How the Brutal Delhi Sultanate Gave Birth to the Vijayanagara Empire

[@OddCompass]

Hope you enjoy the first of a few videos on the Vijayanagar Empire! Quick Editorial Correction: Chatagai Mongols should actually be "Chagatai" Mongols. For some interesting history tidbits, check out my instagram: instagram.com/oddcompasshistory/ Now, just a couple of ground rules: 1) please keep discussion civil, and 2) let's avoid modern political talk. Modern political narratives often infect discourse around history, and this is especially true of Indian history. We deserve better. Consider, for example, the modern political discourse around Alauddin Khilji. People often characterize Alauddin as a religious fundamentalist, but in truth, he was likely just a brutal opportunist. Few realize that he was actually blasphemous and attempted to found a new religion with himself as the prophet and Ulugh Khan (and others) in high positions. Ulugh Khan warned him that doing so could lead to widespread rebellion, and so Alauddin decided against founding this new religion. Interesting stuff. Anyways, thanks so much for watching. I promise, the best is yet to come!

[@user-db2kd8bi5q]

Odd Compass Hi, I love your videos and the way you present them . What app do you use to make these videos or would you be able to show me how to make these ? I have an assignment due this Friday (March 6th, 2020) and I really want to make a video like this . I would appreciate any help !

[@NarayananV28]

I subscribed... 👍 An unsolicited feedback, could you lower the background music or remove all together?

[@OddCompass]

Thanks for subscribing! I lowered the background music a bit in my latest video - is that volume better?

[@yogeshjog6072]

Came here through useful charts channel vdo on maratha .. Where is vdo that u advertise there in glimpse. Shahaji sharifji being chatrapati shivaji father n uncle named after Sufi saint???

[@OddCompass]

@@yogeshjog6072 Hey Yogesh...my clip on UsefulCharts video was not an advertisement for a larger video on my own channel -- it was just a short clip as part of our mini-collab. If you'd like to learn more about Deccan culture in medieval times, I recommend my Malik Ambar video (it goes into various aspects of the Deccan in more detail).

[@anirudhsharma7069]

You might find this interesting to know that the disaster of devgiri/daulatabad move by Tughlaq was so bad that even today many people in many parts of India still use "Tughlaq" as an insult to call someone stupid. I have heard many of my fellow telugus use it.

[@OddCompass]

Haha, interesting!

[@jailreddy7263]

the present CM of Andhra Pradesh Jagan Mohan reddy called as Tuglaq, he too changed the capital of andhra which is in the centre of the state into three capitals.

[@OddCompass]

@@jailreddy7263 Interesting -- yeah I believe the capital was changed to the old Satavahana capital (e.g. Amaravati), right?

[@vinayyyyy_]

Odd Compass yes

[@gazibizi9504]

Haha, here in Hyderabad, teachers call many of us Tughlaq as well

[@sidakbhatia1206]

Great content! At last a youtuber who is covering Indian history without any ideological bias. Hope u make more videos on Indian history since it is so less known. You have earned a subscriber.

[@OddCompass]

Thank you so much! I strive to be neutral while researching and discussing these important historical events and people. I’ll be making many more videos about Indian history (along with other Asian history videos). In fact, my next video is on War Elephant history and strategy in India. Enjoy the channel!

[@grapeshott]

This is important. Many people fall in to political traps of glorifying some cruel rulers, and demonizing some even lesser cruel dynasties bcoz they belong to some other religions. Being neutral is important for a student of history

[@jonsnow1055]

@@grapeshott Well said.👌

[@johnyossarian9031]

@@OddCompass may I please suggest a book to you? It's called Eminent Historians by Arun Shourie. Please read it.

[@ComradeHellas]

@@grapeshott I am new to Indian history, give me an example.

[@seanras4046]

The sage who reconverted Bukka and Harihara back to Hinduism is Vidyaranya.

[@OddCompass]

Yep! Just didn't want to add another name for people to remember haha

[@samanya_jeevi]

Sad to see this mass conversion dream event, which shall remain a dream. 😂😂😂😂😘😂

[@seanras4046]

@@samanya_jeevi We have to be careful. These people invaded India once. We often go with this theory that Indians were good-hearted, naive etc. But what is the truth actually about what happened over the time period of 1000 AD to 1400 AD? Some trend took place and even the wisest of wise, and the strongest of strong in India couldn't oppose that trend (though they did well in saving our culture, so kudos to that).

[@noruas]

With blessings of the gods

[@maheshdocherla]

@@seanras4046 As far as my reading of military history is concerned, most Indian kingdoms and armies had experience mainly fighting amongst themselves. They were not used to outside enemies very much after the Gupta empire. In addition, scientific temper had fallen drastically and blind devotion in the form of Bhakti movement started taking over. So, you see that in most battles, Indian kings and armies were very overconfident, so much so that even after initial Islamic invasions began, they continued to fight amongst themselves and included betraying one another. For example, Ghazni's first invasions were not repulsed comprehensively because he was not interested in annexing but only looting. The tactics for that would be quite different from an open battlefield. So, he succeeded. Indian kings were not used to such large scale thievery nor were they used to horse archers. After that, they continued to bask themselves in their own peoples' praises. Following which came Ghori. At the time of Ghori, the Chauhans of Delhi, the Gurjara Pratiharas of Gujarat & Palas in the East were constantly fighting one another. Ghori's first defeat was against Chauhan alone and gave Chauhan extreme confidence, But, Ghori went back reconsidered his tactics & retrained his army for a repeat assault and succeeded. And, of course, you know the stories of Jaichand etc. Even in this video, if you notice, when the Yadavas are attacked by Delhi, their army was attacking Hoysala. Similarly, later on, the Telugu Nayaks lost to Vijayanagara in the triangular fight with the Bahmanis. The basic point to understand is that India was never a single unit and there was no concept of India & Indians per se. I really doubt that even Chanakya thought in those terms because I think he was more concerned with religion what with Buddhism and Jainism already becoming popular and now the Greeks coming in militarily. It is only the foreign invaders who considered the Indian subcontinent as a political unit. Those from the West made the Indus river as a border while those from the North considered the Pamir knot & Karakoram range and those from the East considered the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau. Modern Indians fail to understand why India lost because they are still not willing to accept that India during anytime in history was never a single political unit and never defended it as such. You can read the East Indian company and British colonial history & Mughal history to further prove my point. Those who found it opportune to do so served them to conquer the rest of India but if their masters did become weak at any point, the same would snatch the opportunity to become emperors themselves like Himachandra etc. Sanatana Dharma or Hinduism was understood in those days more as a personal duty to achieve the best rather than a team mindset where everyone coordinated for a particular goal. The GAMESTOP episode is a very good example about how Western society psychology & Eastern society psychology differs. Look at how disparate people from normal backgrounds and amateurs ended up teaming up for a single goal. The authorities have tried to thwart them but the fightback still continues. Such an issue is a rarity in Eastern societies where authority is respected whether corrupt or not. People do not care whether the authority is morally or ethically right or not, they just join up with whoever is in authority to survive and get richer. The consequences, in Hinduism, is usually left to God [as per Bhagvad Gita]. Hence, it is first & foremost a concept of whether you have it in your head and in your hands whether you can do it or not and second, whether you can team up to do it or not. And then, Hindus should be bothering about leaving the consequences to God/fate. Scripturally, this is the order in which action is prescribed in the Bhagvad Gita but the scriptures have been so distorted in their understanding and preaching that historically, we have been doing the whole thing in reverse.

