How Historically Accurate Ashoka is?

[@santoshr2984]

Oh!! this should be a series of "Bollywood Myth-busting" .. 1.Jodha Akbar 2. Mohenjodaro 3. Panipat 4. Padmavat

[@yashsonithegod]

Yep🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@allensnea9335]

mohenjodaro video would be 10+ hours long 😆

[@classicandmedieval8813]

Mohenjo daro one is already done by rajiv malhotra

[@debarunbhattacharya7794]

Mohanjodaro is not a movie, it is a sign of end of kali yuga

[@protyaychakraborty4108]

Most films are artistic expression inspired from history. No filmmaker has claimed it to be an accurate depiction of history

[@Albetroz1415]

They turned Bajirao into a heartbroken Romeo atleast Ashoka has a slightly better narrative 😂 thank god.

[@pradyumn2692]

That's because Shah Rukh Khan was already doing Devdas at that time and maybe he didn't want to do another heartbroken lover 🤣🤣

[@bhabanism]

he gradually became buddhist long before Kalinga war

[@handIe.]

he was born a buddhist, he became MONK GRADUALLY after kalinga. he himself has said that he JOINED SANGHA, AND STARTED SPREADING DHAMMA LIKE NEVER BEFORE. this only means he was a lay buddhist.

[@Lord79888]

​@@handIe.He couldn't have been born Buddhist as his father was a Hindu

[@Sahil-lover-gy6dj]

@@handIe.No 😂 his mother is brahmin as mentioned by Buddhist sources

[@anamelessmonster]

​@@Sahil-lover-gy6dj bramin aur baman mai zameen asman ka farak hota hai 😂

[@eobardthawne6903]

​@@handIe. His grandfather Chandragupta had already accepted Jainism, so no he was not budhhist

[@yashsonithegod]

“From this we can say that in Mauryan times people had this amazing power that they can just grab swords. They don’t get injured by it “ -Jay Vardhan Singh

[@sudipkumarroy3790]

😂😂😂

[@weimaoweimao]

Bro, Kindly make a bookshelf tour video, I really wanna know which history books you read or are there in the background!😄

[@gunjanray11888]

You just earned a new subscriber bro, thanks for such amazing and worthy content

[@kraut1982]

Good to see a ‘historical’ movie review from you. It’s almost half lifetime away for me. Interesting to see what a trained history student notices in a movie. I’m sure there must be a lot more that did not make it to the video. Once in while you should do movie reviews like this. The caves discussed here are Kanheri caves in Mumbai, close from film city in Aarey colony. BTW still waiting for your episodes about Pratihar-Pala-Rashtrakuta dynasties.

[@historyandmore9555]

Love this content, you should do these reviews more!

[@hindupatisolo_108]

Chandragupta Maurya the founder and the greatest Mauryan Emperor☝️🕉️🚩

[@cheltooktribefreethinker1028]

Hinduism was not there during Chandra Gupta alsot

[@hindupatisolo_108]

@@cheltooktribefreethinker1028 yeah, even long before him

[@militarydesk8976]

These type of fake movies actually somethime form fake narratives , what you did was so interesting and we need this type of video on JodhaAkbar . Thankyou

[@utkarshsingh-rp2dq]

most history movies are going to be like that.

[@Playerone1287]

Only stoopid people gets fooled Even when I was 10-11 and didn't have much knowledge about history i knew this movie was kind of fake If you have good mind and reasoning capability you can know truth easier than others

[@soumya5832]

​​@@utkarshsingh-rp2dqyeah but it's too much ...cause jodha was actually akbar 's daughter in law i.e Salim's wife😂

[@yashagrawal88]

​@@soumya5832 That is given in the disclaimer in the beginning of that movie.

[@ensuresuccessinlimitedtime9837]

Jodha akbar wo title hi galat h😅 Jodha koi thi hi ni wo title hota tha akbar ki ek biwi harka bai jarur thi.. filmmakers r showbizs to unko Paisa bhi to kamana h to wo ye chhedchhad krte

[@ArshadAli-zf8if]

Plz do a v-log on Hindu Shahi majestic empire that was located in old north western India now in Pakistan Punjab's salt area, thanks.

[@rohitrane1900]

Shravanabelagola where Chandragupta is supposed to have performed Sallekhana is probably associated with the Digambara Tradition, given India's largest monolith of Bahubali/ Gomateshwara is the main attraction there.

