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WHat other videos should we react to?

[@The-xb6jj]

React to how big tata is

[@souvikchatterjee8083]

React to videos of travel vloggers of India for Example Ronnie and Barty or Travelling Mondays etc...

[@aparnanandan4199]

Please do watch the movie "Kerala cafe"... You will love it. It's an ANTHOLOGY

[@surajjha2814]

React to hindu multiverse theory on the ranveer show its mindblowing

[@Hana_Haot]

you should react to Mast Kalander from the film Hey babyy

[@anonyochakraborty777]

Ashoka's grandfather Chandragupta Maurya defeated Selucas Nicator, who had inherited Alexander's Asian territories. The battle took place in 305 BCE and Selucas gave his daughter Helena in marriage to Chandragupta after tasting defeat

[@suvashree100]

Wow .i didnt knw.. why aren't we taught about this stuff!!

[@shefali.v50]

@@suvashree100 Indian history is vast and huge. Everything can't be fit in school books. Interested people can explore through other books and trusted internet sources.

[@vanitha2233]

@@shefali.v50 ya ! Authorised sources.......

[@anilkumar-fk8fc]

@@suvashree100 not very important in the larger conquest. Didn't really take any land or stuff just married his daughter and set up an alliance

[@shubham40901]

selucas didn't gave his daughter helena after defeat but when he was getting attacked from east than he remember chandragupta whome he fight and lost, he wanted help for such powerful empire than he came and married his doughter to chandragupta mourya.

[@arsnlin]

Ashoka may be a good king, a mediocre king or a bad and cruel king - but if I had seen the name "Romilla Thapar" at the beginning of this video, I would have saved my time watching it...

[@MohitKumar-nj8ms]

😂😂..same here

[@MusicMan-em4fn]

We don't know exactly what happened on Jan 6, 2021 in the US Capitol riots... Ashoka was 2 millennia ago! Definitely some updations happened along the way

[@CW-rx2js]

Haha good one

[@Aditya0227]

Video made by a western point of view and by Romilla thapar this was expected 🤣

[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

Keep worship you Buddhist Caliphate Ashoka we odia hindus and jain already know how barbaric he was.

[@abhijitsoman5353]

Korbin is in love with his new mic.. playing with it like a child who has given a new toy..

[@ssharma_ji]

As soon as I saw Romilla Thapar's name as credits, I realized whats wrong with it. I request you to watch Ashoka's video on the youtube channel by the name, "Kings and Generals". It is outstanding.!!

[@sauradeepbhattacharyya4117]

so anything that praises him is good and credible, anything which counters is bad and invalid...haha

[@ssharma_ji]

@@sauradeepbhattacharyya4117 yes because legacy of Marxist scholars is troubled. Haha

[@alphamale11]

Same here. I was wondering his source of knowledge and in the end its clear from where he get his facts 🤣🤣

[@darksiders_genesis]

@@sauradeepbhattacharyya4117 This shows mostly his bad side which was only a phase not his whole life, and half the things they mentioned in this is twisted to suit the propogandish narrative, The video Suyash is talking about talks about both his good side and his bad side with facts not propaganda! Learn the difference!

[@xcrossheart]

I recommend that too

[@harshits1959]

Thanks to people like sanjeev sanyal for bringing this nehruvian-Marxist history baise in public domain. In indian texts ashoka was deliberately forgotten,instead chandragupta is considered as great king

[@afshanakhtar3707]

Yeah because Chandragupta is Ashoka's grandfather

[@harshits1959]

@@afshanakhtar3707 Not just that , he is the foundation of the mauryan empire and far above ashoka in the administration and overall competence

[@afshanakhtar3707]

@@harshits1959 right

[@riderchallenge4250]

@@harshits1959 chandragupta wasn't cruel as ashoka was. It was actually Bindusara's mistake to mistreat ashoka.

[@The-xb6jj]

I have seen this video earlier and believe me in most of its part it is just a propoganda to defame one of the greatest king of the world. It talk about castism then why his grandfather chandragupt maurya became king while he was related to lower caste. Buddhism at that tym want to glorify their dhamma and that is why Ashoka was shown as extremely brutal. If he was that brutal why would he done so much of social work related to river ,wells, roads,trades etc. If you are a king , you have to remove those elements who want to kill you.

[@surajjha2814]

Brthr he killed thousands of people who say anything wrong about budhism and he killed his 100 of brothers to claim tge throne and he was buddhist when kalinga war happened

[@vihanmalviya6094]

bro we are talking about nearly 2300 years ago so it is possible that both the aspects of ashoka good or bad existed because historical records are not that much clear of that time like we have of our medival history so its not like that all the things in this video are wrong its just a presentation of some records of that time from various scriptures and texts found.( FA XIAN and XUANGZANG were the great scholars and travellers who wrote about him) ashoka has destroyed many texts and planted his own scriptures in order to manupilate history. That,s also true that he worked a lot for budhism after kalinga war and budhism was at its peak at that time.

[@GuruJi-sb1vo]

@@surajjha2814 ya that was bad but he has done many good works also under his time hindus were safe from forign invaders

[@surajjha2814]

@@GuruJi-sb1vo yeah he was a powerful emperor one of yhe most powerful in thw world history i m not denying that i m saying people should also know his other side because most of jndians know about his gud side only

[@The-xb6jj]

@@surajjha2814 first of all there are many opinions about if really had 100 brothers and if he was that bad then whole of the population could had been converted to the buddhism. And brother do u know that after Sushim's death one day ashoka saw sushim's son Nigrodh(turned out to be a monk) and asked him ,"is he angry with ashoka for killing his father?" Nigrodh was fearless and just smiling with innocence. Ashoka offered his throne to Nigrodh to sit upon and talked him about buddhism. It showed that he began to change way before kalinga war.

