mind bogling its 10000 years old or maybe older than that

    • @adityashukla517
      @adityashukla517 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@GyanTvAmitcan you name those 9 planets?

    • @ArjunVB666
      @ArjunVB666 3 месяца назад

      @@adityashukla517surya,chandra,boomi,shani,shukran etc search hindu astrology and planets. It might hurst your inferiority comples mind of colonialism. Try some burnol and ease the pain of being a butthurt proved wrong😂😂😂

  • @mayankbisht7691
    @mayankbisht7691 3 года назад +665

    I have recently been reading Mahabharata and I was surprised to find even it acknowledges Pallav, Dravida, Shak, Yavanas, Shabar, Khas, Yunani, Kirati, Huns, Barbers, Sinhali and Chin(Chinese) sadly this inclusive worldview is not taught by socity

    • @subodh0001
      @subodh0001 3 года назад +69

      Even Hindu people don't keep Mahabharat book in home and don't study then why will other community people read that book. Moreover people know Mahabharat is mythological story except hindus which obviously will deny, so they don't prefer to read Mahabharat.

    • @subodh0001
      @subodh0001 3 года назад +41

      @@aryanchakraborty5175 i am sharing my experience while traveling to Delhi from Maharashtra in train. In train some poor guy was selling Mahabharat book and while selling the book people used to see the book but deny buying saying it might lead to ( kalaish, distress) in their family.

    • @dss6838
      @dss6838 3 года назад +23

      @@subodh0001 because it is said that Mahabharat of bought but not read, will bring distress in house. The myths that have been followed are immense too. Nevertheless, I bought it and I have 2 different ones. One of it is still unread. I reread the old one. But everything is fine

    • @yj9032
      @yj9032 3 года назад +3

      These days non Hindus are being degraded and excluded from histories

    • @yj9032
      @yj9032 3 года назад +7

      @@aryanchakraborty5175 they are referred to. May be you read some garbage written by a butthurt bhakt

  • @viveksingh-ok6il
    @viveksingh-ok6il 3 года назад +115

    I can vouch for muziris which is here in Kochi, Kerala south india. And the state government has done an amazing work in keeping the history alive. With museum's and the whole city of muziris reconstructed. So much history around us. Thank you for bringing out this to the world.

    • @vandemataram2035
      @vandemataram2035 3 года назад +6

      And then northies (whose politicians are too busy in corruption) cry about how "cOmmUniStS aRe eRasiNg HiStORy"

    • @adityakarve6808
      @adityakarve6808 3 года назад +1

      @@vandemataram2035 they are, communism by it's very definition will erase the existing culture. Look at Mongolia, Russia, china etc

    • @vandemataram2035
      @vandemataram2035 3 года назад +2

      @@adityakarve6808 Huh? Last time I saw, the Russians held their culture up dearly. They are among the most traditionalist in Europe, and so are most of the other eastern block nations. Getting your information from where, PragerU?

    • @vandemataram2035
      @vandemataram2035 3 года назад +1

      @@adityakarve6808 And last time I also saw, China was having a revival in Confucianism and Confucian values as well. Seems like you are mistaking "culture" with "traditional morals". Communism is against traditional morals, like say Sati, or Russian serfdom, but fun fact: Cultural endowments in the USSR were the highest in all Europe. Also fun fact: Kerala and West Bengal both have the highest nobel prizes in culture related sectors. Both were communist.

    • @adityakarve6808
      @adityakarve6808 3 года назад +2

      @@vandemataram2035 China is having a revival, after a several decades of the CPC absolutely butt fucking Daoism and Confucianism. This is partly due to the Tianmen Square Massacre, whereafter China decided to push for more nationalistic education. Is china even communist? Half the commies I meet say 'nOt ReAL CoMMuniSm'. They got a 'free market economy', the only aspect of communism I see, is strong government control over this 'free market', and 5 year plans. In that case, is this even communism, or capitalism with strong state control?
      Russia is one of the most unequal nations today, things were really no different under communism where party officials and favorites were given priorities and luxuries not afforded to the average comrade. They also invested heavily in needless defense production (I get it, NATO is right there, but no one needs to produce 20000 tanks every decade) at the cost of civilians standards of living. Not to mention the absolute failure in the R&D sector. The government is not all knowing to decide where research should go. After the dick measuring contest that was the space race, Russia failed to properly computerize or improve standards of living.
      They moved from communism to something very similar, oligarchy.
      Indian 'communism' is thankfully not close to those levels of mental retardation, partly because it exists on a state level at best.
      Communism does not work, it is a good catalyst for social reforms maybe, but on a long term, it's dog shit. Ask the Chinese Communist Party and Deng Xiaoping if you don't believe me.

  • @papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446
    @papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446 3 года назад +226

    Romans : We are literally going Bankrupt due to trading Spices and Carpets with India.
    Satvahana Kingdom : Babe, Spices are 40% off due to amazing the harvesting season, you buying?
    Romans : Yes, Honey.

    • @oksowhat
      @oksowhat 3 года назад +29

      get 60% off, just bring that blonde and any redhead with you

    • @sudarshanr5187
      @sudarshanr5187 3 года назад +8

      why satvahana kingdom its like you are excluding south india tamil kingdom mention correctly . and spices were harvested in south india only. pepers in the malabar region and perls diamond in the tamilnadu region . so dont change the history for your mistake or liking .

    • @papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446
      @papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446 3 года назад +25

      @@sudarshanr5187 When the joke literally goes over your head.

    • @sudarshanr5187
      @sudarshanr5187 3 года назад +1

      @@papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446 ok then let me also make joke with half truth's

    • @papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446
      @papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446 3 года назад +20

      @@sudarshanr5187 Tamil Detected Opinion Rejected.

  • @naruvimama
    @naruvimama 2 года назад +26

    The only disagreement I would have with this is that, the Greeks and Romans were at the edges of the ancient world.
    Even the Chinese sent their best scholars to study in India.
    Yet we continue to insist that knowledge flowed from ancient Europe to ancient India, which does not make any sense at all.

    • @Earthbuddy01
      @Earthbuddy01 2 года назад +2

      Couldn't agree more.👍

    • @binskee677
      @binskee677 Месяц назад

      True! glad i found comments like yours! I was like "WTF" watching this video! The greeks had most of their knowledge based on indian science and their gods are based on indian gods. Also the Pythagorean Theorem was known in India and Mesopotamia long before Pythagoras and was used wiedely, Pythagoras only proved it scientifically but didn't invent it. The european whitewashing history is truely sickening.

  • @eastsidereviews727
    @eastsidereviews727 3 года назад +90

    It's crazy how connected the ancient world was and how often we only learn a small bit through a Euro-Centric lens. I would love to read about the reactions when these travelers saw things that were completely foreign to them, like seeing an Elephant or Tiger for the first time.

    • @arthurfleck1554
      @arthurfleck1554 2 года назад +4

      Romans and Greeks have seen African elephants.
      And chances are the Greeks could have seen a siberian tiger around the Black Sea!

    • @whocares3132
      @whocares3132 2 года назад +2

      @@arthurfleck1554 Greeks in North India traded war elephants after a Battelle with a Indian King I forgot his name. Later that Greek General take those Elephants in Greece probably

    • @riderchallenge4250
      @riderchallenge4250 2 года назад +4

      @@whocares3132 that king was Chandragupta Maurya founder of Maurya Empire and grandfather of ashoka. He defeated greek king selecus and married his daughter and gave them 500 elephants

    • @ewoudalliet1734
      @ewoudalliet1734 Год назад

      @@arthurfleck1554 Correct, though some animals like the rhino were new and something they didn't feel too good about.
      Also, read the mythicized story about the Odontotyrannos. When they got to India they had to deal with people, animals, climates etc. that all became increasingly "different", but also diseases they weren't used to. Must've been quite humbling and scary to find out how big the world really was.

