Ambhi : The Indian King who Invited Alexander

Ambhi, the Indian king who ruled the territory between Indus and Jhelum, holds an important place in Indian history. In Western sources, among the Indian kings, his mention is second only to Porus. In this video, we talk about the different aspects of Ambhi's relation with Alexander and his neighbours.
Reference:-
1. The invasion of India by Alexander the Great by J W Mcrindle
2. Alexander and the East by A.B Bosworth
3. Alexander the Great, Selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch and Quintus Curtius by James Romm
4. In the Path of Conquest by Waldemar Heckel
5. Alexander the Great: Volume 1 by W W Tarn
6. Diodorus Siculus translated by C. Bradford Welles
7. Arrian Anabasis of Alexander translated by P. A. Brunt
8. The Indian Satrapies under Alexander the Great by A.B Bosworth [ARTICLE]
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Pushkar Chaudhary not only provided inputs on the script, but he also pointed out the prospective relationship between Taxiles and Takshilesha.
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[@AdityaKumar-hm9qn]

Saw your Vaad podcast and came here. You having amazing content, depth of knowledge and story telling ability. Your narration in Hindi however feels more natural and engaging! It will provide greater reach as well. ;) Good luck!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you. We've a dedicated Hindi Channel as well. Here's the link www.youtube.com/@ThestoryofIndia

[@krishnaarnab6070]

I recently discovered your channel and absolutely loved your works. Huge appreciation to you for uncovering such interesting facts about ancient Indian history. Bhaiya, can you make videos on the Pala Empire.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you. Will do videos on the Palas soon.

[@amayg.tandon6074]

Love the video, Jay Vardhan ji but the thumbnail is that if Raja Porus... 😅 I made his image heroic and handsome, worthy of actual Porus and his deeds

[@knowledgejunction4985]

❤❤❤❤ it was totally new for me... I'm not a history student ,but I just love reading and learning about our history. Thank you for this video. Benefitted ❤❤

[@Playerone1287]

Another great video Make some more videos like that how patliputra got discovered video, these kinds of videos are so interesting

[@pradeepsourastriya5282]

I am history student and love your content so much ❤❤❤

[@user-gn8gz1vn3b]

Do a comparative study on Indian, West Asia, China, Europe.

[@rubin6202]

Please, make a podcast on the Alexanders conquest of India.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Will do a QnA soon

[@harrypotter6505]

Jay maybe this is the most ignorant comment I will ever leave, but can you make this more interesting the way you speak in the Vaad interviews? Maybe I mean to say that you could also have Hindi versions of the videos too, such that you reach people who aren't that great or naturally inclining to listening to English narration... I really like how you spoke on Vaad, and these are great too... :)

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks for your suggestion. I do have a Hindi channel as well. www.youtube.com/@ThestoryofIndia

[@nasrullahtolwak2655]

Jay Bhai, Please have a video on the origins of Pashton too!

[@OK-pq1wj]

Can u suggest some books on detailed explanation of forts of india in detail. Specially on features and parts of forts.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

You can read Forts of India by Amit Verma and Sidney Toy's Stronghold of India.

[@OK-pq1wj]

@@JayVardhanSingh thanks man👍

[@harshaddivekar2331]

Very well narrated ! 👍

[@unequivocalhuman4230]

Bro is inviting crowd

[@shekharb2981]

It is interesting to note that some prominent historians even questioned the very theory of Alexander alias Sikandar being there in the scene itself,they further argue that the name Sikander is more popular as it may be originated from the worriers name from the Middle East! That may be reason the name Alexander is not mentioned anywhere in the Indian history notes of yesteryears,it can be only be sourced from Greek historians ! so it becomes one way history !

[@NishanthSalahudeen]

"Skandar" or "skanda" is a great warrior god. Just like people say iskool for school, they say iskandar.

[@ayushkumarsingh3029]

I think we don't have any Indian source for Chandragupta Maurya victory over Seleucus also

[@witchilich]

@@sanjaygowda1143 theres non actually. entirely greek sources. this is why tv shows showing bindusara's mother as a greek is bullshit. no greek sources ever mentioned if she was married to chandragupta maurya or some local lord, meanwhile Indian sources were clearly mentioned Bindusara's mother and Chandragupta Maurya's chief wife.