[@y_0_1_0]

It failed the moment they cast a decent looking man as Ashoka. Real Ashoka was ugly and tried to overcompensate for that insecurity.

[@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub]

His father added Ghee in his insecurities by not having anything to do with him and neglecting him just because he wasn't handsome. It made him a maniac. 😢

[@dwijgurram5490]

OC community is jealous of King Ashoka, because he's the ancestors of untouchables. That's why they made so many fiction stories about him. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂,😂😂

[@y_0_1_0]

@@dwijgurram5490 don’t write fiction. Ashoka’s father was Bindusara and his mother is of royal descent from a neighbouring state. I think you’re confusing with KrishnaDevaRaya, whose mother was of lower status. Ashoka, was ugly and filled with insecurities. He was neglected by his father and brothers. So he had to kill his brothers and claim the throne. KrishnaDevaRaya had similar issues. Many did not respect him due to his mother’s lower status. But he claimed the throne and indulged in a lot of culture, conquest proving himself worthy. So Ashoka was not remotely shudra. He had other challenges.

[@dwijgurram5490]

LOL. SANSKRIT was created to distort the meaning of pali. Landuism is nothing more than stolen goods market trying to selling sex slavery and communism to SC/ST/OBC masses . Temples, language, customs, art, sciences,mathematics and everything else was stolen from Buddhists. Kalidasa himself said that he is a contemporary to Vikramaditya of 12th century, then why do OC idiots still teach in classrooms that he was from 4-5th century bc???? And since timeline doesn't match, Today they created another fictional story for this same vikramaditya and made him a mythical king from 1BC. India could only be united by Buddhist kings, and not even one Hindu king could achieve this task. Because no country can stay in power when 70% of the population are tortured raped and cannibaIzed on daily basis.

[@dwijgurram5490]

And by the way I have no time for looser like you. Who mug up textbooks to get jobs. SO bye.

[@vikramks92]

Great video! Your channel is severely underrated!

[@Playerone1287]

23:10 chariot was depicted once when newly wed Ashok and devi goes to bindusara for blessings and kaurvaki was trying to find ashok at the same time

[@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub]

Ashok movie was inaccurate- 1- Ashok wasn't handsome unlike SRK. 2- Ashok wasn't favoured by Bindusara because of his ugly appearance. 3- He didn't wear Kala tika. He had a proper wardrobe of a prince. 4- Radhagupta, son/grandson of Chanakya was instrumental in Ashok's rise. 5- Sushima was a handsome and favoured son of Bindusara. 6- Karuwaki not Kaurwaki was second wife of Ashok and she was not from Kalinga. No evidences are available to prive it. 7- A merchant's daughter from Vidisha was Ashok's paramour or wife who gave birth to his children Mahendra and Sanghamitra. She was first love of Ashoka. 8- Ashok's favourite wife was Asandhimitra not Karuwaki. All literary sources credit Asandhimitra having influence on Ashok. She was his Agramahishi (Chief Queen) and her death was a big blow to Ashok's heart. 9- Ashok's next favourite wife and chief queen was Tisyarakshita. Romila Thapar and some other scholars are of the view that Karuwaki and Tisyarakshita were same women but bo concrete evidences are available to prove it. 10- Ashok employed Yavanas in his service. Tushaspha or Tusharsphena was a Yavana governor of Ashok im Saurashtra. 11- Ashok didn't renounce violence at all. In literary records he is called one of the most cruel kings and that too Buddhist texts which he patronized. 12- Ashok married Tisyarakshita when she was a young woman and Ashok was in his 70s or 80s. She lusted after his handsome son Kunal, born from his wife Padmavati but when he rejected Tisyarakshita, she blinded him. Ashok burned Tisyarakshita alive for this heinous act but died heartbroken few years after.

[@saddha1]

Don’t even bring up your fake Chanakya and son of Chanakya the joker- fake history and more fake history. The Mauryas are mentioned in Buddhist Sutta as receiving the relics of the Buddha. They were a branch of Sakyas who moved after the King of Kosala attacked The Sakyas. Ashoka considered himself as a relative of Buddha.

[@legendnaveendelu7209]

Romila Thapar, the historian who needs to read history.

[@Mani-my8ob]

@@saddha1 Kautilya is mentioned in Buddhist scriptures

[@divineflu34567]

​​@@saddha1it's only from bhuddist pov jains have another version so .