  • @etiloyon3681
    @etiloyon3681 3 года назад +208

    I saw the greek inscriptions on the pillars of the troglodyth buddhist temple in Karla. Very mind-expanding! The temple had been founded around the 300 years A.C. The donators were greek and they did not mind a little bit of self glorification .
    Also, when in India, I found a book about the roman coins discoveries in India. They were of course a lot around the coasts, but also sometimes deep inside Indian continent. Huge topic indeed. At this time, travelling all over the planet was quite more easy than today. Interesting documentary, short but well made. Thanks

    • @etiloyon3681
      @etiloyon3681 2 года назад +1

      @lmao k Thanks.

    • @etiloyon3681
      @etiloyon3681 2 года назад +1

      @Captain M2 I think you made a mistake. You answered to me, a particular individual e()ti loyon; clearly you wanted to answer to the video maker him/herself. You have to correct if you want everybody to read your comment.

  • @ravik5787
    @ravik5787 3 года назад +143

    In Arikamedu port both Chinese and yavanars (Tamilars called Greek people as yavanars) are coming for trading Tamil traders never allowed them to exchange their goods directly. Chola traders keep two ports one for Roman and another for Chinese They buy both countries traders good and sell Chinese goods to Roman and Roman goods to Chinese

    • @fatpotato3512
      @fatpotato3512 3 года назад +10

      Poom puhar was lost to the sea surge

    • @LOL-cv9it
      @LOL-cv9it 3 года назад +2

      @Ajith KP
      Yes

    • @ramanpalyal
      @ramanpalyal 2 года назад +5

      Everyone in india call them yavanas

    • @ThamizhiAaseevagar
      @ThamizhiAaseevagar 2 года назад +6

      S,cholas were sea explorer,they had strong trade connection with ancient Chinese and romans ,there were stong ties with southern part of India, recent times excavation r solid proof.

  • @eliocloud9740
    @eliocloud9740 2 года назад +21

    "No society can prosper if it aims at making things easier-instead it should aim at making people stronger" - Samrat Ashoka🚩🇮🇳

  • @puranamshyamsunder9880
    @puranamshyamsunder9880 3 года назад +329

    Really sad that we do not learn this in school... Luckily I stumbled upon this channel that give legit knowledge about India which is rare these days. This is a really underrated channel that needs more popularity.

    • @npraneeth35
      @npraneeth35 3 года назад +12

      Dont jump the gun, verify everything mentioned here esp because there is a lot of evidence about advanced astronomy in India even during 11th century bc to 5561 BC and after..

    • @npraneeth35
      @npraneeth35 3 года назад +3

      yavanas are mentioned even in mahabharatha, thats not a co-incidence and call for a scrutiny rather than any sort of conclusion...

    • @xlr8466
      @xlr8466 3 года назад +3

      Read your history text book more throughly before commenting this is not in our history books. There are whole 2 chapters about this in 6th class.

    • @RustyDustyCrusty
      @RustyDustyCrusty 3 года назад +5

      "Really sad that we do not learn this in school" is just a very long way of saying that you didn't even read the Index page of any of your history textbook, because if you had, you would have known that NCERT books cover every aspect of Indian history in details.

    • @ghungrooseth1946
      @ghungrooseth1946 3 года назад +1

      We do learn this in school.

  • @thehistorybuff1883
    @thehistorybuff1883 3 года назад +302

    This was incredibly interesting, I've only ever heard casual references to the connections between these cultures but this taught me a lot, great job on this one!

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +4

      Glad you enjoyed it -- hope you're doing well!

  • @Dosaskillz
    @Dosaskillz 3 года назад +59

    I knew absolutely none of this prior to this video. This is all super fascinating! I had no clue there was so much interaction and mutual influence between Indian and Hellenistic cultures. Wow. Also, I have to say, the illustrations and artwork are improving by leaps and bounds with every video.

  • @Kalinga_3
    @Kalinga_3 2 года назад +95

    I think intellectual exchange was both ways. Mathematical concepts like Algebra, concept of Zero, decimals originated in India which travelled to the West via Greeks & Romans.
    Even the 'Pythagoras theorem' is actually found in Indian ancient texts much earlier it was discovered in the West.

    • @nowwhat6716
      @nowwhat6716 2 года назад +3

      😑lol

    • @roninsalchemy3769
      @roninsalchemy3769 2 года назад

      @@nowwhat6716 Don't believe the comment then, ruclips.net/video/CPOkASORb6Q/видео.html

    • @dalitnahipehlehinduhu6569
      @dalitnahipehlehinduhu6569 2 года назад +6

      True

    • @umasingh3601
      @umasingh3601 2 года назад +6

      Yes true....our knowledge was much more older and mature 👏
      Our old text has many indications to support this...these people infact learned from us and translated into Greek language and not Greek concepts in sanskrit....

    • @Raghuram_2894
      @Raghuram_2894 2 года назад +5

      @@nowwhat6716 read brahmagupta book on maths you'll know.

  • @culturedmonkey6395
    @culturedmonkey6395 3 года назад +181

    Thank you so much for making these vids man, as a Indian diaspora guy whose a passionate amateur historian and cant penetrate Indian language stuff I think I speak for myself and many others when I say you make this way more accessible and entertaining and make me proud of our history!

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +5

      Thank you, that's high praise!

  • @atriacharya2967
    @atriacharya2967 3 года назад +152

    To be in close interaction with a foreign culture was highly valued- light skin, light hair, Greek dress was seen as exotic and association was highly prestigious🤣🤣🤣🤣we haven't changed much in 2000 years, it seems😆

    • @arun0921
      @arun0921 3 года назад +22

      Rare items can be sold for higher prices in local market ,what does this have to do with light skin ?

    • @syedahmed8650
      @syedahmed8650 3 года назад +44

      We also have to remember that the Greeks felt the same way about Persia and India.

    • @艾伦诺塔斯基
      @艾伦诺塔斯基 3 года назад +5

      @@syedahmed8650 not India

    • @syedahmed8650
      @syedahmed8650 3 года назад +40

      @@艾伦诺塔斯基
      Indo Greeks would beg to differ

    • @AshishBihani
      @AshishBihani 3 года назад +23

      interestingly, white people used to import abyssnian/ethiopian women in the same manner.

  • @i__18
    @i__18 Год назад +13

    pakistani are upset after knowing the histroy didn't start from 1947

  • @stavrosouzounis4691
    @stavrosouzounis4691 Год назад +13

    Great work ... Greetings to all indian brothers from Greece, macedonia

  • @TakshakAKALali
    @TakshakAKALali 3 года назад +58

    0:01 that Akhand Bharat map though 🧡

    • @chintu.laddurao3029
      @chintu.laddurao3029 3 года назад +17

      Akhand Bharat was larger..

    • @vitaminprotein2217
      @vitaminprotein2217 3 года назад +15

      Iraq iran,Afghanistan, Pakistan,tajikistan, india, nepal, bhutan, tibet and some part of china, Bangladesh, sri lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and few more were the part of akhand bharat
      And who are contradicting this, plz see the hindu god sculpture found in all of these countries

    • @homoteaser
      @homoteaser 3 года назад +8

      @@vitaminprotein2217 include Europe and US too. Sanghidiot 🤣💩

    • @Noone-gz8li
      @Noone-gz8li 3 года назад +8

      @@homoteaser he is right

    • @chintu.laddurao3029
      @chintu.laddurao3029 3 года назад +8

      @@homoteaser read history mulla xD

  • @ytguypro
    @ytguypro 3 года назад +139

    This channel is really great. You make videos without any prejudices against Indians, unlike many others from the west. Maybe it's because you know more than those people about our culture, for which you can understand us and this country better.

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +67

      I’m Indian ethnicity myself, so that may be why I have a different lens than most other westerners!

    • @कश्परैना
      @कश्परैना 3 года назад +1

      @@OddCompass true😁😁🙏

    • @kalyanvadlamani7607
      @kalyanvadlamani7607 3 года назад

      @Niku Singh There is not much evidence for that.

