Historian Reacts | Ashoka the Great - Rise of the Mauryan Empire Documentary by Kings and Generals

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[@RyanPetersonReacts]

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[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

You should also watch kings and general third battle of Panipat and battle od Plassey.

[@AKumar528]

There's a lot of lies around Ashoka. I'm from Bodhgaya currently living in Patna. Ashoka was already Buddhist when he fought the Hindu Jain Kingdom of Kalinga.

[@AKumar528]

Another false info. Ashoka was far from the first King in history to convert to Buddhism.. What lies!! Many kings accepted Buddhism during Buddha's times only I don't know what propaganda these channels promote

[@Abhishek-xt9sl]

@@AKumar528 Can you name any king who converted to Buddhism before Ashok? With the source of reading.

[@anirudh177]

@@Abhishek-xt9sl Some believe that Ajatashatru and his father Bimbisara of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha converted to Buddhism, but other scholars disagree and say they were patrons of Buddhism but didn't convert. Basically this whole thing is disputed and we are unsure of it.

[@tanmay63]

Fun fact, the lion capital which is the emblem of Mauryan empire was adopted as the emblem of current Republic of India

[@sourabhgupta4853]

Becouse India is eventually successor of Mauryans 🇮🇳 Chandra Gupta Maurya was the founder and greatest king of the Empire and Ashok was great conqueror.

[@seventhuser904]

@@sourabhgupta4853 I bet You never heard about the Great Vikramaditya of Avantika.

[@heshangunarathna3262]

Vikramaditya? He was mentioned rarely in Indian texts i read..I always thought Harshawardana, Minander, Akbar and Shivaji a being the greatest millitary leaders of India. And I don't know if I should believe british in this. But they appearently considered Chahathrapathi Shivaji as Napolean of India.

[@sourabhgupta4853]

@@seventhuser904 Maharaj Vikramaditya was ruler of Gupta Empire not Mourya Empire. Indian Navy have currently 1 Aircraft carrier named after great king "Vikramaditya". I do read history from multiple sources so i won't miss any great leader specially ancient Indian history.

[@bladey_0_10]

@@sourabhgupta4853 He's probably talking about the Great Vikramaditya Parmar who lived way before Gupta Empire.

[@animeleverage477]

Truth : Alexander was brought to knees twice by poras he was forced to retreat even though alexander won the battle he suffered miserably his army's was brought to no. Of 1/3 of total and his favourite horse also died in battle , after this Alexander realized if one king of a small kingdom of india could make him so miserable what would happen if he fought the whole india and even after realisation he wanted to march forward but there was a samrat standing in his way , he was king of magadh ,dhananad , Alexander only had 40000 foot soldiers and 7000 horse riders but magadh had 450000 foot soldiers 20000 horse riders 6000 elephant riders and so on so he deliberately made a false mutiny among his soldiers and retreated 😂

[@shubhamdwivedi6927]

I wish he would hv used divide n rule politics 😂

[@ancientxwarrior7975]

If you know about Alexandra then you know he wasn’t a man who retreats while being outnumbered and in my theory he might have won the war with dhana nand cause if he was to be that good Chanakya/chandragupta maurya wouldn’t be able dethrone him , and in the anabasis of Alexandra(by arrian) it is written that it was not the Alexandra rather it was his army who started to disagree with him and thought he will never stop until everyone will die

[@animeleverage477]

@@ancientxwarrior7975 bro he was the man who thinks about his glory and victories , when he knew he had bare minimum chance of standing against another king of India , he started an inside revolt in his soldiers and took the excuse to stop his raid , that's what we call a strategist he wasn't a man of pride but was overconfident but his confidence was all shattered by Indian valours and the mindset of great chanakya the teacher of chandragupta maurya the first ruler of maurya kingdom and a man who was even more powerful than the Alexander he is also the grandfather of Ashoka the great

[@animeleverage477]

@@ancientxwarrior7975 about dhana nand he didn't loose in war with the chandragupta but lost because of the internal strife and great mind chanakya , we can say his fighting prowess was greater than anyone but when it came to politics he was a fool so he lost

[@animeleverage477]

@@ancientxwarrior7975 if Chandra gupta had fought hum head on he would be dead without a name

[@theawkwardman368]

3:52 nope u r wrong mauryas even nanda dynssty were shudra caste there were many kingdoms and kings in ancient india run by lower caste

[@hardiksharma9498]

Caste and all started after mughal and British, before that there is no incident in which there was discrimination.