[@Anahita-nb7tx]

@@saddha1 Ashok se pehle Buddha ka bhi koi evidence nahi milta ...

[@anubhavbiswas5592]

Jay Vardhan is the person to be consulted if Ubisoft ever wants to make an Assassins Creed based in Ancient India. Period.

[@piyushsonone7]

10:50 yes it is Maheshwar also shown in PS1 - 2 and in many historical drama movie

[@Thesungod95]

great review bhai

[@INDIAN_HISTORY0976]

You missed a very important inaccuracy Mauryan troops wearing full sleeve garments and Ashoka in that poster wearing a chainmail armour 💀

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I know, I have deliberately not included many such inaccuracies otherwise the video would've been almost one hour long.

[@4uskm]

Bhai,i was late to discover your channel,but i am glad that i found one of the best channel on indian history..keep up the good work

[@utkarshshrivastava8411]

Actually I think that reason behind a bar on s in the word Asoka was just a legal jargon to safeguard the filmmakers from any legal issues after or before the release of the movie. We never made a movie on Ashoka the great but an imaginary story Asoka. Like they did with Padmavati after the violence outbreak

[@lizardking-tn4tr]

Asoka is fictional movie based on historical figure ....Same every Ridley Scott films .... But they are celebrated by masses

[@gardenandhobbies1414]

Good one, hope it brings you all the views you deserve.

[@yasho.]

your work deserves more audience .

[@isoldam]

11:50 Blade grabbing is a real technique in sword fighting (at least in the West), but it is done only in specific ways and under certain circumstances.

[@kgourav208]

Chandragupt didnt wear turban because he had become a monk on retirement.

[@playhard719]

That doesn't explain why Ashoka or Bindusara don't wear turban

[@sujalboss4934]

You have to see real name found in his inscription is asok In prakrit, dhamm lipi namo budhhay ☸️

[@chadd498]

Underrated channel

[@jayvpandey]

Great video!

[@khalraesh3176]

Regarding the grabbing sword bit, I was trained as a kid in Thang-Ta, where strategic grabbing of swords is quite common

[@sudattaray4674]

Nice way of giving minute details in reference to movie

[@harshulgupta7461]

The issue with Bollywood movies is that the makers neglect to conduct even basic research. For instance, if you were to ask someone to name Akbar's wife, they would likely say Jodha Bai. However, in reality, Akbar did not have a wife named Jodha. Princess Harka Bai (aka Heer Kunwari) of Amber was the one who married Akbar. Jay should be on the censor board which screens a historical drama.

[@bomdila]

Hello Jay This is a good video. Please make a similar video on Chanakya by Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi also

[@EagleOverTheSea]

The exterior shot of the "Vidisha" cave is that of Cave No. 3 at Kanheri, Mumbai. The tall Buddha statue is also from the verandah of this cave. It makes sense why the film-makers opted for Caves that are so close to Film-City and under ASI control, so access to general public can be easily managed. Film-making is an artistic endeavour with commercial bottomlines to meet. Historical accuracy may be sacrificed in favour of convenience or keeping the budget low. Their target audience is not Historians but the general public, who just need to see an ancient structure to transport their imagination to olden times that they do not know much about. I don't think Historians should lose sleep over such inaccuracies unless they cause inadvertent / intentional harm.

[@Zzmaster_-mj2xv]

He never said don't watch this movie or it's not entertaining. He just said it's inaccurate

[@mmaheshwary]

Jay, another reason for Ashoka in the victory procession to not ride a horse but to be in a chariot would be that horses used to be much smaller, similar to mules. Only in the last thousand years horses have become much bigger. That is why heavy cavalry only became a thing in middle ages, and prior to that horses were either used in light cavalry or chariots.

[@parjanyashukla176]

What's the basis of this assertion? It's well known that some ancient Pashtun tribes were dealers in horses, so were all those horses just being used for chariots by Mauryas, Guptas?

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

Despite all convincing and not so conving arguments,I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Can you do similar comparisions in films like Bahubali 1&2 and RRR? Bahubali can escape scrutiny because it has "mythology" disclaimer but RRR has historical background

[@parthb.714]

Sir , can you discuss about the Tibet before Buddhism (6ce) The bon religion and influence of Himalayam tantra and Sanskrit in the Region

[@ronaknanda6175]

Didn't you read the disclaimer in the beginning of the film , Clearly they have mentioned its a blend of many fictional elements

[@HinduPhoenix]

Didn't you watched the end of this video where he clearly mentioned about this, and said as a viewers we expect a little accuracy in atleast the depiction of the palaces etc..