[@indiafirst3676]

350 years later Aurangzeb faced the exactly same problems in Deccan as Tughlaq had

[@OddCompass]

Indeed! And interestingly, that's been the case stretching even farther into the past. No Northern power has ever held the Deccan region for more than a few decades -- not the Mauryas, the Guptas, the Delhi Sultanate, or the Mughals.

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

@@OddCompass make a historical videos on Kalinga/odisha.

[@dhruvsingh7215]

@@OddCompass maratha defeated Mughals and they were of Deccan

[@puneetmishra4726]

I'm getting a feeling that Aurangzeb was rebirth of Muhammad bin Tughlaq : both were religiously intolerant, ambitious to conquer Deccan, moved into deccan with vast army and all of their nobility, faced tens of rebellion and eventually after them the empire broke.

[@rajeshwardevrathod869]

@@dhruvsingh7215 but took too long to defeat , a complete defeat in the hands of Shivaji Maharaja could have been fantastic , he definitely deserved it and the title Samrat Shivaji Maharaja 😁😁.

[@ateium2409]

Burka and HariHara did what is called a Pro Gamer move .

[@pentakadi]

Bukka..not burka..

[@purethoughtts638]

Before Bukka Kapaya Nayudu rebelled directly againest Muslims... Kapaya is the leader of the Rebellion

[@ateium2409]

@@pentakadi oh shoot

[@debodatta7398]

7:21 I'm not sure what source you read but calling the entirety of Tamil Kingdoms a tributary to Khiliji and the Delhi sultanate is laughable and extremely ignorant. They were able to grab a small part in Northern Tamil Nadu close to Telugu lands but the rest of the land was under the Pandyan Empire and in a civil war, sure they were able to sack Madurai but the feuding Princes decided to call a truce on the civil war and attack him head on and the Delhi forces turned tail and ran back up to Delhi with as much treasure stolen from Madurai that the Muslims recieved when they SACKED Delhi

[@debodatta7398]

10:20 The Delhi Sultante map showin the complete annexation of Tamil Lands is completely ridiculous, I'm guessing you used an North Indian history book which shows that figure lmao. No credible historian believes that in fact the opposite is true, Look at maps made by Western academics and none show the Delhi sultanate annexing the entirety of modern day Tamil Nadu at most they came to Thajavur and ofc the later annexation of Madurai but that still left the entirety of half Southern and Western Tamil Lands free.

[@IPlayWithFire135]

Is it a sign that I, an American, have played too much Europa Universalis that I know a lot of these cultural and regional terms without ever having opened a book on Indian history or paid much attention to India?

[@OddCompass]

Haha, perhaps - but now is as good a time as ever to learn about Indian history beyond EU. Welcome to the channel!

[@nakshatraganguly2557]

@me bravo should people start trusting capitalist conservative orthodox eastern historians or something ?

[@nakshatraganguly2557]

@me bravo haha, no I'm not a leftist though. Problem is, everyone is polarized these days. Some historians say crap about our heritage, some say we had atom bombs 2000 years ago. We are in the endgame now.

[@jonsnow1055]

@me bravo How dumb. Everyone left wing is not a Communist, the same way everyone in the right wing is not a Nazi. Would you like it if you are called a Nazi?

[@jonsnow1055]

@@nakshatraganguly2557 😂

[@rajbagwe3732]

Just discovered your channel through the Rajendra Chola video, and I am loving it. We Indians never learn these things cause our syllabus is limited to Indus Valley, Mauryas, occasional Guptas, Delhi Sultanate, Mughals, Independence Struggle. Love your animations and non biased accounts too. Please continue making such great content. Trust me you are gonna blow up soon.

[@OddCompass]

Thank you!

[@mannyk2755]

Yap, the reason probably, after the independence, post colonial India didn’t want another partition in the south. So they erased the southern Indian history from the syllabus.

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

@@mannyk2755 really? I heard that they are covered in schools of the different state but very little like in odisha, the history of odisha was very brief.

[@yoshi9358]

@@mannyk2755 Nah no need to go full conspiracy mode. Its just statewise. Like here in Maharashtra kids are taught in detail about Maratha history but outside the state you'll probably see a para at max about it

[@mannyk2755]

@@yoshi9358 @Abhishek but in Tamil Nadu they don’t teach much about Tamil History in depth. Only the People who are interested in the history research them, others do not have any awareness about their rich history, but Aurangzeb, Tipu sultan, Shajahan and Akbar are known by many.. Non of them represent south or indigenous Indian culture.

[@chaitanyareddymuthyala2967]

The telugu warriors are very underrated, they defended the South by resisting the invaders , if you see warangal today , you can see the level of destruction by the invaders , destroyed 100s of temples and converting the people into Islam by force , and the main thing is the real owner of the kohinoor diamond is warangal badhrakali amma

[@rishikeshkumar7103]

Right bro

[@rangertalion2386]

So true , our warriors shielded the far south from Invasions

[@wegu9423]

@Pk kakatiyas are telugu hoyasala are kannada

[@naveenk863]

@pk wtf are you talking bro? :) who served who?

[@naveenk863]

@Pk I don’t know much about anegundi. Vijayanagar empire was a great kingdom, but mainly they got inspired by the Telugu warriors rebellion against Mughals after the fall of South Indian kingdoms. One thing for sure, when it comes to fighting against Mughals, Kannada and Telugu people from south India played a major role.

[@shishirs2007]

We are playing our own Game of thrones in Higher levels..

[@OddCompass]

Yep! If you think this is Game of Thrones-level crazy, the Deccan also had its own "Red Wedding" moment when the treacherous brother of Devaraya II murdered nobles at his own banquet. That event is going to be in my next video (coming on Thursday) so stay tuned :)

[@shishirs2007]

@@OddCompass Thanks for Covering Deccan. Also please make videos on King Shivaji and how he tormented Mughal Emporer and Deccan Sultans..

[@ЭдгарРожков]

@@shishirs2007 I would like to see more history of India prior to Mughals, that is in actual medieval era.

[@mazadancoseben4818]

@@OddCompass , you might want to make a history of empires and conflicts in the Northeast of India, especially Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal It would be great if you included the conflicts between the different groups in them And the Ahom empire, of course

[@debodatta7398]

7:21 I'm not sure what source you read but calling the entirety of Tamil Kingdoms a tributary to Khiliji and the Delhi sultanate is laughable and extremely ignorant. They were able to grab a small part in Northern Tamil Nadu close to Telugu lands but the rest of the land was under the Pandyan Empire and in a civil war, sure they were able to sack Madurai but the feuding Princes decided to call a truce on the civil war and attack him head on and the Delhi forces turned tail and ran back up to Delhi with as much treasure stolen from Madurai that the Muslims recieved when they SACKED Delhi

[@surajkumarn4715]

iam from warangal , but i learnt a new thing today about prathaparudras death that he was given poison(of course all these are speculations, i read about a speculation where he jumps into narmada river), and that the first invasion route was from eastern end. good one @oddCompass keep going

[@OddCompass]

Thanks! Exciting videos on the horizon :)

[@debodatta7398]

11:37 The Madurai sultanate was a transitory sultanate almost entirely limited to the city of the sacked Madurai and its immediate surrounding lands, not the entirety of Southern Tamil Nadu. also I'm astounded you ignored the Malabar sultanate to the West.