    • @mrcollector4311
      @mrcollector4311 3 года назад +4

      @@kalyanvadlamani7607 Lol there are plenty of evidence...itrs just that it is neglected due to eurocentrism

    • @td1559
      @td1559 3 года назад +4

      @@mrcollector4311 I mean, the first examples we have of Pythagorean triples aren't Indian either, they're Ancient Egyptian papyruses and Mesopotamian tablets, dating from roughly 1000 years earlier than the earliest recorded Indian example of them. That being said, those examples are from prior to both the collapse of the Harappans in India and the late bronze age collapse which saw the end of a lot of Mediterranean and middle eastern civilisations, so its impossible to tell the full extent of each cultures knowledge and discoveries beyond what has been preserved from what they left behind.
      If memory serves it's also called the 'Shang Gao theorem' in China due to the astronomer that's credited with developing it in Chinese academic tradition. Would that be an example of Sinocentrism?
      Considering that maths is about fundamental truths about the universe and not a particular cultures ideas it's entirely possible that people from different places independently came to the same conclusion. Or were aware of the same hypothesis and independently came up with a proof. Srinivasa Ramanujan for example developed and investigated the Bernoulli numbers without being aware of Jacob Bernoulli's development of them a few hundred years earlier (when he was a teenager no less!). Another example would be both Leibniz and Newton independently coming up with theories of calculus, Newton of course being somewhat self-obsessed immediately tried to discredit Leibniz as a fraud. Let's not be like Newton, especially because the truth is so far back in the past that it's likely we'll never know the answer.

  • @srijitachatterjee8011
    @srijitachatterjee8011 3 месяца назад +3

    U missed one point.
    Greeks and indians were tied through marriage too.
    Greek princess Helena of Seleucid empire was married to chandragupta maurya as a peace treaty after greek soldiers were defeated.
    It was to strengthen relationship between the 2 great empires.
    "Seleucus be like- if u cant defeat him make him ur son in law😅"
    Jokes aside, helens was extremely beautiful as described in texts.

  • @menaseven9093
    @menaseven9093 4 месяца назад +4

    Nice history of te relation of Greek and India.

    • @AI-ok1ch
      @AI-ok1ch 4 месяца назад

      PAKISTAN not india

    • @CHRS-ri5mf
      @CHRS-ri5mf 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@AI-ok1chPakistan was created by indians

  • @marolibez
    @marolibez 3 года назад +89

    8:35 I like the fact you just translated "Greek alphabet" in Greek and used it in the parchment paper

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +15

      Lol, you caught me :P

    • @कश्परैना
      @कश्परैना 3 года назад +1

      @@OddCompass 😂😂🙏🙏

    • @कश्परैना
      @कश्परैना 3 года назад +1

      @@OddCompass 😂😂🙏🙏

    • @ozzymendes5650
      @ozzymendes5650 3 года назад +1

      Hahahaha I noticed too

    • @vathys00
      @vathys00 3 года назад +4

      Whenever you see Sanskrit, it's literally the word sanskrit phonetically spelled out in devanagari which is the writing system for sanskrit.

  • @QuantumCosmos2.0
    @QuantumCosmos2.0 3 года назад +95

    India is a Mystical Land where cultures mixed, knowledge exchanged and races united for thousands of years!

    • @uptheblues1875
      @uptheblues1875 3 года назад +1

      Races united for thousands of years? Wtf

    • @uptheblues1875
      @uptheblues1875 2 года назад +1

      @ROHIT yea dude it's not like there has been constant warfare over the centuries in this region. Open up a history book sometimes. Makes you not sound like an idiot

    • @musirhythm
      @musirhythm 2 года назад +1

      @@uptheblues1875 yup everybody in India is of mixed race, none is pure white or pure black or pure asian

    • @uptheblues1875
      @uptheblues1875 2 года назад

      @@musirhythm nobody is pure white pure black or pure asian anywhere anymore

    • @uptheblues1875
      @uptheblues1875 2 года назад +2

      @H J not really. I'm pretty sure some parts of the middle east which have been crossroads, like the levant have more diversity than India.

  • @anshul6168
    @anshul6168 3 года назад +47

    Most of the Mathematics and Astrology travelled from India to West (Greco-Roman World)
    But Indians always mark what's foreign origin and what's Indian origin
    Therefore names highlight the origin
    You meantioned as if everything was translated from Greek to Sanksrit while there was an exchange of ideas
    Sanskrit texts were already a lot in knowledge when Greek kingdoms become a thing
    Pythagoras Theorem , Fibonacci series originated in India ; but West never had this habit of giving credits

    • @user-yc9vx3nz5z
      @user-yc9vx3nz5z 3 года назад +7

      Yeah, this video is bogus.

    • @anirudh177
      @anirudh177 2 года назад +1

      Pythagoras theorem originated in Babylonia.

    • @-rate6326
      @-rate6326 2 года назад

      @@anirudh177 peoples can develop thing independently

    • @-rate6326
      @-rate6326 2 года назад +2

      @@anirudh177 what do you think how did peoples build ships without knowing buoyancy.
      there were already peoples who knew about buoyancy

    • @anirudh177
      @anirudh177 2 года назад

      @@-rate6326 "peoples can develop thing independently"
      I agree, when did I say they can't?

  • @Bidenator69420
    @Bidenator69420 3 года назад +51

    Tamil literature also told that the Pandiyan King sent some Men to meet Augustus Ceasar for closer ties by land but only 3 of them finally reached

  • @arnabbhattacharya1737
    @arnabbhattacharya1737 3 года назад +28

    There is a stone pillar called Heliodorus pillar in modern day Vidisha in central India. It was erected in 2nd century BCE by Heliodorus, a Greek Ambassador to the Shunga Empire. The pillar stands to this very day.

  • @takenbythewindNdrivenbythesea
    @takenbythewindNdrivenbythesea 3 года назад +66

    Wow the trade was so flourish
    🌸🌺💐
    Now I get to know where Romans get the tigers from…
    For the Coliseum entertainment.
    Gladiators 🐅🛡⚔️
    😆😆👍🏻👍🏻

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +14

      Haha yep! The coliseum tigers may have been partly sourced from India

    • @ravenxrgaming4672
      @ravenxrgaming4672 3 года назад

      Oo nice analogy

  • @okaybossiamonyoutubeakkskd
    @okaybossiamonyoutubeakkskd 4 месяца назад +3

    please read the book "The Wonder That Was India" : A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims, is a book on Indian history written by Arthur Llewellyn Basham and first published in 1954

  • @sriharshacv7760
    @sriharshacv7760 3 года назад +111

    Once again thank you for taking this up. You are the earliest youtuber to focus on India. Feels nice to know that people were connected even before internet era. Just one thing though. You mentioned Greeks/ Romans discovered monsoon winds can be leveraged for transportation on ships. It could very well be Indian merchants are the ones who discovered the trade routes considering how it benefited India more.

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +31

      You are correct -- the Arabs and Indians were already using the monsoon winds. The Greeks and Romans "discovered" it in the sense that they learned how to navigate it the way that Arabs and Indians had been doing so.

    • @user-pakshibhithi10
      @user-pakshibhithi10 3 года назад +1

      Many RUclipsrs are doing it or have been doing it, in Indian languages.

    • @user-pakshibhithi10
      @user-pakshibhithi10 3 года назад +4

      @@OddCompass I don't know why, but, this video is giving some vibes that Indians took knowledge and didn't give.

    • @Aman-qr6wi
      @Aman-qr6wi 2 года назад +2

      @@OddCompass you're doing an awesome job. Due to eurocentrism and purity of chinese culture, china and west are much explored in global history but india is largely ignored.

  • @rocky4187
    @rocky4187 3 года назад +34

    Wow wow wow.. This is a such an underrated channel.
    The kind of effort you have put in the research & presentation is next level & amongst the best on youtube.
    To me, your channel fills the gap in the history lessons that were taught to me & many like me in India.
    How does this channel not even have 100k subscribers?
    Come on guys...this is a channel, that needs more views & subscribers than those reaction channels that have many thousands of subscribers.
    RESPECT!