[@sreerag3354]

Indian history is a very politicised subject. We should be very careful about the political assignment of the historian. If it is from a right wing historian ( those people are pretty rare in number) , they will demean the later muslim Empires like Mughal Empire and hail native indian empires. But if it is from left like this vedio clearly is, they will try to say that the native indian kings were not tolerant and they were violent and the Muslim empires really made india progress and prosperous etc. Before these Arab influence came, india was filled with barabaric stuff and inequality and uncivilized pagan religions. That is the narrative they use to claim that the foreign influence made india Better and progress. This is exactly opposite in America were right wing hails the white people and left hailing Native. All are political

[@graham120691]

Of course history is going to be biased. It's written as the victor's propaganda. That being said, you must be joking when you say far right 'historians' are rare, as someone fascinated with history I can assure you far right pseudo-historians are just as plenty as the leftists, if not more vile.

[@sreerag3354]

@@graham120691 ya they are many but they are just in social media. In academic field atleast in India right wing historians are rare. Right wing people are looking for good historians but not getting. This is not the case in other countries I think. In India it may be bcz we were a pro socialist and pro-left country upto 1990s and govts promoted left wing acadamicians and historians.Nehru and Indira etc had supported Marxist historiography and was interested in such thoughts. The govt system and society didn't teach or view Marxism as something bad instead it were very much promoted unlike the European countries. But I think the left influence in these sectors are decreasing rapidly in recent years.

[@graham120691]

@@sreerag3354 that seems to be the case at most places actually, leftists gets the universities and right wingers gets the social media.

[@vickydonor5922]

Demean islamic invaders...lol Syale wo log the hi fuddu. Tum jaiso ko unme apne baap nazar aate honge.

[@vanitha2233]

Why no links between south indian and mainland histories ? Atleast Chandragupta should have conquered us(southern) ....so that we can share something ancient....

[@anshikaagarwal3779]

Some are true some not. Ashok never desired for the throne. His brothers were unsecured because ministers wanted him to take the throne. His father bindusara didn't want that but ministers had power to put Ashok on throne. His brothers tried to kill him many times but failed and finally one day they had sent one assassin to kill him but accidentally he kills his mother. After that Ashok brought wrath upon his brothers and slaughtered them and took the throne. He was in so much rage that he decided to conquer the whole world and crush whoever go against him. Kaling refused to come under his empire so Ashok attacked kalinga but when he visited the battleground after the war it brought so much sorrow to him and he took the path of righteousness. Devi was his first wife who was a daughter of a merchant who followed Buddhism. That time people of his empire were more into Jainism. Many people didn't accept Devi because she followed Buddhism. It was Devi who brought Ashok close to Buddhism. When took the path of righteousness he ordered his children to spread Buddhism and peaceful life all over the world. After his transformation he also encouraged vegetarianism. His favourite food was peacock before adopting vegetarianism but he gave up killing and eating animals. This is one reason why still a big number of people in India are vegetarian. It didn't have to do anything with religion because non vegetarian eating is also mentioned in Vedas. It's all because of Ashok because he took the path of peace that included no killing of animals too. He also prohibited killing of cows because cow milk had become an important part of vegetarian diet. Gradually all these things have become a part of Hindu religion in over 2000 years. It is absolutely right to call him Ashok the righteousness because after his transformation many big changes came into existence. Though he followed Buddhism but he also supported other religions equally. He gave everyone equal rights and opportunities in him empire without discrimination. But he remained strict with criminals and invaders. They kept fearing him even after his transformation. His administration was one of a kind and his empire was vast and had a single man rule. His ministers were very loyal to him and his younger brother too loved him. During his last days he was more close to his third wife kaurvaki. He didn't ask his children to follow his legacy and become an emperor instead he told them to follow the path of Dharma (righteousness).

[@Veer_Of_India]

This one is true...👍

[@dayeetachaudhuri1954]

Please learn more about Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as you are learning about King Ashoka ...you will love it

[@Ajay-up7sx]

Ashoka didn't kill susema.. That is incorrect... In fact susema tried to kill Ashoka.

[@JackSparrow-ze9bo]

This video looks like a propaganda by Western which they do every time

[@rinku.74malhotra]

@@JackSparrow-ze9bo The source is Romila Thapar lol, obviously it's a propaganda video

[@JackSparrow-ze9bo]

@@rinku.74malhotra well I don't know who she is?

[@akaashshashiender1549]

i would do the same if my partner was a man slaughter mechanism with legs , repentence is when you learn from your mistakes . what did it take for him the death of a hundred thousand

[@charlie7mason]

All of you fail at English comprehension while salivating over the video as 'western propaganda'. It is clearly stated that Susema laid siege to Patliputra first. Nowhere does it imply that it was Asoka's first intent to kill him, or that he even directly ordered the killing.

[@KumarDebapriyaPradhan]

As someone from Kalinga, I can say that most of the details mentioned are true. Ashoka waged the biggest man slaughter of history till that time, even though declaring himself a Buddhist. Even when Kalinga has excellent relationship with his forefathers. But I'll also accept that he has a major presence in Indian history, probably because of his administrative policies.

[@rgodase]

I was amazed when I learned about Kalinga fighting back so fiercely against 10 times bigger Ashoka. They shed so much blood rather than accepting defeat. Much respect for Kalinga 🙏

[@Darshankapadnis.93]

True.