[@SivajiMandava]

Prataparudra committed Suecide. Vilasa Grant by Prolaiah Naidu confirmed This. Musunuri Nayakas recaptured Warangal from Muslims with in 10 Years but Lost it subsequently by the Backstabbing of Fellow Telugu Nayakas.

[@purethoughtts638]

I generally feel telugu fighting spirit was so underated than marata brothers... Telugus in the 12 century shaped and decided the Future of Sub continent... For the next 500 Years

[@OddCompass]

Completely agreed.

[@देवांशसिंह-ण7घ]

😊Yupp

[@rajbagwe3732]

Yup, most of Indian history books focus on a handful of drops from the giant ocean that is Indian history.

[@surajkumarn4715]

musunuri nayaks, reddy kingdoms arent potrayed properly even in local text books till 2014.

[@arthurpenndragon6434]

@@surajkumarn4715 I live in Hyderabad and had never heard of any of this until I found this channel. It is criminal how little our state governments value our own history.

[@vkaeshala]

@odd compass is the only one covering this part of Indian history unbiasedly..... good going

[@scintillam_dei]

Unbiasedly? So he's a robot?

[@absmalhotra]

The research, the production, the music - this channel is a gem I'm thankful to have discovered. Looking forward to many more untold stories deserving to be told!

[@OddCompass]

Thank you!

[@debodatta7398]

10:20 The Delhi Sultante map showin the complete annexation of Tamil Lands is completely ridiculous, I'm guessing you used an North Indian history book which shows that figure lmao. No credible historian believes that in fact the opposite is true, Look at maps made by Western academics and none show the Delhi sultanate annexing the entirety of modern day Tamil Nadu at most they came to Thajavur and ofc the later annexation of Madurai but that still left the entirety of half Southern and Western Tamil Lands free.

[@akashsinha2880]

@@OddCompass 1st line was enough. Didn't need to hear the rest. But still you seem to have a lot of white bias. BTW all history is mostly war except for Indian history. It is actually less war and more about culture, civilization, art, music, literature, architecture and many more things. PS all KZbinrs buy all of their comments from India including you.

[@shkarthikeyan]

The pandiyan lost their capital madurai to sultan's in 1311 ..But shifted thier capital further south to tenkasi and ruled upto 1650s... Meanwhile madurai were under sulthans till 1370 and under vikayanagar governors till 1525 and under telugu madurai nayaks from 1525.. but until 1650s pandians tried to recapture madurai later vanished .. The last pandian clan ruled from tenkasi

[@OddCompass]

Correct -- and thanks for the additional in-depth info. I believe that (after the fall of the Madurai Sultanate in 1370) the Pandyas were made a feudatory kingdom to the Vijayanagar Empire. Later on in the Vijayanagar Empire, the Tamils in directly-ruled regions protested for tax reforms and more autonomy, and were granted it. Glad to have such thoughtful viewers!

[@shkarthikeyan]

@@OddCompass sir.. still some tamils got autonomy from madurai nayak dynasty.. The sethupathi marava kingdom (costal areas in tamil country) gained independence from madurai telugu nakaks by the year 1650s . They issues their own coin and dominated in jafanna srilanka areas also .. The marava kingdom also have 2 sub branches . Sivagangai kingdom and pudukkottai kingdom.. the pudukkottai kingdom was the last free tamil princely state during indian independence..

[@OddCompass]

Very interesting. Learning something new everyday!

[@ஞமலிவளவன்]

SH KARTHIKEYAN lol bro Nayaks and maravar has wars .ever heard

[@deepblue3682]

Two branches of pandyas crossed over western ghats and entered kerala around the late 15-16th century and formed two minor kingdoms in kerala.. Called "poonjar" and "pandalam"... The sabarimala temple diety ayyappa was/is a Prince of this "pandalam" kingdom..

[@vitaminprotein4725]

Vijayanagara Kingdom stopped Arab conquer towards south for 310 yrs or 3 centuries.... And nobody teaching that in school.

[@muhammadadeel8639]

Turk conquerors*

[@natashadandavati3698]

This is my favorite of your videos yet! It breaks down a complex topic in a very clear way, and I really like the addition of the map keys to keep track of things. Really great illustrations too, awesome job!

[@shashanks8035]

When the dehli sultans came to south India, they massacred 12000 devotees who were trying to protect their temple. They looted the Srirangam and Madurai temples and killed anyone standing on their way. Its described that the heads of Brahmins were hung like coconuts on trees.

[@arjunraj823]

Actually Malik Kafur was the master mind of attacking south India and kill the upper caste Hindus and convert the lower caste to Muslims. He was doing revenge because he himself was a lower caste Hindu and suffered so much in earlier years.

[@theboyofjoyy]

Exploring the neglected history!🤩

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Cool Name bro 😎

[@sirushti1132]

Bro idhe KZbin naa onga loda pesi irken nabagam irka. Vera channel comment pannapa naa reply pannirken. Nabagam irka

[@theboyofjoyy]

@R A 🥰

[@theboyofjoyy]

@@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் ❤

[@debodatta7398]

7:21 I'm not sure what source you read but calling the entirety of Tamil Kingdoms a tributary to Khiliji and the Delhi sultanate is laughable and extremely ignorant. They were able to grab a small part in Northern Tamil Nadu close to Telugu lands but the rest of the land was under the Pandyan Empire and in a civil war, sure they were able to sack Madurai but the feuding Princes decided to call a truce on the civil war and attack him head on and the Delhi forces turned tail and ran back up to Delhi with as much treasure stolen from Madurai that the Muslims recieved when they SACKED Delhi

[@Yearning.Astrophile]

Please Make videos and timeline on Karnataka Kannada empires 1. Kadambas 2.Gangas. 3.Badami Chalukyas. 4.Rashtrakutas. 5.Western Chalukyas. 6.Hoysalas. 7.Vijayanagara Empire.

[@pra_jwal4316]

Bro yadavas kingdom were also useing kannada as administrator language

[@chch1959]

Namma Karnataka 💛❤ Namma hemme 😄

[@rahulb5120]

This channel will never make video on Kannada Empire simply because of fact that this channel is run by Telugu guy. As you know how can any Indian show other language Indian speaking Empire as greater then them

[@Yearning.Astrophile]

@@rahulb5120 Ohhh okay...now i get it heheh , he has to make it , if hes fair about history

[@Amoghavarsha.]

@Nani wtf

[@satish8758]

I am a history geek from Hyderabad and I always have a hard time explaining my friends the origins of Muslim rule in the South India. Thanks for this video, I have been long waiting for a decent history channel which talks abt the amazing almost forgotten history and yours is the best, as I see that your focus is on Undiscussed history my humble suggestions are the Kakatiyas, Satavahanas, Telugu Sultans and how being muslim rulers managed to have people support during anti Muslim moment in the south and History of Hyderabad( of course im biased) right from being the puppet city of the Golconda(1400's) to the richest princely state in all of Independent India(1947).

