The History of India Podcast
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The History of India Podcast
A light weekly podcast covering the history of India, from 6th century B.C. Enjoying the podcast? Please consider donating to the Snehal Sidhu Memorial Fund (http://tinyurl.com/prkvwll)
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6.2 Tale of two princes: Dantidurga and Nandivarman
The Pallava Empire is sliding into anarchy. All its hopes are pinned on a twelve year old boy from Cambodia. We follow his winding path to power. Also...
6.1 Ascending the peak: Dantidurga and the founding of the Rashtrakuta empire
A young prince rises to found an empire. We tell the story of his rise in three ritual baths. Also in this episode: how running a medieval Indian cour...
5.E By the dry heart of empire
What was life like in the heart of the Chaulkiya empire? How did they survive in such a dry environment? How was the city defended? In this episode, w...
5.D Workers stranded by the lockdown
**Special episode on the current crisis** People are stranded all across India. They left to find work. Now the lockdown has come, they are out of wor...
5.C Chalukyas by the book
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) This week we chat to comic book author, novelist and fellow fan of the Chaulkiya period Dr. Shalini Srinivasan about...
5.B By the whim of the master (part 2)
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) ***Warning: contains upsetting details.*** The second special episode on slavery. This week, we hear about the lives of...
5.A By the whim of the master
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) ***Warning: contains upsetting details.*** This week, we learn a little about what life was like for slaves in ancient...
5.23 Overtaken by the bogeyman
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) This week, we meet some of the bogeymen of ancient India; a group among the most feared of the Barbarians. The mighty...
5.22 By the back of the five great kings
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) This is the week of small kings. The Pratihara empire has ruled for as long as anyone can remember. But a small king fr...
5.21 By half a metre
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) This week, Mahendrapala extends his empire downstream, towards the sea. But nothing is what it seems: not the emperor...
5.20 Assault by salt
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) A journey through one of emperor Bhoja's lands. With the emperor far away in the Imperial city, we find out what life i...
5.19 Drawn by the sun
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) In this episode, young king Bhoja will grow into his throne. He will draw together allies and subordinates and wait pat...
5.18 Drawn by greatness
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) For too long the empire of the east has dominated North India. Bhoja, the descendant of the western emperors is determi...
5.17 By the tip of the quivering sword
( The victorious Palas build their empire. Poets gather in their courts. Kings flee before their armies. All seems well, but an old enemy is regatheri...
5.16 By the setting of the eastern sun
() This week, the build up to the great battle continues. We join the navy of the East, as it brings infantry and elephants up the river. Then we laun...
5.15 By the light of the western dawn
() This week, we witness the build up to a great battle of the age: the Pratihara king has brought his army from the east, thick with warhorses. The P...
5.14 By the help of a hundred scholars
() Emperor Dharmapala constructed an education system across his empire, so great it surpassed all that had come before. For half a millennium, it sha...
5.13 By a graceful move of the eyebrows
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) This week, we find out what happened to the great prize of North India: the Imperial city of Kanyakubja. Two dynasties:...
5.a Philosophy, by the book
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) Become a student of the great Jain thinker Haribhadra. His novels have thrilled you. His satires have scanadlised you....
5.12 Back by the withering sand
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) We join the great Pratihara king Vatsaraja, at his lowest moment. With the whole of North India in his power, he is def...
5.11 On taking two umbrellas
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) Everyone wants the imperial city of Kanyakubja lies at the center. The great Partihara king of the west wants to re-est...
5.10 On the way out
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) The Umayyad armies go beyond al-Sind, trying to establish a new province in al-Hind proper. But their successes won't l...
5.9 On the way to Hind
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) This week, a tale of bridge engineering, bloodthirsty generals, widowed queens, the first mosque in South Asia, and lot...
5.8 On the door
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) This week, the Rajputs arrive on the scene with the earliest of Rajput clans, the Pratiharas. But where did they come f...
5.7 How to prevent fish on fish crime
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) Bengal's kings are dying daily. The land is in chaos. It's been this way for years. But, according to the legend, a man...
5.6 Those who live on campaign...
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) Lalitaditya had grand plans. He would make Kashmir into an empire, spanning all of India and outside of it too. His arm...
5.5 On top of the world
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) Travel to the top of India, the mountain valley of Kashmir. This is the story of the three brother-kings of Kashmir. Th...
5.4 Onward, Mauryan empire
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in)This week, the last of the Mauryan emperors. He will restore his family's glory, conquering the entire world. Well, more...
5.3 On the edge of renown
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) This week, two kingdoms tie themselves together with marriage. They expand their lands, regain their independence. They...
5.2 The lake on the hills
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in The story of Nepal, from the formation of the Himalayan lands, through it's earliest inscriptions, to the king who re...
5.1 Carry on, Pataliputra
(www.historyofindiapodcast.in) Emperor Harsha is dead. With him, the last great Indian empire of the first millenium collapses into chaos. Or so the s...
5.0 Bumbling on bumbling
(www.historyofindiapodcast.com) A brief introduction to series 5: a preview as we plunge into the medieval age. We'll have a quick chat about Islam an...
4.K Joy in ruins
(www.historyofindiapodcast.com) A time-travellers tour through the heartlands of the Chaulikyan empire. See the new South Indian style of art being in...
3.T By sea
(www.historyofindiapodcast.com) This week, set sail across the ocean with Indian merchants. We follow the Chinese monk Faxian as he crosses Gupta Nort...
3.S Engulfed by Jade
(www.historyofindiapodcast.com) We spend another week in the Indian-influenced land of the Tarim basin. This week, we spend time in the legendary city...
3.R Chewed over by the master
(www.historyofindiapodcast.com) This week, we travel over the Himalayas, and climb down the other side into the great desert basin. We spend time in a...
4.J The smile on the skull
() This is the tale of the land of the red river, North East India. Come on a journey along the banks, and hear the stories of this place: the tales o...
3.Q From dusk till dawn
() This week, we return to the caves of Ajanta. But we have good company: an artist and college lecturer has come to tell us about her memories of vis...
4.I The cheer of twigs
(www.historyofindiapodcast.com) This week, we see how the landscape of the Pallavas was shaped. We follow it from before history began, through the ye...
4.H The sport of drunkards and other stories
(www.historyofindiapodcast.com) We meet one of the great characters of the age: Mahendravarman, king of the Pallavas. We get to know his wicked humour...