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Definitely check out the Sohei: Buddhist Warrior Monks of Japan documentary on Kings and Generals if you want to see another side to Buddieshm 😉

[@yellowishyoutubechannel3900]

Ashoka was one of the greatest king in the world

[@Fordo007]

Kings and Generals is a great channel, love their stuff.

[@sourabhgupta4853]

Indian history is most underrated

[@rafael8157]

Asoka said 400,000 were killed but historians think he may have exaggerated the carnage , Mauryan empire was likely same size as United nanda when they marched against Alexander which would be little over 400,000 and kalinga was much smaller so even if he killed almost everyone it would still be 100-150 thousand or less .

[@user-yc4ft7sy7m]

The Truth the World Won't Tell You - (Buddhist Emperor Alexander the Great) Alexander the Great wanted to build an empire to the ends of the earth. The teacher of Emperor Alexander was the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle describes the world as a flat disk for the emperor Alexander the Great, and other imperialistic issues besides religious principles are central. In the end, only the two kingdoms of India and China were left for Emperor Alexander to conquer. It is said that North India was annexed to Greece and handed back to India and then went to Greece While capable of easily conquering the two kingdoms . The most famous animal in world history, Alexander the Great's horse, Bucephalus, goes on its last journey during the invasion of northern India. Alexander the Great's invasion of countries ends with his friendship with a Buddhist monk in Northern India, so the Greek Emperor Alexander became a Buddhist and left Northern India for Greece. Buddhism ended Alexander the Great's invasion of countries. After Alexander the Great became a Buddhist, the Greek leaders including Aristotle tried to stop Alexander the Great's journey to Greece and blocked the way to Greece through tactics because the huge empire he created after he came to Greece would become a Buddhist empire.

[@VSlingshot-xzx]

​​@@user-yc4ft7sy7mwtf idk about Buddhism but Alexander barely defeater porous, a king soo small that the biggest university in the world at the time, Takshashila didn't even record him, so Alexander couldn't possibly have won against the Nanda empire and even though Alexander is greatly glorified in Europe, no record of the conquest most likely exists even in India. Hope I didn't misunderstand you.

[@user-yc4ft7sy7m]

@@VSlingshot-xzx It is said in the historical records that the emperor Alexander the great often went to a Buddhist monastery because of which the work of subjugating the countries stopped. Then there is no Bucephalus. He will not avenge the loss of Bucephalus. Porus will not be invaded again.

[@user-yc4ft7sy7m]

@@VSlingshot-xzx Because Aristotle's spies in Greece knew about Alexander the Great's actions from within the empire. Can't go to Greece now, Aristotle won't be allowed to come. To go to Greece, Greece has to be invaded. Alexander the Great makes Babylon the capital, but Aristotle's spies poison him

[@VSlingshot-xzx]

@@user-yc4ft7sy7m ohk

[@IndiPrasad598]

Worlds first secret society founded by The Great Emperor Ashoka, commonly known as "The Unknown Nine"...

[@devastater2336]

Best character development i have seen ever

[@JaiRudraNath]

Most likely Alexander lost to Porus..