[@OddCompass]

That is so awesome to hear! My family is also Hyderabadi, so you and I have many of the same interests: including the Satavahana and the Kakatiyas. I also get frustrated with how the general public perceives the South - as though we do not have a longstanding relationship with the Islamic world. I think the relationship between Hindus and Muslims in Telugu country is quite fascinating. Before the Recherla Reddies joined Vijayanagar through marriage into the royal family, they actually were allies of the Bahmani Sultanate and helped the Bahmanis get independence from Delhi. My upcoming video is on the Fall of Malacca (SE Asian history, with some Indian references) but after that I’ll be returning to the subcontinent for a military strategy video and many others.

[@satish8758]

​@@OddCompass Exactly, the muslims who ruled Telugu states are quite different from that of their northern counterparts, people have a hard time understanding this, most of the people who are pro Hindu just assume that Muslims in the south just ruled in order to make fortunes but that's far from the fact, they were actually the most secular rulers and they actually believed the Telugu land to be their home and its citizens their own people. The Unity among the Hindu-Muslim community at that time in Golkonda region was Uncanny. Anyways im really glad and its an amazing feeling that there is a talented KZbin creator with similar interests of mine, I have a feeling its about time for this Channel to blow up and im pretty sure its gonna happen soon and I can't wait to comment " been here since 1K followers" in your future videos with million views.

[@OddCompass]

Completely agreed. And thanks so much for the kind words - I’m looking forward to more growth, though with a larger audience will likely come a bit more “ideology.” I hope you also enjoy SE Asian history as well!

[@satish8758]

​@@OddCompass Every culture offers some kind of story for us to learn, enjoy and relive. As long as the story is interesting, its nativity is irrelevant, keep up the good work in enlightening and entertaining us with interesting History which is not talked about that often. Cheers..!

[@OddCompass]

Very true - thanks!

[@techgameswithkarthik5886]

This video proves that Telugu people can do any thing if they want to do. And by the way, you made great content. Your hard work made you earn a subscriber.

[@karthikeyacherukumalla6969]

Yes. True

[@himeshthungaturthi3215]

Not telugu people but all of the Indians 😀

[@gauravsinha7401]

This channel is incredible!! The latest NCERt books have completely removed these topics and/or due to the question pattern of exams no one is encouraged to read these in depth.

[@Econohistory]

For your next video, you can cover the Gajapatis of Orissa. Oft neglected by regular historians, the Gajapatis fought both the Vijayanagara and the Bengal Sultanate.

[@thisisme265]

And Bahamanis too. Remember when Bidar fell to Gajapati Maharaja Kapilendra Deva ??

[@chirak8635]

Yes, in this video they also ignored how Ganga dynasty defeated Delhi sultanate all the times. They showed our land blank😂

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@chirak8635 You have been defeated, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, the Indian slave, Abd al-Pers. The kingdom of this Mongols is in their places. Destroying your land with cannons.

[@jijo666]

Whats with kerala and chattisgarh, odisha, WB areas ? Nobody seem to lay a sight on them let alone capturing them. 😅😂

[@jijo666]

@Ore oru Rayavu • 101 years and dhathaanu 😄

[@prashanthreddy3326]

The Dandakaranya Region(southern half of Chhattisgarh, southeastern Madhya Pradesh, parts of western Odisha, parts of northern and eastern Telangana, eastern Vidarbha and some parts of northern Andhra) was under Gond Kings' Rule for many years.

[@mightoftradition5586]

Kerala was never conquered . Even under British rule, we had puppet kings .

[@rohitka5737]

Take a terrain view on google maps and chart how the invasions came , youd see kerala is completely protected by the western ghats, with only a small pass to guard. I assume Odhisha will have a similar feature with the eastern ghats. rivers play a part too. Geography is the major constraint in those times.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

@@mightoftradition5586 Do you remember Vijayanagar empire who Conquered whole South India . Mighty Kannadigas

[@rajeshwardevrathod869]

I enjoyed it thoroughly , could you make similar videos on three Reddy Rebels 1) Gona Ganna Reddy , the chivalrous warrior who supported Queen Rudrama Devi . 2) Recherla Rudra Reddy who saved the Kakatiya dynasty and got Ganapathi deva released from Devagiri ruler Mahadeva .3) Prolayavema Reddy the founder of Kondavidu Reddy Dynasty after kakatiya disintegrated .

[@OddCompass]

I do want to make a video about the Reddy clan (and it’s origins), so stay tuned in the future!

[@rajeshwardevrathod869]

@@OddCompass Thanks sir for thinking about a video on the Reddy Clan , your style is magical and mesmerising , thousands of views guaranteed .

[@debodatta7398]

10:20 The Delhi Sultante map showin the complete annexation of Tamil Lands is completely ridiculous, I'm guessing you used an North Indian history book which shows that figure lmao. No credible historian believes that in fact the opposite is true, Look at maps made by Western academics and none show the Delhi sultanate annexing the entirety of modern day Tamil Nadu at most they came to Thajavur and ofc the later annexation of Madurai but that still left the entirety of half Southern and Western Tamil Lands free.

[@debodatta7398]

11:37 The Madurai sultanate was a transitory sultanate almost entirely limited to the city of the sacked Madurai and its immediate surrounding lands, not the entirety of Southern Tamil Nadu. also I'm astounded you ignored the Malabar sultanate to the West.

[@lamewater772]

lol wth is malabar sultanate

[@madavkisna6360]

The "Malabar sultanate" you are referring to is the Ma'bar sultanate which is another name of the Madurai sultanate

[@lamewater772]

@@madavkisna6360 i dont think so, he specifically mentioned it to be in the 'west'

[@madavkisna6360]

@@lamewater772 he might have been mistaken as then muslims called tamilakam as Malabar or Ma'bar , not the modern Malabar coast

[@NicolastheThird-h6m]

wtf is Malabar sultanate, only muslim that ruled a part of Malabar was arackal beevis ( matrilineal ) of Arakkal kingdom which was for a brief period.

[@yousufsiddiqsyed4412]

"for every book on deccan there are a 100 books on delhi " by SOMEONE WHO 'S NAME I FORGOT

[@OddCompass]

Haha

[@yousufsiddiqsyed4412]

@@OddCompass great vids btw

[@VenkateshP-rt4sk]

My caste people and ancestors served as army commanders in the Vijayanagara empire. We were settled in coastal Karnataka by this Vijayanagara empire to control the region's security and international trade of Vijayanagara with Greece and china.

[@krh-kq9qy]

thanks man , we are underrated and underrepresented by many other cultures, this video is the only video which talks about telugus

[@pr854]

Fact is they are kannadigas from hampi Kannada land... They served in kakatiya army or hosysla army but they are kannadigas from hampi Kannada lanf

[@pb5102]

Okay Odd Compass, I've binged all your videos. POST MOOORE!

[@OddCompass]

Thanks! Hard at work on a really exciting video!

[@attitudekilleroriginal]

Kingdoms in past have fallen but didn't united, we can't repeat those mistakes again. We Indians need a lot to know our history and learn from it. No opinion, good/bad or right/wrong, just pure History, this channel rocks

[@hmmmm4193]

Chaturvedi ji, kitne ved pad lie?

[@hibimtb]

unfortunately even though we know our history, we’re not getting anywhere because of the current situation in india The country is divided solely because we all follow different religions

[@MegaRazzzz]

*Delhi Sultanate rising & falling.* Meanwhile Kerala: "What's all that noise outside my house"?

