Beloved of the Gods: Ashoka Maurya in His Time and Ours
In the Season 3 Finale, we explore South Asia at the time of its most famous ancient figure: Ashoka Maurya, ruler of the largest empire seen in the su...
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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Echoes of India is the story of India like you've never heard it before. Host Anirudh Kanisetti takes you on a journey through its wonders, from the Greek art of Afghanistan to the thriving ports of Tamil Nadu. Along the way, monks debate, queens boast, and armies roar. From philosophy to politics to economics, the past comes back to life - noisy, breathing, as thriving as the Indian subcontinent is today.
The Emperor is Naked: How History Forgot the Ajivikas and Remembered the Mauryas
The forgotten religion of the Ajivikas can tell us a great deal about the religions and empires of the early Gangetic Plains. Anirudh visits the medie...
Alexander the Brute: Building Empires in the Ancient World
The invasion of Alexander III of Macedon is a landmark event in South Asian history. Join Anirudh as he explores the conqueror's camp, meets an Indian...
Thrones of Blood: Ajatashatru's Wars and the First Buddhist Council
How did the kingdom of Magadha lay the foundations for India's first empire? And how did the successors of Siddhartha Gautama establish the tradition ...
Thrones of Blood: Ajatashatru's Wars and the First Buddhist Council
How did the kingdom of Magadha lay the foundations for India's first empire? And how did the successors of Siddhartha Gautama establish the tradi...
The Great Extinguishing: Memories of the Death of Buddha and the Rise of Magadha
Death inevitably comes to us all. But how do memories of the dead shape our world? Witness the last months and hours of Siddhartha Gautama as he trave...
So I Have Heard From the Blessed One: Anirudh Speaks to the Buddha
What might Siddhartha Gotama, the Buddha, have actually thought of himself? Did he genuinely believe in what he preached? How do we, sitting in the 21...
Nun of Your Business: Women, Society, and the Sangha in Early Buddhism
Episode 4 of Echoes of India brings us to witness the burgeoning power of the Buddhist Sangha in the early Gangetic Plains. How did Siddhartha Gotama,...
S03 E04: Nun of Your Business: Women, Society, and the Sangha in Early Buddhism
Episode 4 of Echoes of India brings us to witness the burgeoning power of the Buddhist Sangha in the early Gangetic Plains. How did Siddhartha Go...
Buddha the Prophet: The Republics, Slaves and Ethics of Early India
In Episode 3 of Echoes of India, we'll begin to follow the extraordinary career of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. How did one person, emerging from t...