[@JohnNobody_]

How about the depiction of alcohol shops in films like Bahubali & asoka? They often serve as settings for song and dance sequences. Are there any ancient sources that describe how these establishments appeared and functioned?

[@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub]

Alcohol shops used to exist and there was a hefty tax for that 😂

[@JohnNobody_]

@@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub I'm aware they obviously existed in the past. But as for the hefty tax, where did you dig that up? Ancient India isn't your next-door neighbor, one needs to be precise about the time period, specific location, applicable areas, sources, and contextual details when discussing such topics.

[@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub]

​@@JohnNobody_ Kindly read Arthshastra and if you can't you can watch Chanakya of Doordarshan.

[@JohnNobody_]

@@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub Done that

[@TingTong2568]

@@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub alcohol shops back then dosen't resemble modern day clubs or bars

[@abhijitsawant8667]

1:58 I think this is a scene where Chandragupt is not a king anymore he is leaving everything, I might be wrong but it seems like it

[@gauravchamania1911]

Meanwhile film makers be like : Aree baap re yeh toh Dhoti khol raha h... Great videos... Big fan... Please do one on movie : Mohen jo Daro

[@greatindus]

In Bramhi script the name "𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓" (A-sa-ka) found in the Maski Minor Rock Edict.

[@LostinMango]

In short Bollywood being Bollywood not doing any research at all that's why not watching any bollywood movies is best.

[@Playerone1287]

Ye to fir bhi bollywood thi Imagine koi south ki movie hoti to Ashok to susmi - violence violence I hate violence...😂😂 Me jhukega nhi ...I am ceo of akhand Bharat 😂

[@raja-jl9os]

​@@Playerone1287 its all about conviction tarantino ki movie m konsa history hota h bc

[@nitienanand5116]

Good analysis and clarification of distortions in the Bollywood style movie👍

[@MayankSharma-mh5bt]

love your channel so much that I watched the complete movie just for the video (Though I can't appreciate this decision now after watching movie😂 for me it's more like a modern love story trying to be fit on historical figures.) The next part can be 'Chanakya' series by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi (I know it may require more time but it's worth doing I must say).

[@ukvaishnav]

We need series like rome which depicts Mauryan Empire. Hopefully I will see it in my lifetime. PS: Love your work ❤

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

As regards to the age of Asoka during the conversation with his grand pa can you be so sure that asoka was only 2 years old? Is our historical chronology so accurate?

[@zayhi1328]

I love this video as I have seen many western movie breakdowns like this and am very interested in Indian history but a suggestion to general indian audience the default when watching a movie one should understand it is for entertainment and leisure if you were taking your history from movies it is not the movies fault all fiction movies are fake nobody in their right mind would believe the movie 300 or Abraham lincoln vampire hunter as history. ALL MOVIES are fake unless they specifically claim to be docu film criticisms against films like Jodha Akbar and Ahsoka for accuracy are pointless in saying it is a good or bad movie. THIS VIDEO IS VERY ENJOYABLE AND videos like this are fun it doesn't mean the movie was bad as a movie.

[@Abhinav-vj7dw]

Keep it up bro , great 👍👍👍

[@saumyashankar3658]

Nice explanation. But the question the answer in which I was searching was What role Kaurvaki had in converting him?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Kaurvaki played no role as far as the evidence goes.

[@saumyashankar3658]

@@JayVardhanSingh Thank you so much for the clarification.

[@saumyashankar3658]

@@JayVardhanSingh Thank you so much for the clarification.

[@abhishekrai3210]

Also do a review of chanakya of chandra parkash divedi

[@friedsugar2701]

Honestly. Ashoka is the new representation of this nation conciousness and an accurate video, showing history of his would make a great video, touching upon factual information from varied sorces.

[@UrbanAghora]

...also at that time Pattisa sword is used instead of Talwar or any fancy sword that is shown here.

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

They say Chandragupta turned ascetic in his old age,refusing the ego centric royal symbols.May be that is the reason he has no turban. Would you agree?