[@nikhils3823]

🤣😂

[@Vpr2255]

In Kerala?? DRAVIDIAN Land occupied by ARYANS Arab Syrians

[@MegaRazzzz]

@@Vpr2255 you mad bro? XD

[@sreejithsiva7885]

@@Vpr2255 They never invaded us , rather they lived with us.

[@bibinthomas5282]

@@sreejithsiva7885 we still live ☺️☺️☺️☺️,lathaan moone keralathile piller

[@6My6sT6]

Fantastic!Please do one on Marthanda varma and Pazhassi Raja,Ahom kingdoms of north east,Pasumpon,Pulithevar etc.

[@kishanky1352]

I am here after listening to you on Brownpundits. Love your channel There are multiple theories about origins of Vijayanagar empire. Most accepted one is that, they were Kannadigas serving with Hoysalas and not Kakatiyas. It is kinda controversial lol I am a Kannadiga, but had never heard about Harihara and Bukka's capture and conversion to Islam. That's an interesting version

[@OddCompass]

Thanks Kishan! Glad you’re enjoying the channel. I totally agree that there are multiple origin theories - I’ve pointed this out on some of my other comments, but the current position of most historians is that these multiple origin theories were intentionally encouraged by Harihara and Bukka Raya as a means of legitimizing themselves to their multiethnic, multilinguistic polity. Very interesting stuff!

[@rishikreddyl]

I'm From Warangal, these things have never been said in our history books. All we've been taught in our school history is "Akbar: The Great" and You missed the part when Delhi Sultanate renamed Warangal(orugallu) as Sultanpur after the annexation of Prataparudra, later it is renamed back to Orugallu after the recapture by the rebellions Mansuri Nayak and Reddis. Also, there exists speculation that Kohinoor Diamond was an ear ornament of the Hindu Goddess Bhadrakali Idol in the Bhadrakali Temple of Warangal.

[@surajkumarn4715]

Which history books did u read? Most of ncert level is indeed filled with delhi centric detailing. Too know more about telugu land history us should go through state level books , they are pretty decent.

[@jonsnow1055]

@@surajkumarn4715 Yes. He might be from CBSE. It would be almost impossible to cover each and every region in CBSE books. Each region's history should be taught in their state irresoective of boards. Perhaps a subject like: "Regional history".

[@truetool]

It's not a speculation. Kohinoor was indeed the one of the eyes of Goddess Bhadrakali's statue. The Kohinoor was in fact mined by the Kakatiyas from Golconda. I am from the north but I know all this.

[@skullgamer8802]

@@jonsnow1055 both can be done and others region history can be read by others too

[@carmel11able]

They are don't knows Thamizh's history, 💨💤

[@Cacheupwithvinita]

That's how we learn. Great video mate !

[@OddCompass]

Thank you!

[@RobinKumar-kh7ok]

Great video! Not much on the Delhi Sultante on KZbin and this was very well done. Defs subscribing

[@OddCompass]

Much appreciated!

[@michaelmallal9101]

Hitler hadn't heard of over-extension.

[@neebajan2366]

I don't usually write comments in KZbins. But I got to say this, you are doing a remarkable job man. Love all of your videos. The narrative was excellent. Waiting for more contents from you

[@OddCompass]

That means a lot -- thank you for your kind words! Looking forward to releasing more (and varied!) videos soon.

[@thehistorybuff1883]

I love the improvements you've made! Best video yet.Indian History is complex but I felt like I could understand everything that was going on pretty well, thanks to the visuals.Keep up the good work!

[@OddCompass]

Thanks so much!

[@user-db2kd8bi5q]

Odd Compass Hi, I love your videos and the way you present them . What app do you use to make these videos or would you be able to show me how to make these ? I have an assignment due this Friday (March 6th, 2020) and I really want to make a video like this . I would appreciate any help !

[@TheMalllu]

Very true that history is complex

[@Vivek788]

Great content that might even justify the murder of certain words. The complex history of the Deccan with the political, economic and religious twists make it very murky but deeply educational if one can see that there are no clear good or bad guys anywhere. Will keep looking out for more of your content.

[@goingmerry123]

Proud of the Telugu Nayaks. They managed to set aside their differences and truly understood the value of freedom. All 72 of the former Kakatiya war chiefs united to thrash the Delhi Sultanate, fighting a guerrilla style war before laying siege and retaking the ancient Telugu capital Warangal. Can't wait for the day when we toss out our caste identities and unite for the benefit of our people.

[@avinashd517]

Telugus must unite and boost there fighting spirit which once our ancestors had

[@dalfeexavier9655]

Hi .. can you do a similar video on present day kerala n its history.. as most of your videos show its nvr been captured

[@OddCompass]

Hey, definitely on my mind! Just have to figure out how I want to attack the topic, and when to make the video.

[@amoghavarsha6230]

@@OddCompass Battle of Colachel would be nice.

[@kgb1747]

@@OddCompass please do Malabar riots!!

[@keralanaturelover196]

@@kgb1747 we keralites not interested

[@kgb1747]

@@keralanaturelover196 We keralites ARE interested (by the way from Alappuzha)

[@alexanderphilip1809]

The effect of geography on political decisions and economics and warfare is an intriguing concept on its own.

[@babitasharma4816]

Odd compass! I love yall videos man .... Keep it up.... Make a video on harrapan civilization please 😁😁😁

[@OddCompass]

Thanks Babita! That would be an interesting topic, I'll definitely keep it in mind!

[@babitasharma4816]

@@OddCompass thanks

[@surkshithmarkanti9952]

I wish you do video on nizam kingdom and Martha Kingdom and kakathiya kingdom

[@OddCompass]

Absolutely -- thanks for the topic recommendations!

[@debodatta7398]

10:20 The Delhi Sultante map showin the complete annexation of Tamil Lands is completely ridiculous, I'm guessing you used an North Indian history book which shows that figure lmao. No credible historian believes that in fact the opposite is true, Look at maps made by Western academics and none show the Delhi sultanate annexing the entirety of modern day Tamil Nadu at most they came to Thajavur and ofc the later annexation of Madurai but that still left the entirety of half Southern and Western Tamil Lands free.

[@manojkumar-jt3fw]

This channel is gold

[@OddCompass]

Thank you!

[@manojkumar-jt3fw]

@@OddCompass continue ur hard work,expand the videos to other countries history like that of usa,japan,Russia,china ,u.k,Germany

[@kapila112]

Nah.. it's Kohinoor diamond!

[@dineshanand5496]

Hey man,love your work,please do take your time in making a video about POLIGAR WAR(1ST war for indian independence)all of South India United under queen VELUNACHIYAR,along with hyder Ali,palassi raja,maruthu brothers,telugu kings,and won back their kingdom(FIRST WOMAN IN HISTORY TO DO SO)...this story hiiiighly underrated.....

[@fury1435]

Nice topic 👍👍

[@thisisme265]

How can you call Poligar War, The 1st War for Independence?? The govt. recognises *Paika Rebellion of 1817(in Odisha)* as the first one. What's you definition of a "War for independence" ??

[@dineshanand5496]

@@thisisme265 The Polygar Wars or Palaiyakkarar Wars were wars fought between the Polygars (Palaiyakkarars) of the former Tirunelveli Kingdom in Tamil Nadu, India and the British East India Company forces between March 1799 to May 1802 or July 1805. Plus it was the first ever time someone called for solidarity of entire nation against the Europeans when rest of India was fighting for its own good

[@SudharshanReddyee]

Brother I fell in love with your presentation and voice over.❤️

[@sumukhbhupalam5823]

Underated channel!