[@anonyochakraborty777]

Odiya people must be proud of Kharavela. Not only that, Utkal and Ahom were the only regions of India that could resist Islamic Invasions for the longest time. Had not the Vijayanagara empire and the Gajapatis fought constantly, Odisha would most probably had never been defeated by Islamic invaders

[@TheB657]

*We have the great Gajapati Kings of Kalinga whom strengthened and contributed to our culture and traditions ! Who would forget them ! Jai SiyaaRam Jai Anjaneya Bharat Maata ki Jai ! 🙏*

[@maggot92]

you people deserved it. ashoka was great

[@anntann2]

The narrative may be fairly accurate. However what I do hear the in this video, is a disputing of 'facts'. So in my take-away here, the moot points are a) was Ashoka more cruel than we knew. b) was he truely reformed c) This point I find a bit silly - are the good/great things he did Unique! ?? No says the narrator. I mean the narrator thinks just any ruler would do those things like build hospitals etc. So should we discount the good because others would have done the same? ummm....so Taj Mahal shouldnt be considered a great monument because anyone could have built it 😀 Gandhi shouldnt be considered non-violent cos anybody can be non violent. Arpatheid and Mandela - same thing!

[@TheStudyShackbySanketManiyar]

Well, how can you compare a hospital with the Taj Mahal? Such an absurd comparison

[@anntann2]

Hellooo. That’s a tongue-in-cheek statement! Get a sense of humour 😀 from all I said that’s all u got?

[@NC-hl4yu]

Providing infrastructure is a default responsibility of any government; that's what people pay taxes for to a set of people who are supposed to be able administrators. Your argument is like a parent wanting to be awarded for sending their children to school, or wanting to be certified as a good citizen for not littering the streets or wanting to be called a great human for not murdering someone. You don't need to be awarded for doing what you are supposed to do or doing what you are being paid to do.

[@nnlniclb]

@@NC-hl4yu You can be called a good parent or a good ruler but I do think India has seen better rulers than Ashoka. He can be called a great conquerer because he did conquer a lot of land.

[@akaashshashiender1549]

i totally agree with you, killing his own siblings is as bad as the game of thrones battle concept

[@ananyagauri5831]

This is not a good one.... There is Romila Thappar involved with it, clearly!

[@Vishakha_B897]

Yeah. A marxist tool.

[@ArjunRaviShankar]

Interesting video... I feel the narrator has presented a lot of things as "facts" without acknowledging the bias and uncertainty of those stories. For example, he talks of "Ashoka's Hell" as if it's historical fact, but doesn't mention that Buddhist narratives of that era often exaggerated the violent part of a figures' past to make their conversion to Buddhism (and nonviolence) more dramatic. There are many tales that follow a similar structure (Angulimala etc.) It's more likely that both the violence of pre conversion Ashoka and the nonviolence of post conversion Ashoka have been exaggerated by storytellers of the time. Overall, it's difficult to extract exactly what happened 2000+ years ago from sources who were not interested in accurate record keeping but rather in interesting storytelling.

[@sonamtshering194]

Agreed. I am a Buddhist myself, but I feel the Buddhist chroniclers were not objective with their records. Though I feel that the legend of Angulimala was true and was responsible for portraying significant figures associated with Buddhism as extremely violent individuals in order to emphasise how the Buddha Dharma can redeem them

[@patelparv8723]

Now I know why this 😂😂 Romila thaper is the reference 😂😂

[@topno_]

People talk about Ashoka propaganda ..but Alexander was the biggest Propagandist in the world..

[@sreerag3354]

This vedio is very biased I think. The founding fathers of India selected Asoka 's emblem bcz they wanted some symbol that is natively indian that is from pre- islamic period. And they wanted a narrative. So with Asoka u get everything. He ruled big part of India. U get non-violence and religious tolerance with him.And Asoka was a native indian and he was a Buddhist. So he was not a propogater of the majority religion. So u can avoid possible contravorsy.

[@sudhaakarlakshmanan100]

Ruled big part of India? So did Babar, Akbar, Chandragupta and even Raja Raja Chozha to some extent. Any 2000 year old story will have a lot of conspiracies. Some facts might look biased!

[@Vishakha_B897]

@@sudhaakarlakshmanan100 Babar was a foreign invader. He wasn't Indian.

[@thehawkseye3412]

​@@sudhaakarlakshmanan100 You should check out the map of his kingdom. He was a heir of Chandragupta Maurya but during Chandragupta's rule kingdom was smaller. Barring southern most tip of Karla and Tamil Nadu he ruled most of India and whole of Pakistan, part of Afghanistan, Southern Tibet and further west he also took away some Greek colonies. Chola dynasty was also awesome of course but it didn't unite majority of India. And leave that Babar out. he was not even indian. how could you even name him. smh

[@Albetroz1415]

@@sudhaakarlakshmanan100 when did Babar become Indian?

[@rohitsingh-xm4lf]

i was wondering why this video defaming ashoka..then i see that its a U S. channel who made this video.. ofcourse it will defame the indian ruler They should make the video on alexander and abraham lincon too

[@Arijit12deb]

Samrat Ashoka is great no matter what The islams and british destroyed India's culture and economy They will not get away with it

[@MusicMan-em4fn]

Going by your post, looks like Ashoka was like you.. hateful and vengeful, but with power. He must have been brutal.