[@ayushkumarsingh3029]

@@sanjaygowda1143 nope If you know,quote

[@AtheistNationalist]

Probably burnt away by a certain people. But it is recorded in Greek scriptures he's referred to as Sandracottos

[@ayushkumarsingh3029]

@@AtheistNationalist thats what I am saying Greek historians do mentioned him but Indians dont An Indian work called Yugapurana do mention Demetrius 1 invasion of Indian in around circa 185 bce

[@dimitrioskontsiotis2267]

There are Indian sources on Chandragupta's war with Seleukos.

[@apoorvtrivedi685]

Bhai podcast nhi aya hai bhut time ho gaya hai

[@JayVardhanSingh]

bhai upload hogi jald hi

[@time43200]

Glad you made this video about porus and alexander but I have a question does porus ruled Trigarta kingdom also which is in present day kangra or not

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I don't think so.

[@time43200]

@@JayVardhanSingh so it was seperate region

[@greatkaafir7478]

Present Day Kangda State King Is Known As The Descendant Of Porush "✌️

[@abhijitbose8487]

Make a video for Orrisha king Narasingh Dev.. You should promote all videos in Hindi version..

[@singhizhem]

Is there any proof from local Afghan sources of Ambi meeting Alexanader is Kabul? Second question. Is there any proof from Afghan sources of Alexander the Great?

[@VimalKumar-xt3vn]

Can you throw some light on the ancestry of King Ambhi? What was his caste and Varna.What was his relationship with Taxila University.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

We don't have any information in this regard.

[@rimi6334]

Ohh Taxiles sound similar to Takshsshila 2:16 Abisares = Abhisara

[@tahirmuradbhutta3632]

Sir Are Ahmbi was belong to bhuti tribe ........

[@jayanjayanthan5316]

India got the name BHARATH from the rigvedic clan Bharathas. During medieval period india was called as Hindustan. Who called India Bharath first?

[@witchilich]

First used by Kharavela in Hathigumpha inscription

[@Archi.x002]

90% of the invaders were 'invited' by some regional power hungry Indian ruler just to beat his neighboring rival.

[@indrajeet]

That's why we were defeated.

[@kashutosh9132]

​​@@indrajeet Tab unko pta nhi thaa na ki 2000 saal baad apna big Indian republic Bane Wale h Wo bas apna sochte the Unke liye neighbouring country Aaj ke India-Pakistan ki tarah hoga Aapko kya lagta h?m thik bol raha hoon

[@bhanupratap1063]

@@kashutosh9132 Had Ashoka not adopted Pacifism, India would have been unified much much earlier. Infact, Purpose of Mauryan dynasty was to unify India. Chandragupta and his son almost unified it. but Ashoka's pacifism ruined everything.

[@kashutosh9132]

@@bhanupratap1063 Under Ashok,Indians had their biggest empire Ashok had unified the last territories Nobody (Indian) ruled on bigger empire than him But empire rise and fall Just like Guptas,Marathas,Romans,cholas etc It's hard to imagine if Mauryans had survived 2000+years till India became a nation state. I don't know if that's possible or not

[@vccv9785]

​@@bhanupratap1063pacifism was a political tool. He was still cruel after Kalinga, ashokavadana mentions everything

[@anuragsharma4159]

Jay ,Make videos on varna strarification , sanskritizaion or brahmanization of India. And Groups /Clans and beliefs of ancient India. Like shakya and normal people who were they comprised of. The Integration and people of India is poorly understood .As we know steppe ancestry entered India after 4000Yrs ago. How did it all happened upto Gupta era?

[@OG_d0wnFall]

Brahmanization? Here comes western minds

[@anuragsharma4159]

@@OG_d0wnFall You don't know the basics

[@benefactor4309]

You told that Harshvardhan was last big Indian ruler, Rajendra Chola was a much ruler than him.

[@mayankdubey2006]

He was taking about ancient india

[@benefactor4309]

@@mayankdubey2006 harsha is not Ancient....

[@mayankdubey2006]

@@benefactor4309 sir according to historians he is ancient. He belongs to post gupta period

[@benefactor4309]

@@mayankdubey2006 harshavardhan was born a century after the Guptas, he was a contemporary of the islamic prophet.

