Ashoka the Great - Rise of the Mauryan Empire REACTION

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[@loyaluwang4228]

The blue thing in the middle of the Indian flag is called the Ashoka chakra

[@markmorris7123]

Never heard of Ashoka the great. This guy should definitely get a movie

[@pritishrajoriya7585]

He got already in 2001

[@ragingwarrior8098]

There are some big budget TV series and films about him which are very famous in whole Asia.

[@gamersplatform1574]

@@pritishrajoriya7585 Srk tried to destroy ashoka's legacy by making a crappy movie

[@Dpk_YT]

@@gamersplatform1574 don't call that thing even as movie

[@pushpendrakumar2172]

Man his ancestors were even more powerful his ancestor chandragupta maurya defeated selucus nicator an army general of Alexander in mauryan selucid war with the help of 9000 war elephants and for the peace treaty selucus married his daughter to chandragupta and surrendered all the province of selucid empire in Indus valley region

[@thekingofkings3388]

If Any Emperor Truly Deserves to be called "Great" , He is The One , Pride of Magadha , Bihar , India

[@ragingwarrior8098]

In my opinion, he is the greatest emperor ever lived in the history. He was a none like other emperors. Ashoka the great is the true emperor of humanity.

[@chiranjitsaha3140]

Our National emblem is taken from Ashokas rock edicts☺️.....'Ashokachakra' Coincidentally today is 'Buddha purnima'....a full moon night,the same date on which Budhha born+enlightened+died....

[@harshahs6938]

India's national emblem is same as Ashoka's empire and his pillars symbol

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

Thanks fro reacting to some indian history. Hope more to come 👍

[@jaysinhgohil]

While Alexander was coming to India ..... There is a great man called "chanakya" he was the king maker ..... He ask Nanda dinesty to act against Alexander while he was coming to India .... Nanda dinesty king was become the ruthless king enjoying pleasure with women's and alcohol ... He disrespected "chanakya" like don't teach me how to rule ..... So chanakya trained 'Chandragupta' at very young age ... Learn war tactics ... Which described in the video ... Not in detail due to out of subject I guess. ..... Chanakya trained and sends young warriors to join Alexander army .... They started poisoning the Alexander army ... Manipulate the army .... Burning their Flag and internal fights destroyed ... Due to weakness you know Alexander didn't succeed his dream ..... Becouse of CHANAKYA ..... As World views ..... His tactics ... He writes down all business tactics how to solve corruption ..... How to create a powerful administration (still applies to build a nation or organisation ) .... Helped large areas to rule by "Chandragupta". It was CHANAKYA .... Who thought that this people (Alexander's people ) coming again and again ..... So Chandragupta married to his daughter to become a friend. Please react on CHANAKYA ..... It's really awesome to know about the other side of a history

[@repairmindset]

The Great Emperor in the world ♥️♥️ , Emperor of Emperors 🔥🔥🔥

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

Ashoka is a well known king... Most of the countries where his missionaries were sent is still predominantly a Buddhist country including Myanmar, Sri Lanka and 18% of the population of China ( though they claim to be an atheistic country ), Japan , Korea and rest of south east Asia.... Though India reversed back to Hinduism after the empire's fall as the new kings promoted Hinduism and kind of discouraged Buddhism in the subcontinent though its the origin of this religion.... His stone cravings still stand today...

[@makinapacal]

If you can find it read Ashoka's Kalinga inscription. It is incredible! The video only quotes a little of it. It amounts to Ashoka saying "I was a fucking douchebag. I did horrible, evil things for which I have no justification or excuse. I will from now on do better!" Just how extraordinary Ashoka's change of heart is can be read from the following quotes in a book about Ashoka: "The victorious king tells a tale of death and decimation entirely against himself, damning his actions in the very hour of what every conquering general of that period in history, regardless of country, context, and culture, would have proclaimed as a triumph. This is not just rare, it is astonishing enough to seem bewildering." Later the same author says: "Ashoka's utter uniqueness is that the one and only account that he caused to be recorded of a successful war is one in which the conventions of state propaganda are turned on their head. The triumph is recorded as a disaster. Defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory. A chronicle of imperial misfortune is concocted in defiance of the established practice of all preceding time. The emperor weeps when he ought to swagger. This reversal of the most hoary narrative tradition of conquest is now so well known that we hardly see it any longer for what in essence it was, and remains: a staggering reversal of the very conception of kingship." (Both quotes from Ashoka in Ancient India, by Nayanjot Lahiri, Harvard University Press, London, 2015 , pp. 116-117.)