[@Arijit12deb]

@@MusicMan-em4fn dont compare me with ashoka

[@mip5981]

This video is more like a propaganda... But the killings are important to maintain the empire, you cannot extend the empire without killing people who disagree Like Mongol empire, ottoman empire

[@abhigyanbarthakur5995]

wowwww

[@milindshinde9141]

Killing innocents cannot be justified. There are many examples where leaders are able to avoid killing of people like how Gingi fort was captured from Nasir Mohammed. There are many forts in India built by Hindu rulers located away from general population, to minimize loss of life due to Mughal attacks.

[@darksiders_genesis]

Romila Thapar seriously?! A historian known to twist facts and propogate hate towards one community!🤯🤡🤯 Who the hell is recommending these videos to OSR, 90% of this is pure propaganda and facts twisted, watch the video on Ashoka by Kings and Generals which is a much more in depth and factual video of the legendary emperor!💯

[@Rithik_Kapoor]

Which community bro?

[@Vishakha_B897]

@@Rithik_Kapoor Hindus. Who else?

[@EagleOverTheSea]

He has not listed her as a source. He has just used a quote from her. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Rithik_Kapoor]

@@Vishakha_B897 Can you give me one example? Sorry for being ignorant, but I have read 2 books authored by her, there was no anti Hindu bias in those particular books

[@kdot.0]

@@Rithik_Kapoor lmao you really think people shitting on dr. thapar have read any book?? let alone one written by her. they just repeat the hate-filled rhetoric they're fed by a certain section of society and media lol

[@gopimohan6816]

After Asoka, the other King from South India who ruled over huge part of India and even other countries such as Thailand, cambodia, srilanka was Raja Raja Chola. Make a video on his rule if you get a chance

[@RakeshKumar-hr7my]

Ashoka was great warrior and great military commander. Ashoka was cruel for state enemy in battlefield, but he's very kind personally. That's why his mind was changed after Kalinga war and he imposed many rules & regulations in favor of lady, animals, poor, etc. and worked on welfare of humans & animals.

[@aamirshaikh9570]

Fun fact:- SRK played Ashoka the ruler in one film with same name. Its a gud movie. Watch it!

[@putintin]

good movie? was garbage

[@aamirshaikh9570]

@@putintin Its subjective coz I like that film and u dont. 😊

[@wayne2929]

@@putintin movie was garbage and inaccurate but srk performance was godd

[@riderchallenge4250]

@@aamirshaikh9570 acting was good but not the story

[@aamirshaikh9570]

@@riderchallenge4250 Depends on the taste. I like the story as well.

[@subhramohanty5929]

Fun Fact :Romila Thappar is an historian and I am the president of the universe, first research about the author before reacting to our history, else you will get wrong idea about it

[@adivandhya]

Give Indrani a mic already! 😅

[@Vishakha_B897]

Yeah. So we can hear more bullshit.

[@bestcompilation93]

Above all, he could not invade the Tamil dynasty.

[@gameruleworld.1889]

Dude he didn't done any war against Tamil kingdom's there is no archlogical evidence till now

[@bestcompilation93]

@@gameruleworld.1889 who knows, Ashok may have predicted the Tamil dynasty is an indelible force so the war could end up in great lose

[@chrisaxis5043]

@@bestcompilation93 🤣🤣🤣🤣 who are these people?!!!

[@rutvijsonawane8597]

Wow.... Romila Thapar..!!! That's the source..!! Now I get the video..!!

[@kamalikanandy5229]

Historical records-- Ashoka was 1) Short 2) Pudgy 3) Disfigured 4) Rough-skinned 5) Not handsome Le Bollywood-- SKR would be perfect for the role!!! 😁🙊

[@akritianwesha4151]

🤣

[@anilkumar-fk8fc]

It's very interesting when you'd compare the likes of Changragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Qin Shi Huyang and Alexander the Great who ruled around the same time, were conquerers and have had vastly different perspective around them from great kings to ruthless dictators

[@user-hq8wm8giyujcg]

ancient Indian Subcontinent was rules by the Magadha region (modern day UP MP Bihar Jharkhand Chhattisgarh) at the capital Patliputra (Modern day Patna in Bihar)

[@Wiseenoughtobefoolish]

The video has a lot of false information. Ashoka was popularly called Ashoka the great. Not terrible. A very under researched video on his life. In his rule literature. Economy etc flourished. While his ancestors after chandragupta maurya cldnt keep the kingdom together but he regrouped the states again. His wife and brother were already actively spreading Buddhism within India and he was influenced by the changes that brought about in his brothers life thus after he saw what a war can do he too started practicing Buddhism….In Indian history people didn’t sit and write about things a lot sadly… so most information unless you read through historians or visit these places to know better everywhere else it’s miss represented.This is just stupidity of Romila thapar. Just noticed he has taken info from there . No Wonder 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@sidhant3912]

He was indeed called "Chand-Ashok" before the Kalinga war. But after the war and his change of heart, the title changed to "Dharm-Ashok". Atleast thats the story popular in Odisha (Kalinga). Coming to the video, it definitely felt biased. If edicts can't be trusted then how can books be considered historical evidence.

[@Wiseenoughtobefoolish]

@@sidhant3912 yes Chand because of his temper not becuase he was terrible.I luckily happened to have a historian friend with whom I visited a bunch of places in the northern states…. He explained a great deal of history at the time as we even visited the archeological museum where king Ashoka’s things are kept. We were infact talking about the propogandas by west just like this one. Infact I was shocked to learn how even the famous aryan invasion is a lot of BS . I feel sad that there is so much which we dnt know properly about our history thanks to the ease of access we have to information

[@sidhant3912]

@@Wiseenoughtobefoolish yes Ashoka the fierce wud be more appropriate 😅

[@Wiseenoughtobefoolish]

@@sidhant3912 yes. Infact if you look at the way they address the kings often the term “Chanda Prachanda” is used. Which is to say known for being fierce. These people do literal translations to things that they are unaware of. That’s the problem.. when i visit any of the unesco sites , museums etc I am always shocked on what I learnt in school against what’s documented with them… there is a waste diff. Infact even in discovery of India you will see he is portrayed against what’s been said in this documentary

[@sidhant3912]

@@Wiseenoughtobefoolish sadly presenting a counter narrative is in fashion today.