[@mayankdubey2006]

Yes he belongs to post gupta period

[@arslannaeem4282]

Jay Vardhan - 6:57 , Territory on the East of Indus was Porus Territory... not Ambhis... Ambhi was on the West... Correct me if I'm wrong...

[@uddipanchaudhury3023]

Alexander is really overrrated in history. He was like all ancient autocrats hungry for power and glory. Why he is called 'great' as if he was some "Mahapurush".

[@gameruleworld.1889]

Is it true that chanakya has taken porus help for chandragupta to conquer the india???

[@randomturd1415]

We don't who porus is called in Indian texts. So do not easily believe what serials show you. Esp that show called porus

[@themen1110]

प्रतिहार rajput the ya gujjar

[@randomturd1415]

Most likely rajput. Kalhana apne rajatarangini me 36 clans(Kula) rajaputra ko mention krta hai. Aur pratihar ka khoon na hone se wo paraye nhi ho jaate. Agar aap Bharat ko maante ho to sab apne hai idhr

[@rowlattgamer3355]

Rajput. This gujjar relation comes because of a very misunderstood fact. The reason they got the title gurjara in front of their name because Nagabhata or vatsaraja conquered the area known as gurjaradesha (basically southern Rajasthan and northen Gujarat) , gaining them the title of gurjara Raja. They have little to no connection with the pastoral community of north-western and Kashmir part of India known as 'gujjars'. It is also possible Nagabhata was most likely a native of ujjain who take over this region after defeating the arabs.

[@Playerone1287]

Actually rajputs were not a caste back then it became a rigid caste much later in 1600s Most of Rajputs originated from indigenous pastoral and landlord communities, they were earlier considered as shudras, best example is Shivaji, these kings from different communities married within themselves this forming a rigid caste Rajputs, this still happens like King of jaipur marrying a Bengali thakur, Marathi princess vasundhara raje marrying A Jat king even Jat king surajmal declared himself a rajput but since he was a king in 1700s so he couldn't become rajput because rajputs had become a caste at that time Same goes for gurjars, now we don't if it was a community/caste or just an ethnicity based in some gurjar Pradesh Everything is actually quite hoch poch and mixed I guess

[@themen1110]

@@Playerone1287 bhai abhi k jo surajmal k vansaj hai.Anirudh Bharatpur woh abhi bhi ish baat ko unapologetically kehte hai ki unka family tree rajputo se judta hai.mai uttarakhand k garhwal region se hu garhwal me 7th century se 1947 tak parmar rajputo ka raj raha tha.ab gujjar log unko bhi gujjar claim karne lag gaye hai aur ukd k dusre region kumaon k katyuri rajvansh jinhone kabul se lekar sikkim tak ki himalayan belt tak raj kiya.unpe bhi apna dawa thokne lage h.Megasthenes ne indika me saaf likha hai ki bharat k log alag alag social group me bate hai aur na hi ye apas me shadi karte hai aur na hi ye ek dusre ka occupation lete hai.

[@ayushkumarsingh3029]

@@themen1110 leave that guy These sorts if history works only on insta and twitter

[@greatkaafir7478]

Porush Katoch ( Trigarth Kingdom ) 🙏🚩

[@jujharsingh5461]

Trigarth was between satluj bes and Ravi while porus ruled in plains in between jhelum and chenab 100s of km north

[@sukhpalkaur7055]

Porush was a Sandhu

[@jujharsingh5461]

@@sukhpalkaur7055 I don't think so lol

[@greatkaafir7478]

@@jujharsingh5461 Trigarth Kingdom Was Old Then 3000 Year's !

[@greatkaafir7478]

@@sukhpalkaur7055 No Not At All "

[@yashwardhan2737]

Please make a video on why mauryans never attacked the Southern part of india

[@bhanupratap1063]

Southern India doesn't mean Tamilakam only, Tamilakam was not conquered. since, Ashoka adopted Pacifism.

[@yashwardhan2737]

@@bhanupratap1063 or were they more consolidated and powerful than mauryans

[@bhanupratap1063]

@@yashwardhan2737 they were not.

[@kapilsethia9284]

@@yashwardhan2737yes, in their dreams.

[@Lmao69]

​@@yashwardhan2737nope

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[@JayVardhanSingh]

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