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +3

      Thank you so much! Sharing the video definitely helps 🙏🏽

    • @rocky4187
      @rocky4187 3 года назад +3

      @@OddCompass You deserve it Bro & thats the least I could do.
      Just a small suggestion - I think you should also open a PayPal/Patreon account.
      I will be amongst the first to contribute👍🏽

  • @richiknair9036
    @richiknair9036 3 года назад +124

    Syncretic nature of the ancient religions makes for great cultural exchange and great art, etc. Sad that it's only the Indian branches that have really survived the onslaught

    • @KiranSingh-zr8jr
      @KiranSingh-zr8jr 3 года назад +8

      Chinese and Japanese too

    • @richiknair9036
      @richiknair9036 3 года назад +6

      @@KiranSingh-zr8jr Yes of course.

    • @Sarabheswaran7010
      @Sarabheswaran7010 3 года назад +7

      Thanks to idiots who twisted Abrahamic religious beliefs.

    • @gracefulcubix4730
      @gracefulcubix4730 3 года назад +4

      @@KiranSingh-zr8jr chinese Religion made it by hanging to a single thread. Same applies to Hinduism and shinto religion.

    • @robinchettri6966
      @robinchettri6966 3 года назад +7

      Lithuanians too have an unbroken link with their ancient religion which has survived till today. Interestingly, they also call their gods "dievas". Must be because of the shared Indo-European connection.

  • @Jumpoable
    @Jumpoable 3 года назад +13

    Read a little bit about it in the book "Transnationalism in Ancient & Medieval Societies" & knew about the vague existence of Greco-Indian kingdoms, but never knew the details. Mind. Blown. The world was always more connected than the nationalistic elites would have you think. Thank you sir.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory 3 года назад +118

    I had no idea European and South Asian culture was so intertwined so far back

    • @123fle6
      @123fle6 3 года назад +67

      It's not European but Greeks. Remember rest of Europe are tribals at this point of time.

    • @micahistory
      @micahistory 3 года назад +5

      @@123fle6 well Greeks and Romans

    • @koolaids6616
      @koolaids6616 3 года назад +12

      @123fle Greeks are still European, that’s like saying Germans aren’t European.

    • @123fle6
      @123fle6 3 года назад +38

      @@koolaids6616 it's like sri lankan claiming China's history because both are in asia. Thing is rest of Europe at that point in time had no civilization. Germanic tribes, Celtic tribes, nordic tribes, Baltic tribes, Slavic tribes, Iberian tribes have nothing to do with Greeks. European identity is recent made up not ancient or historical.

    • @hrivaansahani1750
      @hrivaansahani1750 3 года назад +18

      "INDIAN" Culture not South Asian!

  • @puneetmishra4726
    @puneetmishra4726 3 года назад +149

    I love how some scholars considered Greeks as "impure" yet still acknowledged that they know some shit and thus they should be respected. Shows how complex worldview Indians had (and have too). We never have been simple people, :D

    • @Cheiko18
      @Cheiko18 3 года назад +38

      Disregarding people simply due to colour/ethnicity is a relatively christian thing. The Spaniards, British and now Americans do it. Honestly it's so depressing.

    • @koolaids6616
      @koolaids6616 3 года назад +39

      “Relatively Christian thing” no, all humans are guilty of it.

    • @mxxmauuhan3597
      @mxxmauuhan3597 3 года назад +32

      Greeks used to consider Non-Greeks as Barbarians at that time.

    • @essee3984
      @essee3984 3 года назад +34

      @@mxxmauuhan3597 Interestingly, the word Barbarian originated in Ancient Greece and was used to refer to Non Greek speaking people or foreigners. It comes from the Greek word Barbaros which means Babbler and is also related to the Sanskrit/Hindi word 'Barbara'(बड़बड़ाना) which means to mumble. Basically, to a native year the speakers of a foreign tongue made unintelligible sounds like "Barr Barr Barr.."
      Interesting origin of the word , and how it means something different in the modern world now.

    • @tylerpatti9038
      @tylerpatti9038 3 года назад +8

      @@Cheiko18 No it is NOT! everyone did it to different degrees. It was often at its worst in the colonial west, but that was not a result of Christianity but of colonial age thought.

  • @rg1563
    @rg1563 3 года назад +15

    Here he says most of the knowledge about astronomy and others was converted from Greek to Sanskrit .. 😂 I find it hard to believe.. while it was the other way around.. our civilization is more than 7500 old

    • @advickprosankto
      @advickprosankto 3 года назад

      Probably tho . Whatever we say , Greeks were pretty awesome at science

  • @soumitrajoshi6178
    @soumitrajoshi6178 3 года назад +14

    Why u haven't talked about the tranfer of knowledge from India to outer world?
    Mathematics and astronomy was so advanced in india. Even medicine was far More advanced (have u ever heard about Ayurveda).
    There are many evidencese that some famous theories were 'stolen' from India. U haven't included this parts

    • @truePac47
      @truePac47 3 года назад

      Yes

    • @pulz1191
      @pulz1191 3 года назад +2

      Exactly.
      1) It's like nonsense Aryan Dravidian Divide.
      2) The Sinauli shows way more advanced Chariots than rest of the world for that time period.
      3) We invented the zero, decimal system,value to pi .
      4) Ujjain was the GMT 0 of the world - MahaKALeshwar till 1800's.
      5) From shampoo (Champu ie Champi of head) to Buttons...
      6) Iron Age of India was wayy to advanced. From philosophy to religion to medical things like Surgery by Sushtra, Ayurveda by Dhanvantari, Kapila Muni, Brighu Rishi Astrology, Leelavati Mathematics.... Etc.
      7) North South divide is stupid... More than 70 to 80% of any language in South is similar to Sanskrit... AND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS DONT CHANGE UPON TRANSLATION. (As compared to 30% of European languages and in whom it's hard to find words which mean the same. Something as simple as Aatma and Soul have huge differences).
      8) Definition of Bharat is in Vedas and Vishnu Purana...
      9) From Sarees to God's to social structures... Its unique to India
      10) Yes there was lot of trade and commerce. But India was not inspired from Greece... It was vice versa. India was 25 to 35% of world economy. Second was China... Rest 50% was for rest of the world... Which includes Egypt, persia, Celtics, Romans and Greece.

    • @vinay7397
      @vinay7397 2 года назад +1

      you are getting aggressive with using the word "stolen" I think you insistence that mathematics and astronomy was more advanced comes across as an emotional conviction. Laptops were not invented in India, so are you using "stolen" technology.

  • @melonlord2283
    @melonlord2283 3 года назад +32

    Just one correction: There's no concept of conversion when it comes to Sanatan Dharmas( Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism). You just accept the culture and start behaving like one and you'll automatically will belong to that religion. No formal conversion procedures.

    • @amritraj41
      @amritraj41 3 года назад +3

      Someone had to ruin this great video with their religious shit

    • @melonlord2283
      @melonlord2283 3 года назад +8

      I don't think so a single comment will ruin a video. And just like you I'm free to express what I think I should. If my comment ruined this video for you, feel free to ignore.

    • @amritraj41
      @amritraj41 3 года назад

      @@melonlord2283
      Of course you are free to ruin this video.
      No one is stopping you to ruin.
      I didn't.
      I just pointed out that religious people will always ruin good things.
      And you did the same.
      Thanks for proving.
      Religion is shit.
      Take care

    • @yashvi2048
      @yashvi2048 3 года назад +1

      @@amritraj41 Religion isnt shit infact it teaches u moral values if you follow it properly. Its the people who ruined it. Following Customs and traditions makes you a positive person especially in the dharmic religions. Almost all Scientists in ancient india were gurus and sadhus so are they mad to follow religion? They were intelligent, peaceful, inspiring because they followed the true religion not some idiotic things created by stupid humans. Sadhus in Himalayas are living museums with enomorous knowledge they gained from their religion. Religious people dont ruin things extreme religious people ruins it. Dharmic religions teach Humanity and dharma are ultimate religion one should follow. Praying to god to have some peace of mind is not wrong. You dont know anything about a true religion.