[@ishandasgupta3751]

SRK played Asoka in a biopic...of the same name....U can watch that if u want :) ...Not an amazing movie :)....but good. Visually beautiful....Also ull get to know more about Ashoka

[@swastikrpandey]

congrats you guys got mic, finally!!!

[@vidhansahu]

After all Ashoka was emperor for westerners what is Alexander the great is that is for us is Ashoka the great they were both conquerors and Alexander was much more brutal than Ashoka but I see no westerner ever criticising him for his cruelty so why should we criticize Ashoka after all he is the greatest Indian emperor according to land area and continued the foundation of first proto Indian state laid by his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya

[@niresh3141]

He may be greatest dictator.during a kings rule people should experience golden age then only he will be greatest king.not by measuring land .so in your term will you accept mughals and British raj is even greatest empire than ashoka by land scale.vanakam brother 🙏🏻

[@vidhansahu]

@@niresh3141 mughals were the most prosperous during their time they hold 25% of world's wealth and same was with mauryan empire it was that time superpower and Briish empire is the largest empire earth ever had if u ask any british 90% of them will say they r proud of the British empire if you ask any Mongolian 99% will say they r proud of mongol empire and same the Greeks will say regarding Alexander or Turks will say regarding ottoman empire and all these empires committed horrible atrocities but r they criticising it so why should we well even ur chola empire from south killed many north Indians and committed atrocities against my ancestor but will u criticize ur so called raja raja chola as mass murderer obviously not so you shouldn't preach others when u can't do same

[@vidhansahu]

@@niresh3141 even shivaji of Maratha empire killed many bengalis during their invasion of bengal sultanate and also they killed many south Indians in their fight with bijapur sultanate but do anyone call Shivaji as mass murderer obviously no

[@ramyast]

This video is as authentic as the modern Indian Map shown in the video at 16:58 (without the crowning tip of J&K). That is not what our India looks like.

[@MusicMan-em4fn]

That map is exactly what India controls. Your emotions don't change facts.

[@NBKPZ58]

@@MusicMan-em4fn stop spamming people's comments with ur nonsense

[@hardikparikh8751]

@@MusicMan-em4fn Pakistani spotted

[@MusicMan-em4fn]

@@hardikparikh8751 I'm not Pakistani Yet again you are wrong .. as usual

[@MusicMan-em4fn]

@@NBKPZ58 "stop" sounds like what Ashoka would do.. go after any dissenting voice Same culture of course

[@HimanshuChaturvedi_00]

This guy is telling stories and giving opinion as he was omnipresent and looking over….

[@JackSparrow-ze9bo]

This not the perfect video this looks like proper propaganda to defame you should watch another video related to him

[@SSR175]

It's a very simplistic assessment of a very complex historical figure. Ashoka's influence on Indian society can be seen even today. He laid the foundation of a welfare state with a reasonable code of conduct that citizens could abide by without too many problems. There's very little literary evidence that can back up the claims of the narrator. Ashoka's reign is known mostly by his edicts and the narrator completely discredited those as propaganda while giving far greater importance to stories(hearsay).

[@vinod1147]

I disagree, the narrator tried to bring as many aspects there were as possible and he is bangon in his assessment of his character was sanitized through history books to make him look more like hero a compassionate man than an emperor who ruled large territory...

[@PaulAllen6304]

Indo Greek History is actually very interesting and one of real peace and harmony. There was actually a branch of Greeks who ruled northern India for like 2 centuries, and gradually integrated with Indians. The best examples of this would be Budhha statues from the period, that appear in a Greek God setting, one of such cool rare things that can happen. Also there are sources that say Sinhala people exist today just because of expeditions by Ashoka's son Mahindra to Sri Lanka. Sinhala people are thought to be descendants of the sailors and missionaries from Bengal and Kalinga, who went with Mahindra to Sri Lanka and gradually settled there.

[@akaashshashiender1549]

i think it is very fascinating, the similarities between the greek mythology and the indian mythology. i mean they have a council of gods,

[@mtk3755]

@@akaashshashiender1549 that's not just Greek but lot of European cultures. And even their languages have sanskrit influence as we know. That's basically because we feel our culture spread to Europe. Though Europeans don't accept it and want to impose aryan migration or whatever or even say the vedic age people were from Europe who came to India and wrote rig veda and all. They can't accept someone who was better than them and claim that as theirs. And that's all because of racism. And they preach us about equality and all lmao.

[@viperopgamingyt4021]

@@mtk3755 NO ARTIFACTS NO EVIDENCES NO PROOFS IN WRITTEN OR FROM FOREIGN RECORDS. ACTUALLY GREEKS INFLUENCED BUDDHIST MONKS AND BRAHMANS (AS THEY CALLED THEMSELVES) SANSKRIT(NEWLY CREATED LANGUAGE FROM PRAKRITS ) COPIED GREEK GRAMMER. GREEKS CAN PROVE THAT THEIR CULTURE AND GODS AND MEDICINAL STUDY AYURVEDA IS INFLUENCED BY GREEK HERBAL AND ASTROLOGY INFLUENCED BY GREEK . BCOZ THEY HAVE ARTIFACTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE. LOL BRAHMANS ONLY HAVE MYTHOLOGY INFLUENCED BY GREEK GODS.ALSO THEY CAN PROVE GREEK AS OLDEST INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE.