[@nikhilpandey2618]

Good video.. I don't know this movie even exists

[@ashok755]

Thanks for bringing out all the glaring mistakes.

[@z2zugzwang]

This was fun. Got to learn a lot through this review.

[@maddagedonroshan970]

This was a film and not a documentary programme. In films the stories are slightly altered to make it pleasant and watchable to the viewers. If the entire historical story appears as it was, nobody would watch it. You need to appreciate the hard work behind making a historical film rather than criticizing it. Even the historical text about the Emperor from different sources do not agree with each other and there are confusions. So why a film cannot have wrong information. Another thing, our text Wansattapakasini mentions that Asoka's mother was Dharma, a Mauryan Princess , whom King Bindusara has married from Champa Same text mentions that King Chandragupta has married his maternal uncle's daughter who has fled with his mother when the Chandragupta's father was killed. So she also seems to have been a Maurya or a Sakyan as Mauryans were also Sakyans and used marry among themselves. If we check the legends of Sakyans now living in Burma and Bangaladesh region, they mention that during Sakya massacre some Sakyans have fled to east adn it is highly possible Dharma was a daughter of one of these Mauryan families as Wansatapakasini correctly mentions it. Further down our Mahavamsa, Wansattapakasani also mention that Emperor Asoka's Queen Wedisa Devi was a daughter of a family of Sakyans who have fled to Avanti also during Sakyan Massacre, during Lord Buddha's time So Chandragupta, Bimbisara as well as Asoka all have married Queens with Sakyan blood as them selves. Further information comes form Sri Lankan legends and chronicles. Brothers of this Sakya Wedisa Devi eight princes were sent to Sri Lanka with the sacred Bodhi Sapling and these families still continue to live here

[@kartikpradhan4881]

about long hair, I've seen some scholars mentioning that kings soldiers etc used to have short hair because long hair are easy to grab by enemies in battles. Not sure about ancient times but we have paintings of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with very short hair. Kings with Long hair are popularized by tv serials and movies. Your take on this ??

[@Kamaljeet-rx3jf]

What? Shivaji is not even 400 year old... Mauryan are two millennium old.. more than TWO thousand year ago... dress.. attire.. culture .. even religion of India changed a lot between Asoka and Shivaji

[@kartikpradhan4881]

@@Kamaljeet-rx3jf calm down. its a question not a statement. And doesn't matter 2000 years or 400 years, long hair is never a good thing for a soldier. Even today soldiers don't have long hair for the same reason.

[@tvrulz46]

@@kartikpradhan4881we have no evidence for what mauryan soldiers would have dressed like or how they would cut their hair

[@raja-jl9os]

​@@kartikpradhan4881Akshay kumar bhut gali khaya tha baal k vagah se

[@kartikpradhan4881]

@@raja-jl9os maine khud galiyan di thi usko kyuki raja to lambe baal me hi sahi dikhte lekin fir kuchh scholars proofs leke aaye ki baal chhote dikhana hi sahi hai.. kon sahi hai kon galat pata nahi.

[@saurabhdiwan5512]

With all due respect there are such caves near vidisha. Check udaygiri caves. Or the nearby Basoda region.

[@joydeeproy1580]

As per depiction in Gandhara sculptures, Ashoka was extremely good looking.

[@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub]

Ashok? Good looking? The people whom he patronize couldn't call him handsome because his whole body was extremely coarse, rough and filled with acne and spots. His harem ladies hated touching him and for that he burned them alive. Asandhimitra had guts of steel to stay as a chief queen of Ashok. Just imagine the intellect and intelligence of the lady

[@PB-uw9do]

​@@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ubtumhare pas koi time machine hai kya Jo tumhe asok ugly dikha.tumhe asok ke bare nahi pata .tum asok ke bad ke rajao ko ugly kyo nahi kahti

[@JaihindDosto]

One of the best!!

[@Rajeshkumar-kx5tu]

Sir please review second part of movie Alexander (2004)..directed by oliver stone..the second part shows his ordeals in India.

[@ratnadeepsharma964]

As a Masters degree holder in Ancient Indian History, I'd like to say: MORE OF THIS!!!!!!