[@nitinchalla782]

Such great quality content. Thank you so much.

[@ssam00]

Great videos! Really enjoying! please cover events from Bengal too (another fascinating yet under-rated region)! Namely Shashanka, Palas, Bara bhuiyas etc

[@OddCompass]

Thank you, I will be exploring other regions as well! My next video is on Portuguese Goa, so a bit different! I’ll be covering many topics, so no worries :)

[@pacifront83]

South Asia is racially and culturally partitioned enough to have not consolidated against the Musalman 🇱🇰

[@oneman80840]

Dharmic system is a failure

[@honest_bishop5905]

@@oneman80840 Islam is intellectually and morally bankrupt

[@ChineseApricot69]

@@oneman80840 says a guy who's grandparents got forcefully converted into islam

[@oneman80840]

@@ChineseApricot69 Most Hinduis converted to Islam to escape the cast system😉… we are not “untouchables” anymore in Islam all humanity is your brother #exHindu

[@karungoswami6604]

@@oneman80840 so what is shia,sunni and ahmadiya?

[@SuryadevaraRammurthyNaidu]

Telugu Kakathiyas The TURK CRASHERS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@abriefsummaryofhistory7449]

800 years🥱

[@SuryadevaraRammurthyNaidu]

​@@abriefsummaryofhistory7449 What 800 years? 😂

[@nknkannadiga9742]

@@abriefsummaryofhistory7449 800? What is that

[@abriefsummaryofhistory7449]

@@SuryadevaraRammurthyNaidu of Turkic Rule🤙

[@SuryadevaraRammurthyNaidu]

@@abriefsummaryofhistory7449 where?

[@avinashd517]

Great information. I am telugu .and my forefathers served in vijaynagar military from bobili coastal andhra. We fought hard with the Turks and brutally crushed them under vijaynagar rule. Shree Krishna devaraya is our pride and king for all telugu ppl

[@OddCompass]

Very interesting -- thanks for your comment. I'm also Telugu, so this story fascinates me. Enjoy the channel!

[@avinashd517]

@@OddCompass great but your accent is quite foreigner

[@OddCompass]

@@avinashd517 Haha yeah, I was born and raised in the USA

[@matheenarif8645]

But sadly, Turks destroyed Hampi, razed it to the ground. What are your thoughts about Hasan Gangu?

[@OddCompass]

The nobility of the Deccan Sultanates were comprised primarily of Dahknis and "Westerners" from Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, and Persia (not actually Turks). But there were many fumbles that led to the destruction of Hampi, and certainly the razing of Bidar and Ahmadnagar didn't help matters. Ultimately, Ramaraya's greed and arrogance precipitated the end of Hampi. I encourage you to check out my Vijayanagar Rise and Fall video for more info on that!

[@dopermine2020]

1000x better then my history teacher....

[@Karthikeyan-TNPSC-Maths]

You forget to mention that, Vijayanagar empire overthrow the Madurai Sultanate, thus completely eliminated their rivals on the south and secured the maritime trade.

[@aniruddhrao3489]

just came across the channel and immediately subscribed. This is exactly the type of channel I have been waiting for.

[@OddCompass]

Glad to have you aboard!

[@aniruddhrao3489]

@@OddCompass I hope you will continue to make videos in the future. Your content is amazing and it would be very sad if you stopped

[@byron-ih2ge]

kerala nvr bowed to any foreigner 😂 .the only guy successful in an invasion of kerala was tipu but eventually even he was shown his place and kicked out

[@karthikn8536]

Ermmm....Vasco de Gama's brother wreaked Kerala no?

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@karthikn8536 first of all it was limited to a few coastal areas and he was kicked out bro before they could establish a stable rule. Kerala Christians , trvancore and the Dutch allied to end the portuguese forever in kerala.

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@karthikn8536 the portuguese were defeated so many times by the calicut kingdom and after that when they finally won through treachery and started becoming a major threat they were kicked out of kerala .then they moved to goa and we all know what they did there . no other foreigner has did anything more dreadful than that in india

[@darthchocolatius3421]

They bowed very humbly to the brits in the history i read

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@darthchocolatius3421 subsidiary alliance .british nvr directly ruled kerala.british did almost nill lvl of internal. Interference here , all they demanded was a monthly tax and suzerainity thats it

[@Rajdev_Rathore5599]

Thanks a lot for this fantastic video and reigniting the flame of rebelhood in Indians .The descendants of Rashtrakutas established the kakatiya kingdom in Telangana , they belonged to Ratta / Redddy clan who lateron also established the Kondavidu Reddy kingdom in AD 1325 by defeating the Tughlaq forces in Telangana and Andhrapradesh. 😎👍⛳⚔️.

[@hanamantmunnolli6381]

Amazing content, very good narration. You have made learning history an interesting experience. Kudos to your good work.

[@kavanpuranik98]

These videos are so damn interesting! I wish history was taught to us like this!

[@ssvemuri]

I like how you always speak of the "Telugus" in favorable tones. thanks for engaging series

[@shashankbv947]

Maharastra - we have maratha only 100 years ruling Tamil - we have cholas 250 years Telugu - some kakatiya that's it 👍🏻 Karnataka - Hold my Beer chutu Kadamba Rastrakutas Gangas (old then rastrakutas) Chalukya Note - Rastrakutas and chalukyas alon two kingdoms ruled for 900 years all deccan and central and till nepal 🌝👍🏻 Kalachuries Yadavaaaaa Greaaaaat vijayanagara empire Great wadeyor mysuru kingdom 😎 Note - Karnataka was not ruled by any non kannadigas ..... thankyou for readi ng 👍🏻 💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️

[@devirani6347]

Rubbish karnataka was under guptas, mughals, prakrit speaking satavaghnas, marathas, pallavas, cholas, British ... Etc....

[@мувн-ш4ы]

but Marathas effectively ended Mughal rule in most of India.

[@Deccan-times]

@@devirani6347 pallavas and cholas never ruled they ruled small part Mysore Bangalore and Kolar most non banglore kannada peoples don't know tamils existence.

[@devirani6347]

@@Deccan-times 😂 learn history properly

[@Deccan-times]

@@devirani6347 please teach me when cholas and ruled karnataka? But kannada chalukyas blood rule strated Tamilnadu from 1070 ce in the name of later cholas, chalukya cholas ruled tamil nadu up to 1279 ce.

[@schak3939]

A wonderfully created content. Highly appreciate efforts. The "Vijaynagar empire" video and the "Rashtrakuta video / episode" are also great. Please continue making them. And please do mention the background music.

[@Uncanny-svk]

Proud to be from Warangal

[@chch1959]

🙄🙄🙄

[@aeroplay9939]

Rest of South India: in chaos Meanwhile Kerala:*chilling in the background*

[@angrymanwithsillymoustasche]

People commenting about Kerala region wasn't conquered by many- Only Cholas and British could subjugate Kerala because 1) They had powerful navy to control Malabar ports 2)Only ports were resourceful there; Malabar region is full of Forests, mountains and beaches. No big resources. 3) During Vijayanagar Kerala kingdoms were vassals of the empire 4) During British rule, Travancore was a vassal state. No use in conquering entire kerala region, only need to control the ports.