[@NolMol-uq9bl]

"Milind Soman" the bollywood actor is an indo greek

[@maggot92]

ashoka is great and always will be great!!!!!!!

[@rajendrand6715]

Dear friends there was cruel war happened before or after the war mentioned here, you know if in the war 1000 elephants killed the kind of poetry can be written (kalingathu barani). That war also happened with the same kingdom

[@ganesha9906]

“WAY TO GO TAMIL” 😀👍🏼

[@suthakumaran5565]

2300 years ago there were 3 Tamil dynasties who ruled present day Tamilnadu, Kerala and parts of Karnataka and Andhra. The 3 dynasties got together to defeat Asoka's father and later also Asokha. They had a very large elephant force and also much superior weapons like Valari and the flexible long sword called Urumi. Sangam Tamil literature details somewhat and also Asoka's edicts. Moreover the terrain also helped.

[@NolMol-uq9bl]

There was no tamil thing back then There were many dynasties and kingdoms killing each other

[@vinod1147]

I was about to write off this video when it said that he became changed man after Kalinga war, but fortunately I continued. This is the best possible informational video out there for Ashoka. I so agree with the fact that he was handpicked by first few regimes after Independence and sanitized and built narratives for him that suited to their ideology. I studies Ashoka as the greatest hero of Indian history who repented after bloodshed Kalinga war by leaving Hinduism and embracing Buddhism... excellent video overall...

[@vickydonor5922]

Are bhai Chandragupta isse kahi jyada achha aur powerful tha...lekin bechare k sath chanakya tha jo aaj k leftist ko pasand nahi isliye Ashoka ko hero banaya gaya warna wo dictator hi tha. Ek aur propaganda dekhoge jo aaj kal start kiya gaya hai ki chandragupta aur chanakya me nahi banti thi😂 Matlab jisko pura raaj dilwa diya raja banwa diya usse nahi banti thi ye aaj kal leftist samjhate hai sabko😂😂

[@rahulsharma9716]

This is how Buddhist manipulated facts just to suit their agenda of how cruel was he before and Buddhism changed him becoming a better man! But let's just say Alexander was the great because he was conquering the land for peace or harmony.

[@aniketsingh5685]

It's quite true actually and we are only told refined version of it but history is written by victors so that's it

[@mash6943]

Who suggested this video 🙄 Mazak banake rakhoge kya aapna aur aapne desh ka?😠

[@archana26feb]

Xactly 🤷

[@alphamale11]

Vir das jaise logo ki kami nahi hai India me jo India ko defame karne ke liye twisted baate karte hain...Unhi me se ek inka banda hoga jo video suggest karta hoga

[@rohitsingh-xm4lf]

bhai kisi ni suggest nhi kiya.. ye dono hramzade intentionally iss video pe react kr rhe hain taki indians ko nicha dikha sake.. hazaro video hain ashoka pe.. lekin in dono mdrchodo ne iss U.S. made video hi choose kiya hai intentionally ashoka ko defame krne k liye

[@mash6943]

@@alphamale11 sahi kaha aapne..

[@prajaktatambe6662]

This video has many false information 😡😡😡

[@tathaYm]

indian history is probably most complex in the world....its very old and soo much things happened

[@ng3306]

This is like making video on George Washington or A. Lincoln on how they employed slaves and ruled for power. Or like American independence was just for economy profits of few by killing millions of indigenous people and genocide that's the only American history was to taught everywhere. Or like Nelson Mandela speech where he says America is responsible for all violence and wars across world. Which is based on facts but this video on Ashoka is 75% story 25% facts.

[@nirmalr.prajapati3937]

Jain idol was not stolen by ashoka but nanda empire kings

[@phanirajsrinivasch8108]

The moment the excerpt appears that belongs to Romila Thapar.. That proves that the video is inaccurate..

[@sagarikasuresh]

I love these informative ones, you guys should definitely check out Indus Valley Civilization by Cogito, it's one of the oldest civilizations of the world.

[@Antsfist]

Exactly the situation in India now.. BJP dominates the whole north with it's religious narrative. Desperately trying to conquer Tamilnadu and Kerala for years now.. Repeatedly getting kicked in the ass..

[@Kaladelia]

American born in VA and a few years older than Korbin. I learned about Ashoka. But only in that he was an emperor, and spread Buddhism.

[@HimanshuChaturvedi_00]

Your vedik selections have got worse over last 6 to 8 months…. Too much Coffee with Neo…. And some ridiculous videos… like this one…

[@NolMol-uq9bl]

Ashoka was a Great Emperor Just like every American President

[@minindudissanayaka1700]

False video . The reality is that the Hindu nationalists can't digest the fact that their greatest king left Hinduism and became non violent 😂. As a fact we all know every king who ever lived have a good and a bad side . Even to it is wrong it is essential to kill people to maintain an empire otherwise the foreign powers would think that you are weak and soft 😌. This video completely ignores every source that makes hinduism looks bad by calling them propaganda and approves the sources that supports his theory as facts even thought the current story about Ashoka has more believable sources than his Hindu extremist sources 😂. And also this video uses Romila Thapar's statements as facts even though she is well known in India to be a propagandist 😂

[@mohitsharma-eb4gs]

What a lie this video is 🤣🤣

[@alkaverma7133]

I dont think lot of information given here is true. It is just an opinion with no relevant evidence to back it up.