[@Ak5h1t]

Ur reviews reminds me of reviews of Lloyd from lindybeige channel 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Worldcitizen7777]

i think that point of showing 18th century Holkar palace is right cuz almost no palace of Muryan period has survived till today so as a representation using other palace can be accepted yeah there time gap is 2000 years but probably Muryan period palaces would have also almost looked like that only

[@satvikkumar658]

Yeah but, carvings and paintings were Mauryan palace is shown also through paintings and whereas other means we have an idea of how ancient Indian palaces looked like They showed a medieval and almost modern palace which was very careless ancient Indian architecture was done in a particular way, they didn't do justice....

[@bhabanism]

Not just royals, even peasants wore turban.

[@saara882]

Do this with jodha akbar.. please

[@smitprmr]

This movie is all about how a muslim can play better roles for Hindu kings. Nothing else.

[@Zzmaster_-mj2xv]

Wah bc What a conclusion lol

[@Bharat_Maa_ki_santan]

please make a video about the dressing of ancient Indian women's.

[@venkataraghotham7586]

Excellent video

[@Harish-ou4dy]

please examine the historical accuracy of the DoorDarshan series Chanakya

[@vishnuthakur9520]

Thanx for the research.

[@abhideepdessai4790]

Need more such video Like videos on jodha akbar and bajiroamastani

[@ishaanrohmetra3447]

you should explain this on tedx talks or prakhar k pravachan or beerbiceps.

[@gujjaranimations1146]

Please make more videos like this 😊

[@sumitre33]

Finally something a bit different 🙂, I would request you to please continue this series if possible.

[@redbaron007-e5p]

Jay, I doubt any Bollywood movie, let alone an SRK nautanki movie, does any prior research for historic authenticity. They're absolute rubbish. Audience should be thankful that SRK did not start dancing on the head of the Buddha statue. Maybe critiquing the 90s TV series Chanakya is a more worthwhile endeavor. At least Prof Dwivedi took the effort to conduct research.

[@raja-jl9os]

Do you like rrr?

[@redbaron007-e5p]

@@raja-jl9os I loved RRR. It's a fantasy movie, which is why everyone loves it. This Asoka movie pretends to be based on history and is rubbish.

[@raja-jl9os]

@@redbaron007-e5p rrr is based on historical freedom fighters 😂

[@redbaron007-e5p]

@@raja-jl9os Rajamouli conceived RRR as a fantasy movie by using two historical freedom fighters who never met in real life, so all events & depictions are fictitious. There was no need for any historic authenticity. Asoka is a below-average Bollywood nautanki showing real events like the Kalinga war and his involvement with Buddhism. Either make a fantasy movie or make a historic one. Asoka is neither.

[@raja-jl9os]

@@redbaron007-e5p people also say bahubali and rrr is garbage

[@abhinnakhale7520]

But chandragupta jo jainism m convert hua wo pataliputra ki bajae ujjain ka king nhi tha??

[@paulomi9351]

Exactly Samrat samprati grandson of Ashok ruled form ujjain and expanded Mauryan empire even beyond Afghanistan till khotan Uzbekistan and lower areas of china It was samrat samprati or jain Ashok as he was stauch Jainism follower

[@divineflu34567]

​​@@paulomi9351he was bhuddist chandragupta and bindusara converted to Jainism later in their life's

[@punjabilokvirsageet8268]

Please make a review on padmavat movie

[@times2508]

Loved it, baal kisi khaal nikal kr critique kiya h, haha

[@vaibhavsingh1194]

6:40 but they couldn't have shown him naked on tv

[@raginisingh2251]

Amazing video

[@pradyumn2692]

That sword is a copy of Conan the Barbarian.

[@Dr.AryamanAbhisekBiswal]

Amazing idea. Do review other movies too 👍🏼

[@tivo3720]

Can you tell us when Ashok become Buddhist

[@brainbooster5720]

Jainism and Buddhism me se Oldest religion konsa hai? kya Mahaveer jain aur Gautam Buddha contemporary hai aur inke archaeological aur literary source or evidence ke upar ek video banaye 🙏

[@rajputa_na]

There is no historical records of both of them

[@Ayush97772]

Vedic tradition is oldest (1500bc), Jain tradition is 2nd oldest (600bc), Buddhist tradition is youngest (550bc)

[@gimlok1594]

How accurate is chanakya tv serial. Please do a video

[@krishnaarnab6070]

Video on palas pls

[@kraut1982]

Ashok was for Buddhism what Constantine was for Christianity. These religions had a breakthrough moment after these patrons accepted the religion.

[@arnavchattoraj6335]

True ❤

[@MansionByBeach1]

Thank you. Humorous and informative.

