Episodi
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In this episode, we take a look at the beginning of formal philosophy in the Northern kingdoms of India. There was a climate of questioning and social change which then pushed thinkers to examine the fundamental nature of their world
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In this episode, we take a closer look at how society operated and some of the changes that were taking place. The beginnings of dissent and protest and social revolution, new philosophies and get a crash course in ancient inheritance
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Episodi mancanti?
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With kings fighting for glory and gold, what did the regular citizens get up to? We’ll take a look at what their lives were like, how ideas of social class and order developed. How much of an influence ritual and
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We’re at a time of change. we’ll peel back the curtain on the different forces at work on ancient Indian society and see what it looked it before it changed. In this episode. we’ll look at the origin of kings
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The Late Vedic Age; sometime between the 14th and 7th centuries BC. Or thereabouts. A time when everyone wants to be king, and then has a hard time figuring how to hold on. There are many clans and families all
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Taking a breather from the heavier history, this time, we hear the first of the great epics of India; The Ramayana. A classical tale with kings, queens, demons and armies of warring monkeys it is ultimately the triumph of dharma
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The Indus or Harappa Civilization, a very old and still mysterious civilization that reached a high degree of urban sophistication and complexity but left very few clues to how it managed to do all that. It’s divided historians and archaeologists about
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A brief geographical and archaeological survey of the earliest settlements in the South Asian Stone Age and the first signs of civilization. There’s also a little fish, world-carrying elephants and a giant turtle! Website Twitter
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Hello! My name is Vivek Vasan and this is the introduction to Historical India Podcast. Here, I’ll tell you a little about myself and the plans for the Podcast series going forward. Website Twitter