    • @SonuSahani
      @SonuSahani 3 года назад +3

      @@amritraj41 woke will ruin humanity

  • @abed9718
    @abed9718 3 года назад +30

    Good video .
    I don't know why some Indians are straight up denying that Both Side influenced each other .
    Some people only want to beleive that their side only influenced other .

    • @udhayakumarMN
      @udhayakumarMN 3 года назад +1

      true

    • @udhayakumarMN
      @udhayakumarMN 3 года назад +5

      those indians think our ancient indians are FOOL ENOUGH TO NOT LEARN FROM OTHERS ??

    • @amritraj41
      @amritraj41 3 года назад +4

      Majority of Indians are very sensitive .
      Thousands of years of foreign rule.
      So they live in this made up world that before those 1000 years they were the greatest and only those 1000 years made them not so great

    • @penpithmind1941
      @penpithmind1941 3 года назад +1

      @@amritraj41 I mean, you can see from the video that they were really great. No doubt.

    • @joshelxiour1404
      @joshelxiour1404 3 года назад

      @@penpithmind1941 he talk about the present people of India

  • @BlackpearlAbu
    @BlackpearlAbu 2 года назад +7

    Greeks and Romans are our trading friends ❤️❤️❤️💪🏾 . They came to south India through sea route and got black pepper and more spices. And search about sank port called 'poombukar - Tamil nadu' . '

    • @kanishkapoojary772
      @kanishkapoojary772 Год назад

      Excuse me sir ,they first and started friendly relationship with west india...obiviusly western country first steped in india in maharashtra and goa

  • @dreamerachiever2718
    @dreamerachiever2718 3 года назад +7

    The Indian civilization is much older than the Greek civilization and the influences were reverse. It was the Greeks who got inspired by the Indians and not the other way around

    • @chitrachopra1947
      @chitrachopra1947 3 года назад +2

      👍

    • @pulz1191
      @pulz1191 3 года назад +4

      Exactly.
      1) It's like nonsense Aryan Dravidian Divide.
      2) The Sinauli shows way more advanced Chariots than rest of the world for that time period.
      3) We invented the zero, decimal system,value to pi .
      4) Ujjain was the GMT 0 of the world - MahaKALeshwar till 1800's.
      5) From shampoo (Champu ie Champi of head) to Buttons...
      6) Iron Age of India was wayy to advanced. From philosophy to religion to medical things like Surgery by Sushtra, Ayurveda by Dhanvantari, Kapila Muni, Brighu Rishi Astrology, Leelavati Mathematics.... Etc.
      7) North South divide is stupid... More than 70 to 80% of any language in South is similar to Sanskrit... AND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS DONT CHANGE UPON TRANSLATION. (As compared to 30% of European languages and in whom it's hard to find words which mean the same. Something as simple as Aatma and Soul have huge differences).
      8) Definition of Bharat is in Vedas and Vishnu Purana...
      9) From Sarees to God's to social structures... Its unique to India
      10) Yes there was lot of trade and commerce. But India was not inspired from Greece... It was vice versa. India was 25 to 35% of world economy. Second was China... Rest 50% was for rest of the world... Which includes Egypt, persia, Celtics, Romans and Greece.

    • @chitrachopra1947
      @chitrachopra1947 3 года назад +4

      Absolutely correct. Classic misappropriation and wrong narrative in the video

    • @amritraj41
      @amritraj41 3 года назад +1

      Sahi.
      We are the best
      We created earth sun moon mars jupiter Pluto gods and everything.
      Pata nhi aaj itna peeche kaise ho gaye sbse

    • @chitrachopra1947
      @chitrachopra1947 3 года назад

      There is a usual fool in the comment section who doesn't have facts or logic,.but is brainwashed by Western narrative, just ignore him

  • @bnb6868
    @bnb6868 3 года назад +47

    People always talk about merchants traveling the ancient and medieval world far and wide but often forget that this was just as big among artists and craftsmen. A lot of Europeans served at Asian courts. You could end up with French blacksmiths at Mongol courts and Italian glass manufacturers in India etc etc.

    • @arthurfleck1554
      @arthurfleck1554 2 года назад

      Nope, glass manufacturing was a trade secret.
      google Glass and Venice.
      And poor people (black smiths, 'artists') could have never those paid for those journeys.
      People who travelled those distances were rich, multilingual and sometimes had a 'letter of credence', otherwise they would be robbed and killed or robbed and enslaved!

  • @ShaileshSaravanan
    @ShaileshSaravanan 3 года назад +17

    In sangam literature it is mentioned that Yavanargal(Greeks/Romans) worked as mercenaries/sell-swords/bodyguards to the royalty. Yavana armies were purchased and traded among the southern kings.

    • @PROOB-xq2rq
      @PROOB-xq2rq Год назад +2

      Yes indeed, a pandyan king called Nedunjeliyan even had some roman legionaries as his bodyguard.

    • @iii0988
      @iii0988 Месяц назад +1

      ​@PROOB-xq2rq
      There are more than 6 Nedunjeliyan Pandiyan in the Pandya Kingdom

  • @sadenb
    @sadenb Год назад +3

    Greek Astronomy did not change Indian astronomy. It acknowledged Greek astrology but the scientific process of astronomy of India is completely different.

  • @evanssamuelbiju4315
    @evanssamuelbiju4315 3 года назад +16

    There are Syrian Christians in Kerala(where Muziris is) who trace their origin to the evangelistic activity of St.Thomas, which was enabled mainly by the flourishing Indo-Roman trade. Another Greek traveller Cosmas IndicoPleustes (500 AD)has written about Christians thriving in India,whose head was a bishop from Persia. Numerous Persian crosses with Pahlavi(the language spoken in Sassanid Persia) inscriptions on it have been also found in Kerala.In fact, a large proportion of Christian in Kerala still use Syriac(the closest relative to Aramaic)in their liturgy

    • @PROOB-xq2rq
      @PROOB-xq2rq Год назад

      But most of the Syrian Christians were forcefully converted to catholicism by Portuguese.

    • @kanishkapoojary772
      @kanishkapoojary772 Год назад

      Notonly in kerala ,they are also in maharashtra bengal and goa majority

  • @animax1034
    @animax1034 3 года назад +12

    I disagree when he said greek Science came to India from the west it's opposite, Saraswati pre-Vedic Sanatan civilization 14,000 - 20,000 BCE is the oldest and first civilization in the world, and astronomy and our 27 Nakshatra system, the science of 2 brahmarashi positions (pole stars precision of equinox), maths, geometry, trigonometry, astrology and, metallurgy, binary system, boolean, Fibonacci system, 4000-year-old Agastya muni electric pot batteries, arts, engineering, sculptures, Ayurveda which has 20,000+ medicinal plants and detailed uses of it to cure almost all kinds of diseases and it's organ clock, climate and seasonal clocks based ayurvedic cooking techniques for healthy life, etc, I prefer aryurveda over modern medicine because Ayurveda is 90% natural organic instead of chemicals which increase consumption of negative prana and lowers spiritual kundalini energes. ayurvastra (the science of clothing), eye surgery, brain surgery, plastic surgery, yoga, martial arts, vedant philosophies, enlightenment, spirituality, zero (0) of computer language, Vaimanik shastra the science of flying vimanas, ancient nuclear weapons like brahmastra, narayanastra, pashupatiastra, etc everything was discovered by Indians, Sanscrit is the mother of greek and Latin languages. we know that famous saying Vashudhaiva-kutumbakam (the whole world is one family) humans migrated towards west and east from India because of out of India theory because before 15,000 years whole Europe had an ice age, human life was only present in around India, China (Asia) and Africa. but we still respect our western brothers and sisters because whole humanity is one family and there is only one global civilization with millions of unique diversities. westerns also took our knowledge and science and upgraded it as we see it today.