[@varunvarshney8695]

I do not agree with the point that there is nothing great in a king building hospitals, roads, irrigation systems. Lot of kings globally don't do that. So if someone was doing it 2000 years ago, I think it is definitely a great thing. Progressive views about women rights, legal rights 2000 years ago was a great thing too. Also, a couple of things said were just assumptions that it's hard to believe some facts. It could be true too!

[@jyotiranjanmohanta8488]

India's history is older than king Ashoka

[@anj6542]

But native Americans are the poorest people in America even if they got their lands back.

[@sonupaswan-fy5ti]

Ambedkar said in his writings and speeches......History of India is nothing but moral conflict between Brahminism(Hindusim) and Buddhism

[@ajitbajpai9]

This video is very misguided. As a scholar of history i desagree on most of his points. The talk of Ashoka being cruel Ashoka or chandashoka was only mentioned in ashokavadan ( a Buddhist book) in this book Buddhist scholars tried to glorify Buddhism and in order to do that they portrayed Ashoka as a cruel ruler and when he came in contact with Buddhism he changed. There's no archeological evidence on ashoka's hell and no other contemporary sources tell us that. If want to know more about Ashoka the great you should read prof. Romila thapar's work on Ashoka. She is a world class historian. The narrator of this video specifically chose those false stories to portray a false image of Ashoka Ashoka didn't killed his 100 brothers because there are evidence suggesting that his brothers were governor during ashoka's reign. The reason behind ashoka's change of heart is his genius plan of controlling India and solidify it.. To control a geographical area that big you need big army and for that you need money so Ashoka developed his Dhamma and engraved it on his rock edicts. This way he controlled a waste geographical area without an army rule. Is reduced the cost of army.

[@akritianwesha4151]

I mean. Didn't the maker of vdo also read Romila Thappar to create this story.

[@vigneshm2956]

Even samrat ashok can't touch tamilnadu and Kerala 😁😁😁😁

[@patelparv8723]

But Saradar patel does 🤗 and unite india

[@vigneshm2956]

@@patelparv8723 yes that's correct ✌️✌️ but he is good human ,being a good congress guy like Gandhi, nehru..etc

[@patelparv8723]

@@vigneshm2956 nehru not involved in Kashmir that issue also was solved

[@vigneshm2956]

@@patelparv8723 oh sangi guy 😁😁🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 you are ..i didn't know.... that

[@gameruleworld.1889]

Dude there is no evidence that Ashoka fought with Tamils Ashoka fought only kalinga war in his life time don't believe this vedio which is based in propaganda

[@foodie9142]

17:02 where is king bharat 😂😂😂😂

[@vanitha2233]

Why south india especially Tamil and Kerala was isolated almost 3k years from mainland Indian history ?

[@jyotiranjanmohanta8488]

read mahabharat, ramayan books by Bibek Debroy to know the ancient history of India

[@wisdom007]

@9:31 Classic "Those TAMILS" moment :)

[@ganeshr6489]

I was taught the the history if India in school History class starting from 2000 BC...from the reigns of mauryas, chalulkyas, guptas, khiljis, dukhlukhs, mughals, pallavas, devarayas etc.,..But whenever I see their reign of influence, my region is not part of it (the southern parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala). I still wonder why we were never captured by those powerful kings who conquered every northern and himalayan kingdoms they laid their eyes upon. Maybe we were too strong with our spice trades with the western world and could afford mercenaries from all over the world to defend our riches. Only the disloyal, dishonest, backstabbing British were able to include us in the map of the Union of India by deceitfully killing our spice trade and our rulers. Sometimes I wonder whether the "Southern India" could be among the richest regions in the world if we were not weighed down by the corrupt Netas and their gullible subjects of North India. But then I remember 3000 year tamil old poem I was taught which goes "yaadhum oore, yaavarum kelir" meaning "The entire world is my Country and every human is my Kin" and think may be there is a reason for us to be together after so long. Despite all that I wish to see an united world one day irrespective of ideologies.

[@vidhansahu]

Lol another super proud so called Tamil with their dravidian politics 🤣🤣 do u believe the history written by the colonizers Brits ur masters there is a reason we r together is because we r same civilisation not just you infact the whole Indian subcontinent is one civilisation sadly we aren't together and we got divided time to time but now no division will happen so if u thinking anything crazy like that then you shouldn't don't be a fool of ur petty politics

[@PaulAllen6304]

Lol I have one answer to break your false sense of pride. No one cared about capturing or occupying Tamil Nadu because it's too far, so mostly kings from Tamil Nadu were asked to pay tribute. Tamil Nadu was just a cash cow. Lol they weren't independant.

[@essee3984]

Lol, that's because North India was gateway to East Asia and part of the Silk Route. Whoever controlled it, controlled the Europe-Middle East- Asia trade route. So be it Greeks,Turks,Afghans, Persians or any other power of that time, they could only enter through NW Fontier on foot. Which meant that South India was always protected from Invading forces as North became the first line of defense. Which also meant that South India was able to protect it's culture,wealth and kingdoms for a long time whereas North largely remained unstable. Secondly, since North was the gateway to subcontinent, it made sense for the ruling powers to put more army and resources up North. It was only much later with the advancement in European navy that coastal regions became vulnerable to outside forces.

[@PaulAllen6304]

@@essee3984 Well put

[@JayantPadhi]

Shure is the best mic there is. Love that you upgraded

[@aaronnrodgers]

I think relying on Indians to tell you about the authenticity if this video is not the best idea. We learn about ashoka in school, but a very sanitized version

[@garimakilledar5810]

Agreed 💯

[@SunnySingh-is2wm]

So you would rely on British version of alternate history which justified British rule in India and show maharani laxmibai having affair with britishers. Who will tell truth than?? The aggressor or victims??