[@user-yc4ft7sy7m]

The Truth the World Won't Tell You - (Buddhist Emperor Alexander the Great) Alexander the Great wanted to build an empire to the ends of the earth. The teacher of Emperor Alexander was the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle describes the world as a flat disk for the emperor Alexander the Great, and other imperialistic issues besides religious principles are central. In the end, only the two kingdoms of India and China were left for Emperor Alexander to conquer. It is said that North India was annexed to Greece and handed back to India and then went to Greece While capable of easily conquering the two kingdoms . The most famous animal in world history, Alexander the Great's horse, Bucephalus, goes on its last journey during the invasion of northern India. Alexander the Great's invasion of countries ends with his friendship with a Buddhist monk in Northern India, so the Greek Emperor Alexander became a Buddhist and left Northern India for Greece. Buddhism ended Alexander the Great's invasion of countries. After Alexander the Great became a Buddhist, the Greek leaders including Aristotle tried to stop Alexander the Great's journey to Greece and blocked the way to Greece through tactics because the huge empire he created after he came to Greece would become a Buddhist empire.

[@erenyaeger1577]

Bruhh so good

[@biswaranjanmallick7407]

I'm from Kalinga kingdom(Modern day Odisha) It is said that our rivers turned red due to blood

[@heshangunarathna3262]

They say the same about Mulleria paddyfields after prince tikiri bandara defeated portugese in there. 🤣🤣

[@biswaranjanmallick7407]

@@heshangunarathna3262 Oh I don't know the story! Can you please elaborate me the story?

[@heshangunarathna3262]

Okay It was the bloodiest defeat portuguese ever had in asia. There was much debate who was the portugese commander ...Sinhala sources say his name was Lacerda and Portuguese sourceas he was a guy names menezes who came from goa to defeat sinhala armies. Several decades before the battle Portuguese assasinated king Buvanekabahu VI of Sri Jayawardanapura kotte who was the king of all Sinhala and replaced him by a puppet catholic ruler. Former provinces of Sithawaka and kandy became independence against portugese. So portuguese send 1600 soldiers to Sithawaka to defeat Buvanekabahus brother Mayadunne. Mayadunne on the other hand was much relaxed and told his son Tikiri Bandara to take care of the tiny portugese problem.🤣 This 1600 were professional soldiers. Unlike the men who were under Tikiri who were mostly peasant levies.But it was said that portuguese soldiers warned their commander about the rumor about prince Tikiri being a millitary genius. Of course the cocky commander dissmissed them as just rumours. When he came to Mulleriyawa padifields he was relaxed and unprepared for an ambush. Tikiris men were hiding in all over the place. Soon it became a intense close quarter battle and Tikiri came out victorious annihilating everyone in portuguese side. Both sides had around the same numbers of troops. It was said that the fields of Mulleria and nearby rivers became red by the bloodshed done by Tikiri Bandara. We still even have songs about the battle🤣🤣

[@user-yc4ft7sy7m]

The Truth the World Won't Tell You - (Buddhist Emperor Alexander the Great) Alexander the Great wanted to build an empire to the ends of the earth. The teacher of Emperor Alexander was the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle describes the world as a flat disk for the emperor Alexander the Great, and other imperialistic issues besides religious principles are central. In the end, only the two kingdoms of India and China were left for Emperor Alexander to conquer. It is said that North India was annexed to Greece and handed back to India and then went to Greece While capable of easily conquering the two kingdoms . The most famous animal in world history, Alexander the Great's horse, Bucephalus, goes on its last journey during the invasion of northern India. Alexander the Great's invasion of countries ends with his friendship with a Buddhist monk in Northern India, so the Greek Emperor Alexander became a Buddhist and left Northern India for Greece. Buddhism ended Alexander the Great's invasion of countries. After Alexander the Great became a Buddhist, the Greek leaders including Aristotle tried to stop Alexander the Great's journey to Greece and blocked the way to Greece through tactics because the huge empire he created after he came to Greece would become a Buddhist empire.

[@himanshugurjar9002]

React to chandragupta maurya also. He established the empire.

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

Sir also Plz react to Kushaan Empire... it has a Very Intresting story, something Cinema type Movie.