    • @pulz1191
      @pulz1191 3 года назад +2

      Exactly.
      1) It's like nonsense Aryan Dravidian Divide.
      2) The Sinauli shows way more advanced Chariots than rest of the world for that time period.
      3) We invented the zero, decimal system,value to pi .
      4) Ujjain was the GMT 0 of the world - MahaKALeshwar till 1800's.
      5) From shampoo (Champu ie Champi of head) to Buttons...
      6) Iron Age of India was wayy to advanced. From philosophy to religion to medical things like Surgery by Sushtra, Ayurveda by Dhanvantari, Kapila Muni, Brighu Rishi Astrology, Leelavati Mathematics.... Etc.
      7) North South divide is stupid... More than 70 to 80% of any language in South is similar to Sanskrit... AND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS DONT CHANGE UPON TRANSLATION. (As compared to 30% of European languages and in whom it's hard to find words which mean the same. Something as simple as Aatma and Soul have huge differences).
      8) Definition of Bharat is in Vedas and Vishnu Purana...
      9) From Sarees to God's to social structures... Its unique to India
      10) Yes there was lot of trade and commerce. But India was not inspired from Greece... It was vice versa. India was 25 to 35% of world economy. Second was China... Rest 50% was for rest of the world... Which includes Egypt, persia, Celtics, Romans and Greece.

    • @fatpotato3512
      @fatpotato3512 3 года назад +1

      Why do you guys keep these non sensical claims with more evidence and say that vedic culture is 15000 years old?

    • @animax1034
      @animax1034 3 года назад

      ​@@fatpotato3512 because you and 96%+ people in this world are blind and dont know the real history even after tons of evidences available no one wants to study on their own, world have been brainwashed to believe anything the politicians want from their dedication systems, internet, medias and etc, dont worry in next decade about atleast 50% people will study real history it also depends upon the politics, so far ruling parties in power have managed to manipulate the history in their favours.
      Indian history is changing rapidly in few years out history books will change completely and only evidences and facts will be left no stupid unproved political supporting fanatic non-sensical theories.
      check out "Indic centre for studies" and "Sangam talks" channel for real history with evidences, I bet your asses will wide open even evidences, facts and proofs are revealed.
      stupid people don't know the history and look who's talking. study people study first. don't rely on here and their stand on our own feet.
      ruclips.net/video/3tsyzrDg2n4/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/g6p1ddanSXI/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/bQNhQ7wxOvA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/RedV48OCEFg/видео.html
      if your done studying this much and want more let me know, now it's time to make rain the evidences.

    • @Amir-fr7dl
      @Amir-fr7dl 3 года назад +1

      Forgot this useless Indian history. See at present where India is standing.🤣🤣 . Far behind from West, America and China 🤣🤣

    • @fatpotato3512
      @fatpotato3512 3 года назад

      @@Amir-fr7dl now it the 5th largest economy, and is really big exporter, exactly where china was a few years ago, let's see what you will say after 10 year🤣🤣

  • @mytube12
    @mytube12 3 года назад +36

    Science of astronomy didn't originate with Greeks! The astronomical calculations were cumbersome to be done with Greek numerals!

    • @user-yc9vx3nz5z
      @user-yc9vx3nz5z 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, half or more than half of the information in this video is totally bogus.

    • @shubhamtiwari7008
      @shubhamtiwari7008 3 года назад

      why garg write about them

    • @LOL-cv9it
      @LOL-cv9it 3 года назад

      @@user-yc9vx3nz5z
      Yes

  • @LMNOP12
    @LMNOP12 2 года назад +4

    Indian scriptures were translated by greeks and sent to other parts of world

  • @nakulgote
    @nakulgote 3 года назад +40

    "Greek culture is not Western but Indo-European" - Prof. Bharat Gupt.

    • @MrNixtt
      @MrNixtt 2 года назад

      I get your comment but Greek culture is Greek. How others like to interpret it because of politics is an other big story

  • @mytube12
    @mytube12 3 года назад +11

    Now every animal mentioned in Hindu mythology is found in Indian subcontinent! But in Greek mythology, there are many animals like the peacock which is found only in India and SEA!

  • @shatzco
    @shatzco 2 года назад +9

    If Rome had a trade deficit with India and was losing gold for India luxury items, then how can you claim that Greeks/Roman influenced art and carvings in India? Shouldn't it be other way around? I feel that Indians actually influenced the art style or maybe that art style was common in ancient world.

  • @karan4ndk676
    @karan4ndk676 3 года назад +51

    This video clearly explains the contact between Tamil, Aryan, and Punjabi with the greeks and roman ages. But this is mostly a westernized version, I hope someday anyone from the west acknowledges the importance of the Tamil and Aryan ancient civilizations

    • @hindurebel
      @hindurebel 3 года назад +21

      Aryan nonsense has already been debunked for more than a decade. Still holding on to it is like people holding on to old books which say the Earth is flat.

    • @penpithmind1941
      @penpithmind1941 3 года назад +9

      Tamils are Indo-Aryan too. Dravidian is linguistic identity not racial. Earlier Indo-Aryan people used to speak Dravidian branch of language. Later Sankrit became popular in Northern India and Southern India preserved their Dravidian linguistic identity.

    • @jwjjsjj2805
      @jwjjsjj2805 3 года назад +4

      @@penpithmind1941 No Tamils Are The Earliest Surviving Descendants Of The ASI - Ancestral Southern-Indians.

    • @jwjjsjj2805
      @jwjjsjj2805 3 года назад +6

      @@hindurebel Debunked By Hindutva Right Wing Clowns
      All The Archeological , Genetic , Linguistic Evidence Congregrated Cites To The Advent Of Ancestral Indo - Aryans Posterior To The Decline Of The Indus Valley Of The Ancestral Southern - Indian ( ASI )
      Population.

    • @pulz1191
      @pulz1191 3 года назад +6

      Exactly.
      1) It's like nonsense Aryan Dravidian Divide.
      2) The Sinauli shows way more advanced Chariots than rest of the world for that time period.
      3) We invented the zero, decimal system,value to pi .
      4) Ujjain was the GMT 0 of the world - MahaKALeshwar till 1800's.
      5) From shampoo (Champu ie Champi of head) to Buttons...
      6) Iron Age of India was wayy to advanced. From philosophy to religion to medical things like Surgery by Sushtra, Ayurveda by Dhanvantari, Kapila Muni, Brighu Rishi Astrology, Leelavati Mathematics.... Etc.
      7) North South divide is stupid... More than 70 to 80% of any language in South is similar to Sanskrit... AND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS DONT CHANGE UPON TRANSLATION. (As compared to 30% of European languages and in whom it's hard to find words which mean the same. Something as simple as Aatma and Soul have huge differences).
      8) Definition of Bharat is in Vedas and Vishnu Purana...
      9) From Sarees to God's to social structures... Its unique to India
      10) Yes there was lot of trade and commerce. But India was not inspired from Greece... It was vice versa. India was 25 to 35% of world economy. Second was China... Rest 50% was for rest of the world... Which includes Egypt, persia, Celtics, Romans and Greece.

  • @a.a.5980
    @a.a.5980 3 года назад +154

    It's so sad that nowadays people fear cultural and intelectual exchange, as well as co-existence and globalism. Even though those were the main factors which made empires bloom and flourish,
    Colonialism and nationalistic tendencies really did their job of doinng a lot of damage and still are doing a lot of harm.

    • @heirofslytherin3890
      @heirofslytherin3890 3 года назад +28

      The current "globalisation" is americanisation in disguise

    • @krushna4181
      @krushna4181 3 года назад +40

      Just an observation: Abrahamic religions didn't exist at that time and there was no "Only my God is the true God" ideology. And the religions of that time were based on philosophies rather than ideologies.

    • @krushna4181
      @krushna4181 3 года назад +6

      @@heirofslytherin3890 Americans are originally from Britain.

    • @SafavidAfsharid3197
      @SafavidAfsharid3197 3 года назад +9

      To be fair colonialism is kind of globalism and nationalism just means putting your country interests before another country.