[@MohitKumar-nj8ms]

that happens all the time....god knows what all sins Abraham lincoln, nelson mandela committed and sanitised the history books to fool us all..right??

[@aaronnrodgers]

@@MohitKumar-nj8ms exactly. which is why I said if they want to know more about ashoka, asking inidans may not be the best idea, because we have a one sided view of him. same way the brits have one about Churchill, the Americans about Washington etc.

[@aaronnrodgers]

@@SunnySingh-is2wm no. the british would have a biased view of indina rulers. but so would indians, we were not taught the bad things about ashoka in school were we? just the good version, so we arent the most unbiased source of info on ashoka.

[@universalblessings9989]

Shahrukh khan play's ashoka's role in 'Asoka' movie...

[@chiragsisodia413]

If you like padmavat (the movie) it was only 1 year of Rajasthan's (the state) history. Rajasthan has 1500 years of rich history and hundreds of great king's....by the way... Rana kumbha(mewar king) is my favourite.

[@shoryavardhan9422]

Yup watch Asoka the movie ..with SRK in it...it's actually not bad.

[@jiteshshoundik574]

very bad.. it's sucks

[@KumarDebapriyaPradhan]

It's another propaganda.

[@DMIndia_Official]

I wish KZbin can remove such stupid video. I respect Right to Opinions but still this video is not made under good influences.

[@jyotiranjanmohanta8488]

read Ramayan, Mahabharat to know ancient Indian history.

[@akhilt9583]

React to the other side of the narrative too kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5WZho2qi7l8bJY which portrays him as a pragmatic emperor

[@aamsaq]

You should watch Asoka starring SRK. its a great movie to watch and other influential people u should react is Akbar The Great

[@septleaves8521]

When Saif Ali Khan correctly said that India was a collection small states, not a unified country called India like it is today, he was mocked and laughed at by the uneducated lynch mob who are prejudiced against him because of his ancestry.

[@NoRiceToEat]

so what is mahabharata then? If there was no bharat then who coined the term mahabharata more than 5000 years ago? Rigveda calls this land as the land of fhe bharatas. Bharatvarsha aryavarta India i.e bharat has existed as an entity since long before ashoka was even born. Vishnu puran clearly states that from the himalayan mountains in the north to the sealine in the south this land is called bharatvarsha and the descendants of the bharata clan live here. Now you know why people were laughing at saif Ali Khan. This video was based on the writings of romila thappar who is known for distorting Indian history.

[@septleaves8521]

@@NoRiceToEat The people laughing at him are the unhappy, uneducated fools and some clever but unhappy con artists, like yourself, who are getting paid to carry out an agenda against him by taking what he said outta context and corrupting what he said. He has the last laugh but unfortunately it’s a time in Indian history for degenerates to flourish, using their strong arm tactics to silence even common sense......what a shame!

[@ashrutkumar4513]

watch abhijit chavda channel for indian history not any foreign channel

[@abhisjais]

Watch asoka trailer acted by srk

[@Shwetank_Raj]

If you want to know the real truth about historians like Romila Thapar and Iftan Habib read works from Belgium based world famous scholar Dr Koenraad Elst. To quote Dr Elst "you wouldnt guess it from their polished convent school English, their trendy terminolog or their sanctimoniousness but the likes of Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib or Gyanendra Pandey have blood on their hands..."

[@romanarumki4683]

Mics are absolutely fine when they do these shenanigans, but go off when they try to discuss something important. Life.🙊

[@girinandan5799]

Romila Thapar. Nothing else.

[@Gamemaster_0813]

Historic kings never capture south india. Because there chera,chola pandiya😏

[@GuruJi-sb1vo]

This is not proper video I think you should reacts on another video.

[@christopherchris41]

Ashoka the great telugu king🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@youtubtroll337]

Romila Thapar? ..... okies for her any thing Hindu ia bad... and ya Aurangzeb is the best.... 😂😂😂 Errr

[@Sbebuli]

Romila Thapar.... Offoooo.....

[@Tridib_Tinkel]

report this video that distorted the history of the Ashoka.

[@nrbgamingYT]

One of the best cold-openings ever….

[@pallavikevideos]

You can watch srk Ashoka movie with Kareena Kapoor, it's songs are awesome and please watch or read about Ashoka,s 9 secret men theory , a recent game and an Indian series on Sony live is also on this theory, do checkout

[@amansaxena8332]

Pls see ashoka movie by srk

[@anilkumar-hd9ls]

This is nonsense . Asoka was a great emperor real pia dasi means loveable for people. This nonsense history is spead has been spread by wrong historians . Plz go on UNESCO site . if u need to know the authentic history, with references and with evidence. Asoka was never a cruel King. He attacked Kalinga because some robbers used to rob the Asoka's businessmen in the way during thier journey. He was Asoka not Ashoka. He laid the foundations for Indian constitution as Dr BR Ambedkar had the idea of his system of rulling all the rules and ideology . The circle which is visible in the center of Indian flag that is the mark of Asoka Chakra . He was great only not a cruel

[@bigb8617]

ASOKA shahrukh movie 2000-2001 is So good especially cinematography by Santosh Sivan ACE cinematographer and he also directed IT

[@KumarDebapriyaPradhan]

You need to check about Samudrqgupta, the greatest emperor that the world had ever seen.

[@jayatidave2864]

I think we're taught world history and Indian history both quite better than in the west