[@mint8648]

They were chinese vassals

[@angrymanwithsillymoustasche]

@@mint8648 They were vassals of , Vijayanagara, Portuguese, dutch, Mysore(northern Malabar kingdoms) and finally British.

[@mint8648]

@@angrymanwithsillymoustasche also cochin was visited by china

[@angrymanwithsillymoustasche]

@@mint8648 Calicut had chinese settlements

[@sriram4461]

Thanks for highlighting history of Bharat.

[@theMSG100]

Most of the temples in north India is lost due to muslim rule, Because of the southern's fight, even south India would have looked like north with very less temples. Compare the number of old temples in north and south, you will easily understand.

[@prateekapurva3464]

Dude, you are teaching in a way that will be comman in future to teach history.

[@greatwolf5372]

Why was Kerala never conquered? Even the Mughals never conquered it. It seems like either we were military geniuses or completely irrelevant.

[@OddCompass]

There are many theories, and no definitive answers! Here’s a few points worth noting: 1) Kerala is difficult to invade overland due to its unique geography, and it had naval superiority making a sea invasion problematic, and 2) Kerala was well connected to the Arab world and the Chinese through its trade networks, making it “protected” by virtue of those interests.

[@rahulk2960]

It was not important

[@rahulk2960]

It was not important

[@karthick5044]

But I've read that kerla was conquered by Tippu sultan, and he had massacred many Namboodari rulers. He had changed the names of most Kerala cities to islamic names. Untill he was defeated by the British army he had the control on most part of Kerala.

[@okeng71487]

The Western Ghats were impassable from the North. Kerala was accessible only thru the Palghat pass. The Tamils had conquered the region during Chola period. Tippu Sulthan briefly held some part in the Northern part of Kerala. But there were also not a lot of natural resources there.

[@nvaravind5394]

Great video. Hope, you will do more videos on India.

[@vinayakkamath4927]

Vijayanagar foundation was laid by hoysala king veer balala -3 . In Hospet Karnataka. Under the guidance of vidyaranya guru to Hari Hara and bukka. Veer Ballal -3 declared himself independent and was notoriously creating problems to Delhi sultanate. Bukka was younger one and he was converted to Islam. He was very young then but converted back by vidyaranya guru.

[@shashankbv947]

🔥

[@SivajiMandava]

Yes historical records proving Hoyasala VeeraBhallala and Kapaya Nayudu Joined hands to fight Muslims. One Cavalry regiment of Hoyasala Army put under Kapaya to free Warangal First They Succeeded. But he died in the early wars. Later hakka and bukka Continued the legacy

[@arcy63]

There are poems my Indian friends were taught that told the tales of temples being pillaged, hindu women being raped and converted, and forced conversions being rampant.

[@A_Shanto]

Thats ordainary things during medieval war even before muslim come hindu king destroy temple rape women with other Kingdom

[@arcy63]

@@A_Shanto nope.. When religion was practiced more thoroghly, Hindus were taught to treat other women like sisters and godesses. AFAIK and have heard/read, yes, there was a bunch of infighting, but women and other religions were always respected. There were laws.. It is all detailed in "Yoodhneeti" look it up. But Muslims were lawless. Still are.

[@vitalstatistixthegaul770]

shits fire i love ur videos

[@OddCompass]

Thanks haha. I'm hard at work on my next video, which picks up where this one ends. Should be ready in 4-5 days or so. Hope you enjoy that one too! (Also, Asterix is awesome)

[@user-db2kd8bi5q]

Odd Compass Hi, I love your videos and the way you present them . What app do you use to make these videos or would you be able to show me how to make these ? I have an assignment due this Friday (March 6th, 2020) and I really want to make a video like this . I would appreciate any help !

[@mayanksingh0044]

i love this video so much, love ur channel so much. I would love to pay you for this valuable knowledge in such a easy way. MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

[@sarthakhambir9978]

Hey Odd Compass, Great Video Mate 👌 Can you please tell more about the Yadavas of Devgiri because that empire seems forgotten by their own people

[@OddCompass]

Sure, I'll keep it in mind! 👍

[@beingindian4122]

Yadava of devagiri kannada dynasty at last they used marath language

[@beautifulchaos5304]

I'm lucky I found your channel. Precise and clear information and the beautiful effects :)

[@OddCompass]

Thank you! Glad to have you as a subscriber 👍

[@joshreddy4278]

11:49 I am a Reddy as mentioned and now i think i have discovered myself and my ancestors. I am so happy i found this channel. Thank you very much!!!!

[@jonsnow1055]

😂

[@joshreddy4278]

@@jonsnow1055 I was not joking. I am from India and I don’t know how that is supposed to be sarcastic

[@jonsnow1055]

@@joshreddy4278 Even I'm from India. Eren Jaeger is the Attack Titan. I found it funny cause there isn't an exact ancestor for Reddys mentioned here.

[@mahendradhanushreddy2620]

@@jonsnow1055 That's doesn't matter because our origins are quite religious and related to lord Shiva.

[@jonsnow1055]

@@mahendradhanushreddy2620 What? Your origin is related to a god? How can you state that with such certainty? That's like the Japanese saying they are descended from the Sun goddess Amaterasu.

[@0the0ambient0]

Great video. Small thing that makes a huge difference... keeping the year up in the upper right so you can keep track.

[@rasmuspedersen418]

Nice I love videos about part of history I know nothing about! I recently started getting more interested in Indian history. I see in the video description you advice against John Keay's work, which I was planning to get as an introduction to Indian history. I was wondering if you can recommend any other book/books that cover all of Indian history?

[@OddCompass]

Thanks so much! I hope you check out the latest video (on the Rise and Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire), as it's sort of a "sequel" to this one. As for books, John Keay is fine as a broad overview, but I just caution readers to be careful with some of his conclusions and focus. Much of his scholarship is focused on north India, so just be aware that his contextual background is going to be impacted by that (i.e., he will attempt to draw a unifying historical narrative thread in eras where South India was doing its own independent thing). Also, just be careful not to accept all his numbers as true -- for example, he believes Ferishta's numbers on deaths caused in battle, without considering the conflicting numbers from other courtiers and travelers of the time (or the fact that Ferishta was paid to essentially be a propagandist for his Sultan). He also claims that Indian kingdoms did not cause civilian deaths until the late medieval era, but that is just clearly untrue and has been disproven thanks to translated Chalukya and Chola inscriptions, among others. I honestly don't think there's a lot of other good overview books...sadly, this will have to do! My TRUE recommendation is to ignore the instinct to read Indian history as "one" thing. It is more like Europe from a historical perspective -- ethno-linguistically and politically different, with some shared cultural trends. I recommend reading about one major empire and going from there. For an exciting and "representative" narrative, I highly recommend Manu S. Pillai for new readers of Indian history. I think you'll find that it gives you an "overview" as Deccan history is a microcosm of the history of the entire Indian subcontinent. Thanks for subscribing!