[@ashissial7331]

That is recorded in temple text

[@naj9824]

I mean ck2 had a lot more dlc and time compared to ck3

[@shubhamdwivedi6927]

I wish Alexander would hv knew about Divide n rule politics 😂

[@hardiksharma9498]

But how he would have play these games in front of chankya

[@user-yc4ft7sy7m]

The Truth the World Won't Tell You - (Buddhist Emperor Alexander the Great) Alexander the Great wanted to build an empire to the ends of the earth. The teacher of Emperor Alexander was the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle describes the world as a flat disk for the emperor Alexander the Great, and other imperialistic issues besides religious principles are central. In the end, only the two kingdoms of India and China were left for Emperor Alexander to conquer. It is said that North India was annexed to Greece and handed back to India and then went to Greece While capable of easily conquering the two kingdoms . The most famous animal in world history, Alexander the Great's horse, Bucephalus, goes on its last journey during the invasion of northern India. Alexander the Great's invasion of countries ends with his friendship with a Buddhist monk in Northern India, so the Greek Emperor Alexander became a Buddhist and left Northern India for Greece. Buddhism ended Alexander the Great's invasion of countries. After Alexander the Great became a Buddhist, the Greek leaders including Aristotle tried to stop Alexander the Great's journey to Greece and blocked the way to Greece through tactics because the huge empire he created after he came to Greece would become a Buddhist empire.

[@thatlawnmowerguy9]

Why are you so awesome?

[@OMUNDRA699]

Region of marriage,As Western came again again to India for battle(Romen, Muslim, British)to stop they decided to make relationship, that's they will not Attack to his own Doughter or Mother home,but she father,brother & his son it's own,wanted to make his son prince of India,that designion of marriage was wrong Bec of Revance She(son cought killing King forced by she) taken revench from his son(Bindusar)& his grandson(Ashoka to).

[@phoenixj1299]

Chandragupta maurya belonged to shudra caste. Not warrior caste.

[@birendersingh6899]

there are contracdictions to it....the buddhit text says he was from kshatriya class...even Chanakya took him in because of his warrior class

[@phoenixj1299]

@@birendersingh6899 Different sources says different things. Agreed.

[@no.1spectator39]

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[@aman_s47]

His grandftaher was the real great in person, in one go , he conquered whole north india and blindly crossed as far as Pakistan and afghanistan. Foundation of mauryans was made by his grandfather and chanakya, tutor of his grandfather. Whereas ashoka had not to do hard work in building the foundation, yet ashoka is also great in military tactics.

[@essaadeel3676]

Pakistan and Afghanistan weren't foreign Present day Pakistan is where the Rigveda was composed and where Vedic Sanskrit was first spoken, the holiest river according to the Rigveda the Sindhu is located in present day Pakistan. Chanakya was born in Takshashila which is located in present day Pakistan and was a major city of the Mauryan empire, Gandhara (northwestern Pakistan, eastern Afghanistan) was a major region of the Mauryan empire.

[@birendersingh6899]

because he he had Chanakya

[@spreadlove1026]

Chanakya was nothing. It is the character which characterised by bramhins of India. Because in history there is not any evidence of chanakya Or any person like this..

[@rachit428]

@@spreadlove1026 Arthshastra was written by chanakya which is still present . in 6th century ad , vishakhadutta -Mudrarakshasa book depicts how chandragupta maurya become king with the help of chanakya . it was written during gupta period. have you really open any history book for real ?

[@VSlingshot-xzx]

​@@rachit428exactly

[@AMANSHARMA-xw8qi]

If it sounds good, it is good - Today's philosophy

[@AakashMondal-pq2mo]

Well this documentary is not very accurate

[@rafael8157]

How so ?

[@SerCrispinCole]

@@rafael8157 they didn't even mention Chanakya and how chanakya and chandragupta made Alexander go back. They never mentioned about chandragupta becoming a jain monk after his retirement. And they did not mention about the secret society that Ashoka created

[@renan3625]

@@SerCrispinCole se é secreta como você teve conhecimento dela ? É um desertor ?

[@rachit428]

@@SerCrispinCole its about ashoka and not chandragupta

[@Raaz_mauryan108]

Hey,,I am mauryan ,,,feel proud