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

Sadly that was found in far away from Kalinga. But you will find the story of revenge against the tyrant of magadha in Odisha (Kalinga) by the māhāmeghabahāna dynasty who took revenge for Kalinga by conquering magadha (mouryan empire home region, present day bihar). And surprisingly both magadha (bihar) and Kalinga(odisha) who were powerhouse in the past are now poorest among the indian states

[@Bubajumba]

"Thomas Cochrane: Craziest Sea Captain in History" By kings and generals is a amazing watch hope you have a list to put it on

[@markmorris7123]

He had one crazy adventure of a life

[@Bubajumba]

@@markmorris7123 Yea, proper chad life. The movie Master and Commander is based on him

[@ragingwarrior8098]

Most experienced Alexander faced his hardest battle in India and almost lost in his first attempt to enter the India. Then he retreated back to Babylon and never wanted India.

[@adihshhdhdhdjd9615]

No his army did win against porus but the reason he didn't come to India was because his army mutinied and refused to go further

[@leominati]

@@adihshhdhdhdjd9615 lol even if his army went in they would have died by the king of Mighty Nanda empire

[@gamersplatform1574]

@@adihshhdhdhdjd9615 But they returned because of the fear of facing the massive Nanda Empire

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Cool contrasting video on Buddhism by King's and Generals are the Sohei: Buddhist Warrior Monks of Medieval Japan if you ever want to check that out as well ;)

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Malik Ambar on Kings and Generals is also good if you ever want to know more about India but definitely also check out the Diadochi Wars whenever you get the chance since that also ties into this video

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

I think the Panipat battle series would be better to learn more about india lol. 3 battles of Panipat 😂

[@WarlordZike]

Nice. What's next? Hope you'll do the 1973 Yom Kippur War by Kings and Generals soon (2 videos).

[@jesp999]

Ashoka is fundamental to even western culture. there was so much interaction and trade between his kingdom and other countries, especially Greece and Rome. He was the first king to ever really lay out a moral ethic of governance and civility. His emissaries and edicts spread .far and wide. All of southeast Asian history is influenced by him. Even the Jewish Essene movement and beginnings of Christianity are influenced by him. (monasticism in the west is due to his influence... there was no monastic traditions in the west before Ashokan influence). Buddhism would not be a world religion without Ashoke. He is an amazing person. The reason he is unknown is we do not teach Asian history in our schools and also because his history was lost. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnSvn6qLZal4otk

[@992ras]

One of the most interesting things is even if you committed a crime that didn’t mean Ashoka killed or imprisoned you he came up with the idea that prisoners should be freed and you were marked for your crimes but that was symbol that you could do good , help others and repent your crimes that you did become part of society again. He didn’t punish people with violence but sympathy and empathy. Ashoka actually came up with a lot things we still use in modern society. I’m not even form India but to me Ashoka is one of the greatest leaders ever in the world. Also since Ashoka had conquered so much land it stretched to modern Middle East it also can be where Abrahamic religions got the idea of the mark of the beast from. If you look it up he was the only Buddhist king of India

[@akshaypal6753]

IT'S ASHOKA THE GREAT , NOT ALEXANDER

[@attitudeera3716]

there was mauryan empire but the boarders were myth .no one knows actual boarder its good movie😏

[@arpanabinaswar1811]

The maps were estimates looking at Maurian Artifacts being recovered from there

[@yoman7873]

Yeah, cause apparently you know more about the borders than the historians and archeologist who drew the maps.

[@attitudeera3716]

@@yoman7873 r u joking 5000 yrs old empire has map .. don't make yourself joke

[@attitudeera3716]

@@waseynam1888 doesn't matter still 2300 ago their wasn't any map or boundaries

[@attitudeera3716]

@Alexios I Komnenos r u replying me ? And why? Or can't u digest truth like others especially( British India Raj)?

[@nonames6612]

Please react to "Why did soilders fight in lines" by armchair historian

[@krishankantgaur2608]

Every religion is in india really every religion

[@thegreathindutva5139]

The great moryan Hindu empire in india

[@shivanshdhardubey124]

Map of India is not right at 27:43

[@thegreathindutva5139]

Akacgerder the great

[@thegreathindutva5139]

Chendergupt morye the great

[@thegreathindutva5139]

Porus is great Hindu worrier porus vs alecgender porus win