[@jithendtk9381]

Very nice video, but one thing Chandragupta did not become a Jain monk, please check JF Fleets work on this, he has pointed out why it is not Chandragupta (grandfather of Ashoka), also Kannada Jain texts like Vaddaradhane mentions that the Chandraputa who converted to Jainism was not Ashokas grandfather

[@paulomi9351]

Chandragupta maurya took Jain diksha under sage bhadrabahu Ashoks grandson samrat samprati too was JAINISM follower and built several Jain temples and stupas all across his kingdom Samrat samprati ruled from ujjain and expanded Mauryan empire even beyond Afghanistan till khotan Uzbekistan and lower areas of china and down in south India Kumbhalgarh fort has ruins of several Jain temples built by samrat samprati, grandson of Ashok also known as Jain Ashok

[@jithendtk9381]

@@paulomi9351 Badrabahu is contemporary of samprati, Jain texts like Vaddaradhane clearly explain this JK Fleet has done sufficient research about this

[@paulomi9351]

@@jithendtk9381 not at all After bhadrabahu, Jain sangh divided into two groups Shwetambar Digambar

[@jithendtk9381]

@@paulomi9351 yes after Badrabahu Jain divided into 2 groups, this too is explained in Vaddaradhane the Jain Text The same Vaddaradhane Jain Text of the 6th Century also described Chanakya who helped ChandraGputa do you mean to say the Jain text itself is false?

[@paulomi9351]

@@jithendtk9381 When Alexander burnt persepolis and attacked today's Punjab Pakistan magadh was ruled by Nanda Dynasty rulers who were Jainism followers First Nanda king attacked Kalinga desh and brought Kalinga jina idol to magadh which was later retrieved by Kalinga desh king kharvela or kharbela after fall of maurya Dynasty After just few years from attack of Alexander, chanakya assisted chandragupta maurya who took over Nanda Dynasty and establish maurya kingdom Stulibhadra was a Jain monk under bhadrabahu. He was son of Jain minister of Nanda Dynasty rulers who took up monkhood Samrat sampratis initiation in Jainism was under Jain monk Suhastisuri

[@BhagyalaxmiKumari-vb4ub]

Fun Fact- Ashok's favourite and most beloved wife was Asandhimitra not Karuwaki. He calls her his second wife in his inscription not Agramahishi. It is also possible her name was later inscribed by Karuwaki herself as Governor of Kaushambi was confused who was Ashok's second queen. The whole love story is a big lie. The evidences of love story of Ashok are with two women, Mahadevi Vidisha Shakya Kumari and Agramahishi Asandhimitra. With Tisyarakshita it was mostly lust and comfort in old age and she took massive advantage of Ashok's dependence and affections towards her.

[@classicandmedieval8813]

24:00 well toe stirrup did existed according to wiki

[@Playerone1287]

Yeah I am confused too

[@AbhinandanABS]

stirrups were invented by the mongols around 1,000 years ago

[@Kar90great]

Lol no😂, toe stirrups first originated in india way before mongols ​@@AbhinandanABS

[@UUuu-n4m]

​@@AbhinandanABS he is talking toe stirrup which existed in maurya times not mongol stirrup

[@Thememezone750]

make video on gondwana kingdom first tribal kingdom of india and most of Indians don't know about it

[@kartikeygupta3958]

dude sanskrit text were late and written in after 1st century meanwhile Asoka is much 4-5 century older

[@sujoydutta3046]

It is very sad to see that one of the great scholar like you making video on review of third class hindi movie .

[@narsimhas1360]

My sister likes this movie so maybe this would help him gain a female audience and get them interested about history

[@Malayil._.Fandom.]

​@@narsimhas1360 The film was flop and hate by almost everyone

[@chromejaeger]

This analysis is for the idiots who watch movies and call it history. This will help to fix their outlook. Don't overanalyse.

[@abhighosh3085]

It's informative. I knew the movie was historically inaccurate but I learned a lot about that period of time from this video.

[@sid18vik]

😢

[@DevilDoer9224]

Maybe just maybe it was a fictional movie based on history hence the inaccuracies.

[@riturajdixit5]

Movies are anyway not a historical depiction, and this movie especially, also had some hidden agenda. It would be interesting to know if the sets of TV serial of 1990s called "Chanakya" comes any close to the reality!