    • @heirofslytherin3890
      @heirofslytherin3890 3 года назад +2

      @@krushna4181 +1 to this

  • @AwesomeSauce696969
    @AwesomeSauce696969 3 года назад +8

    There is nothing I love learning about more, I think, than the ancient interactions between Greece and India.

  • @robinsonxlnt8135
    @robinsonxlnt8135 3 года назад +7

    Love and Respects for Greece and Italy from India !!!
    🇮🇳 ❤ 🇬🇷 ❤ 🇮🇹

  • @Mjjjyyy
    @Mjjjyyy 3 года назад +34

    Just discoverd this channel, its damn cool. Do you animate for this yourself?

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +13

      Yep!

    • @Mjjjyyy
      @Mjjjyyy 3 года назад +4

      @@OddCompass Did you make the characters in Illustrator yourself?
      Cool!

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +7

      I used to do all characters myself, but I recently started to do a mix of my own plus modified premade items!

  • @SintiSchneck
    @SintiSchneck 3 года назад +35

    Very nice Video, much greetings from the Sinti people the oldest Indian Diaspora of Germany🇩🇪 We Sinti have more than 70% Sanskrit Words in our language but all our words based of trade are greek, I assume because India and Greece have a 5.000 years trade-relationship. Your channel is very good, I'll subscribe to you, I'm looking forward to your further videos❤️👍🏼☺️🇩🇪🇵🇰🇮🇳

    • @admiralburger
      @admiralburger 3 года назад +2

      @@SintiSchneck 🇮🇳* because Sanskrit is banned in Pakistan.

    • @SintiSchneck
      @SintiSchneck 3 года назад

      @@admiralburger Urdu itself also has Sanskrit words just more Persian arabic loanwords than hindi

    • @SintiSchneck
      @SintiSchneck 3 года назад

      @Serenity yes See am right😊 Urdu and Hindi is soo close

    • @yj9032
      @yj9032 3 года назад +1

      Sindhi?

    • @SintiSchneck
      @SintiSchneck 3 года назад +1

      @@yj9032 yes Sinti are the Sindhi-Pravasi-Manushya

  • @galvonprime757
    @galvonprime757 3 года назад +10

    As a indian i feel so disappointed with our school history text books

  • @ashwaryp
    @ashwaryp 3 года назад +14

    Western Satraps used both Greek and Sanskrit but they were Saka (Scythian) in their origin and there is also a chance that an Indo-Scythian King Azes sent an embassy to Roman Emperor seeking his help against the Parthians. And also the Greco-Roman coinage style is also clearly visible of the Kushan coins. Kushans were also the 1st Indian rulers to have issued gold coins as Indians advantaged hugely from the trade with Rome, the trade balance was hugely tilted towards Indians as the Pliny has described. The Kushan gold coins weigh roughly between 8g-15g depending upon the atmosphere surrounding the trade. Kushans also benefited from the silk route but we start seeing gold coins only after the Kushan Emperor Vima Kadphises conquered the Indus delta from Indo-Parthians.
    Would love to see an episode on the various achievements of Kushans and Guptas. Thumbs up for this episode.

    • @jijijijijjjiijijijjjjj
      @jijijijijjjiijijijjjjj 3 года назад

      Kushan's were not indians. They invaded here from china-central asia.

    • @rtam7097
      @rtam7097 3 года назад +6

      @@jijijijijjjiijijijjjjj so what?
      They spreaded Indian culture nd were Indianized heavily

    • @rtam7097
      @rtam7097 3 года назад +3

      @@jijijijijjjiijijijjjjj They were Tocharians+Sakas mix

    • @ashwaryp
      @ashwaryp 3 года назад +4

      @@jijijijijjjiijijijjjjj In their origin they weren't, but they were very heavily Indianized syncretic empire, and helped spread Indian Culture + Religions + Languages etc. all across Central and East Asia. That's why they are referred to as an Indian Empire, not because of origin but because of their cultural and religious identity, why else would be a Kushan Emperor named Vasudeva.

    • @jijijijijjjiijijijjjjj
      @jijijijijjjiijijijjjjj 3 года назад

      @@ashwaryp They spread buddhism, not hinduism. Remember! Buddhists are ex-hindus! They rejected hinduism. Why should we appreciate them?
      Only hinduism is indian. Rest of the religions are non-indian. Even buddhism
      Har har mahadev! 🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱

  • @anhad7001
    @anhad7001 3 года назад +5

    Everything was harmonious and golden era until Abrahamic religions came.

  • @Artic_Asteroid
    @Artic_Asteroid 3 года назад +24

    Don't you worry when people say you are underrated....your contents and animations are wonderful and i was eager for long to have an indian animation channel talking about our history....soon you and your contents will be well known and popular....just post videos regularly with quality contents like the ones provided so far....and never give up....see you soon in the big stage....All the very best!😊

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +1

      Much appreciated! I'll keep improving and uploading!

  • @codeisaurabh
    @codeisaurabh 3 года назад +9

    5:00 this man is saying indian sculptures are inspired from roman dude what if I will say roman sculptures are inspired from india😂

    • @stynershiner1854
      @stynershiner1854 2 года назад

      A lot were. Read history. Even the famous Buddha statues were inspired by Greco-Roman artwork.

    • @justryingme
      @justryingme 2 года назад +1

      @@stynershiner1854 yeah everything good about India...west inspired....and everything bad about India is indigenous....what an agenda.

    • @stynershiner1854
      @stynershiner1854 2 года назад

      @@justryingme Do not strawman my argument. I just said the Buddhist statues were Roman inspired. That is all. Didn't say everything bad about India is indigenous.
      Also, the guy who owns this channel is also Indian.

    • @NickVenture1
      @NickVenture1 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/7IN8RbVARGQ/видео.html

  • @madhavankrishnan6876
    @madhavankrishnan6876 3 года назад +6

    There is no slavery in india. Kings had more than one wife, it was excepted in india. These are wife not slave.

    • @vorrdegard2176
      @vorrdegard2176 3 года назад

      I wanna believe it but need prof

    • @madhavankrishnan6876
      @madhavankrishnan6876 3 года назад +2

      @@vorrdegard2176 mugals are not indians. They are muslims that came from outside, they were eventuly defeted. But at their time there were such incident. Before them there was non. If there were any ,the western scholers would have shown it with proof. Now the theorys like aryan invations or tourism are becoming irrelevent because there is no proof and migration out of india is becoming more relevant because there is genetic evidence like Fm89.

    • @dwarasamudra8889
      @dwarasamudra8889 3 года назад

      @@madhavankrishnan6876 Mughals were initially not Indians but they did become Indians both culturaly and genetically. All the Mughal Emperors after Akbar had Indian Rajput mothers and so had Indian blood. Also, even if you don't consider the Mughal dynasty itself as Indian, you have to recognise that the Empire was definitely Indian since it has majority Indian population, majority Indian Hindu military, majority Indian Hindu government etc.

    • @madhavankrishnan6876
      @madhavankrishnan6876 3 года назад

      @@dwarasamudra8889 what do you mean. Mugals foribly converted people and did many atrosities. There are terrorist born in india but do we consider them as our own? .Emperor kanishk is a forine invader he extended the reach of indian culture and influenced china in adopting buddism and cholas conqured terittories up to phillipians there are no religios friction at their time. Japan also a buddist county is it because of any forced convertion. It is not citizenship where you consider them because they are born in india. Those who help in flourish india culture expanding it reach are considerd as our own. Cholas didnt explote other regions they conqured. At time 1759 mugals was completely defeted by marathas there were muslims, did they forcebly convert these muslims. That is difference between mugals and hindu kings? Most of the muslims in india has fallen hindu ancestors. I am a hindu because my ancestors were strong.

  • @rajeshg8760
    @rajeshg8760 3 года назад +23

    There was strong business ties with Roman emprire and tamil kings.