[@rajukep6599]

Am addicted to your videos really amazing

[@ayushpopli5821]

what i really want to know is how did that small piece of land in south india manage to remain independent

[@OddCompass]

That strip of land lies in modern day Kerala, and was ruled by the Samoothiri of Kozhikode. It's not clear why the Sultanate refrained from conquering them. It's possible that Kozhikode neutrality (given their trade links to the Middle East) was too important, and could have caused problems for various other political relationships. Another alternative is that Kerala is incredibly difficult to conquer by land, as it is protected by inland mountains and swampland. In fact, the maps in my recent video (on the Rise and Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire) show that Kozkhikode remained nominally independent throughout the Vijayanagar Empire, as well -- though it was forced to pay tribute.

[@Jayakiran525]

The term Kerala was first epigraphically recorded as Ketalaputo (Cheras) in a 3rd-century BCE rock inscription by emperor Ashoka of Magadha.[1] It was mentioned as one of four independent kingdoms in southern India during Ashoka's time, the others being the Cholas, Pandyas and Satyaputras.[2] The Cheras transformed Kerala into an international trade centre by establishing trade relations across the Arabian Sea with all major Mediterranean and Red Sea ports as well those of the Far East. The early Cheras collapsed after repeated attacks from the neighboring Cholas and Rashtrakutas. During the early Middle Ages, Namboodiri Brahmin immigrants arrived in Kerala and shaped the society on the lines of the caste system. In the 8th century, Adi Shankara was born at Kalady in central Kerala. He travelled extensively across the Indian subcontinent founding institutions of the widely influential philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. The Cheras regained control over Kerala in the 9th century until the kingdom was dissolved in the 12th century, after which small autonomous chiefdoms, most notably Venadu, arose. In 1498, Vasco Da Gama established a sea route to Kerala and raised Portuguese settlements, which marked the beginning of the colonial era of Kerala. European trading interests of the Dutch, French and the British East India companies took centre stage during the colonial wars in India. After the Dutch were defeated by Travancore king Marthanda Varma, the British crown gained control over Kerala by allying with the newly created princely state of Travancore until India was declared independent in 1947. The state of Kerala was created in 1956 from the former state of Travancore-Cochin, the Malabar district of Madras State, and the Kasaragod taluk of Dakshina Kannada.[3]

[@sathiskumar911]

@@OddCompass Kerala during kilji raid it was ruled by Tamil kings venadu cheras. S. india sees 3 invasion from North 1311 = Malik kafur 1318 = Kushro Khan 1323 = Ulugh Khan (Muhammad bin tuglaq) years Between 1318 1323 for 6 years venadu cheras captures entire pandya kingdom Later in 13 th century only northern Kerala disintegrated into various small kingdoms. Includes samoothri kolathri chonathri porlathri polathri valluvan konathri. Purumbiyathri etc.. South Kerala was ruled by venadu cheats till 1700

[@vichu2160]

That piece of land must be either under the control of cheras or cholas or pandiyas based on the time stamp!

[@takenbythewindNdrivenbythesea]

Great information... I really enjoyed it. Very simple and straightforward. Keep up the great job 🥂💕

[@OddCompass]

Thanks! Looking forward to releasing more videos soon

[@user-db2kd8bi5q]

Odd Compass Hi, I love your videos and the way you present them . What app do you use to make these videos or would you be able to show me how to make these ? I have an assignment due this Friday (March 6th, 2020) and I really want to make a video like this . I would appreciate any help !

[@kuttapi3255]

Thank god my ancestors fought hard otherwise india would be another Afghanistan

[@naveenk863]

Great information. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your work. It would be great if you can make a special video about musunuri nayaks (Telugu warriors). They are the first group to fight back, which inspired other kingdoms to fight back as well.

[@avinashd517]

Indeed telugu nayaks and Warlords are the torch bearers for rebellion against delhi

[@harim8716]

you forgot to talk about the last hoysala king veera ballala. He was 75 years old, when he tried to defeat Madurai sultanate and almost succeeded.

[@harim8716]

@yushuva veera ballala 3 did not succeed in defeating madurai sultanate. And he almost succeeded in capruring madurai from muslim sultan, but got backstabbed and killed. After his death, Madurai was captured from muslims by harihara and bukka raya, who would go on to create Vijayanagara empire. I think veera ballala 3 should be recognized for repelling much powerful delhi sultanate for more than 50 years. And riding into battle at age if 75 to capture madurai.

[@harim8716]

@yushuva not exactly. Muslims captured madurai from pandyans kn 1323, then it was pandyans who moved their capital to tenkasi. After veera ballala 3 death, lot of factions emerged from the crumbled hoysala empire. Harihara raya was quick to subdue all of them, then marched to madurai, and drove the muslims out of south india. Pandyans might have been vassalised by Vijayanagara empire, but they still ruled from tenkasi till 1650. All of the madurai sultans were intolerant. There are written records of how tamil hindu men were used for hunting, how they were impaled with stakes, tamil women were raped, pregnant women were hung upside down.

[@SivajiMandava]

​@@harim8716yes Veerabhalla and Kapaya Naidu must be recognised

[@thewanderingdogra1082]

Great work..really loved the video 👍👍👍🤩😍

[@konarkuppal673]

Hats off to Vijaynagar, Kakatiyas, Bahamani & other South Kingdoms. While North India was under oppression you kept the India’s culture & religion alive.

[@konarkuppal673]

@DARK They were not North Indian kings, they were invaders. People in north India have never excepted them as their rulers.

[@arnavpandey3823]

@DARK when?

[@konarkuppal673]

@DARK FYI, Marathas we’re from Deccan, not North India.

[@arnavpandey3823]

@DARK if it weren't for the marathas aurangzeb would have Islamaised the entire sub continent. If anything we should be greatful to the marathas lol.

[@мувн-ш4ы]

are you from Punjab?

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

Great vid with cool music. Thank you.

[@ashesofphoenix4162]

sultane map wrong: they didn't invade in current kanyakumari, tirunellvelli,thoothukudi, ramanathapuram, districts in tamilnadu

[@keralanaturelover196]

Kanyakumari geography different

[@tarangpande8094]

The content of your channel is amazing, many thanks

[@khandayat_yt]

They never ruled the EAST ... bcoz of KALINGA

[@BattalionCommanderMK]

This is really amazing my guy .

[@samyakhp4353]

Vijayanagara Empire* (actual name of the empire is KarNata empire, even the seal found of the empire mentions this fact)

[@SivajiMandava]

Varaha seal can be seal of Chalukya and Kaakateeya

[@avijitchaudhary1406]

Wow.. beautifully made..very informative

[@adhirajchattopadhyay630]

During the 1st war with the Kakatiyas, Khilji took the eastern root. However, didn't this path lie in the territory of the eastern Gangas ? How did they let them pass ?

[@OddCompass]

Hey Adhiraj! You’re correct that the route passed through Eastern Ganga territory. It is likely that the Eastern Gangas simply gave permission for the Delhi Sultanate armies to use the route for marching their soldiers down. The Eastern Gangas were in no position to defy the Delhi Sultanate, and further, had a quite high-conflict relationship with the Kakatiyas going back hundreds of years.

[@Snefrukhet]

So the Delhi sultanate is the biggest kingdom in India as far as land area goes?

[@jonsnow1055]

@@Snefrukhet No. Mauryan Empire was the biggest. Delhi sultanate was the biggest in that period.

[@shashankbv947]

East ganga is branch of gangas in Karnataka

[@poodamakku]

The local saint who influenced harihara and bukka was shankaracharya of Sringeri