    • @-rate6326
      @-rate6326 2 года назад +1

      this video is biased
      it doesn't talk about what india texts were translated to greek

    • @sasivinoth3300
      @sasivinoth3300 2 года назад +2

      @@-rate6326 there are many literatures in Tamil regarding the trade with Rome. I kindly request you to read it

    • @-rate6326
      @-rate6326 2 года назад

      @@sasivinoth3300 did I said there was no trade?

  • @mayanksingh0044
    @mayanksingh0044 Год назад +4

    the light skinned obsession is that old ............. woah

  • @himanshu0302k
    @himanshu0302k 3 года назад +9

    For the sake of criricism I would like to add
    1) What Alexander tried to do must have seemed cute for the Indian kings.
    2) Indiam mathamatics gave the modern numerals including Zero which was studied, translated & acknowledged by the Persians but the Greeks conquered them & claimed it & disowned the indian sources.
    3) The Indian steel alloy ingots were exported to Damascus & willingly branded as damascus steel so the Indian forges can maintain their secrecy.
    4) Suryasidhanta an Indian handbook on astronomy deals with extreme advanced level of theories & formulas even by todays standards & is estimated to be of more than 5000 years old.
    5) Pythagoras, Fibonacci etc. all are just plagiarized works stolen from Indian mathematicians.
    6) & the list can go on.....

    • @chitrachopra1947
      @chitrachopra1947 3 года назад +3

      👍

    • @pulz1191
      @pulz1191 3 года назад +4

      Exactly.
      1) It's like nonsense Aryan Dravidian Divide.
      2) The Sinauli shows way more advanced Chariots than rest of the world for that time period.
      3) We invented the zero, decimal system,value to pi .
      4) Ujjain was the GMT 0 of the world - MahaKALeshwar till 1800's.
      5) From shampoo (Champu ie Champi of head) to Buttons...
      6) Iron Age of India was wayy to advanced. From philosophy to religion to medical things like Surgery by Sushtra, Ayurveda by Dhanvantari, Kapila Muni, Brighu Rishi Astrology, Leelavati Mathematics.... Etc.
      7) North South divide is stupid... More than 70 to 80% of any language in South is similar to Sanskrit... AND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS DONT CHANGE UPON TRANSLATION. (As compared to 30% of European languages and in whom it's hard to find words which mean the same. Something as simple as Aatma and Soul have huge differences).
      8) Definition of Bharat is in Vedas and Vishnu Purana...
      9) From Sarees to God's to social structures... Its unique to India
      10) Yes there was lot of trade and commerce. But India was not inspired from Greece... It was vice versa. India was 25 to 35% of world economy. Second was China... Rest 50% was for rest of the world... Which includes Egypt, persia, Celtics, Romans and Greece.

    • @fatpotato3512
      @fatpotato3512 3 года назад +2

      Yes the wootz steel.

    • @himanshu0302k
      @himanshu0302k 3 года назад

      @@pulz1191 👍

  • @part-timebrock1126
    @part-timebrock1126 3 года назад +32

    This is such a great topic and I just red about it and Menender l yesterday.... I hope next you make something about Kushan Empire....

    • @tintunbirha
      @tintunbirha 3 года назад

      It is probably Mahendra. The butchery they make of Indian names.

    • @part-timebrock1126
      @part-timebrock1126 3 года назад +1

      @@tintunbirha it's Menender lol. How about doing some research before typing...

    • @tintunbirha
      @tintunbirha 3 года назад

      @@part-timebrock1126 : They do make a butchery. When I listen to Hindi channel I get the names which make more sense. Your research must have shown you the names of river as Ganges ( which translates to female who is a Baldy in hindi), instead of Ganga. LOL

    • @ganeshreddy2623
      @ganeshreddy2623 3 года назад

      @@part-timebrock1126 , Yes it must be Mahendra, not menender.

    • @part-timebrock1126
      @part-timebrock1126 3 года назад

      @@ganeshreddy2623 Man, do Google search first

  • @tianlonghong665
    @tianlonghong665 3 года назад +9

    Asked for it, and you delivered! Thank you ^-^ I enjoyed this video a lot.

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @pulz1191
      @pulz1191 3 года назад

      @@OddCompass Please make videos on number of Temples broken, how people tried to save them and how Murti from one part of country was found in another.
      Look for "Hindu temples and what happened to them" by Sita Ram Goel also "Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples" by Meenakshi Jain....
      In fact the temple to the Sun God of Kashmir is now a part of the British Museum.

  • @amitajaan
    @amitajaan 4 месяца назад +5

    The information is lacikng/inaccurate re Influence of Indian science and astrology on Greek civilisation. India was far more advanced and since ALEXANDRE the Greeks deliberately kept this out of written documents and portray their superiority.

  • @ErickBuildsStuff
    @ErickBuildsStuff 3 года назад +26

    May be its time for you to start premiering your videos with the amount of views rolling in

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +1

      Will definitely look into it!

  • @ryanharris1052
    @ryanharris1052 3 года назад +17

    Very interesting. We often forget how interconnected the world has been historically. Love videos on subjects in addition to warfare such as trade. I’m surprised India hasn’t featured in a stand-alone game (I’m aware it’s in The colonial games but a whole India map with dozens of settlements to capture the scale would be great) similar to Shogun as their so much that could be done. Classical era maps; medieval and gunpowder ages.

  • @bloodfiredrake7259
    @bloodfiredrake7259 3 года назад +9

    You should do one about Ethiopia and the Swahili coast too. I want to see how the subcontinent interacted with them.

  • @nessue1724
    @nessue1724 3 года назад +6

    Man. You are really Underrated.

  • @Iyervval
    @Iyervval 3 года назад +11

    Another fantastic video. Awesome stuff

    • @OddCompass
      @OddCompass  3 года назад +1

      Thanks!

    • @pulz1191
      @pulz1191 3 года назад

      @@OddCompass Please make videos on number of Temples broken, how people tried to save them and how Murti from one part of country was found in another.
      Look for "Hindu temples and what happened to them" by Sita Ram Goel also "Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples" by Meenakshi Jain....
      In fact the temple to the Sun God of Kashmir is now a part of the British Museum.

    • @uzochiokeke4328
      @uzochiokeke4328 2 года назад

      wow is that really AIM? 😮😮

  • @chirayupuri2648
    @chirayupuri2648 3 года назад +31

    There's this book I just read: "The ocean of churn" by Sanjeev Sanyal, which talks about the trade that used to happen in the Indian ocean between countries from middle east, India, China & South East Asia. Also it has a lot to say about the cultural impact these countries had on one another, in a more nuanced form.

  • @niyatis0207
    @niyatis0207 2 года назад +6

    Chandragupta Maurya's second wife (whom he married years after the death of his first wife) was a Greek and the daughter of a high ranking Greek official, though her name remains a mystery and might have been Helena. His guru Chanakya was against this union but agreed only if the son born of the marriage would not ascend to the throne. It is currently unknown whether they had a son or not as after four years of marriage, Chandragupta converted to Jainism and became a monk.

    • @booybooybooy
      @booybooybooy Год назад

      There's no historical evidence regarding the existence of Chanakya. He's a manufactured figure by cunning Brahmins to impose there supremacy along the lines "that there was a great king in ancient India, but he attained greatness because he had a master of even greater stature..."

    • @Johnnyjoestar1772
      @Johnnyjoestar1772 Год назад +2

      @@booybooybooy Chanakya was real.

    • @booybooybooy
      @booybooybooy Год назад

      @@Johnnyjoestar1772 proof?

    • @souptikpal4736
      @souptikpal4736 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@booybooybooy i think u should read the buddhist and jains texts maybe?? or a simple wiki search is enough if u dont have time or knowledge

    • @Unknown_88886
      @Unknown_88886 4 месяца назад

      ​@@booybooybooyAverage illiterate bhimta 😂😂😂

  • @MayureshKadu
    @MayureshKadu 3 года назад +14

    Great coverage for a fast-paced explainer! An an enjoyable topic too. Thank you!

  • @kedrprao
    @kedrprao 3 года назад +4

    The map you used in thumbnail is the REAL INDIAN MAP including current day Islamists occupied land called "pakistan"