The Forgotten Rival of Samudragupta

In this video, I discuss the problems Samudragupta had to face after his accession, particularly the rebellion of his brother Kacha. It has been argued by some scholars that the accession of Samudragupta was not peaceful. There was a rebellion against Samudragupta and the person who led this rebellion was Kacha, one of Samudragupta's brothers. In this video, I analyse this theory in detail.
Reference:-
1. A Comprehensive History of India - Vol III
2. A History Of The Imperial Guptas by S. R. Goyal
3. The History and Culture of the Indian People: Volume 3. The Classical Age
4. The Vakataka-Gupta Age by RC Majumdar & AS Altekar
5. The Age of the Imperial Guptas by R.D Bannerji
6. Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty by Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri
7. Licchavi-Dauhitra by Thomas R. Trautmann (ARTICLE)
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[@anirudh177]

I can't wait for the episodes regarding the civil conflict after Kumaragupta's death between Skandagupta, his uncle Ghatotkachagupta and other claimaints to the throne. the vids for the Alchon Hun invasion and it being repelled by Yashodharma's coalition is going to be my favourite 😍 For people in the comments I recommend reading these two academic papers I just finished reading:- 1. Monuments of Hope, Gloom, and Glory in the Age of the Hunnic Wars. 50 years that changed India by Hans Bakker 2. Later Gupta History: Inscriptions, Coins and Historical Ideology by Michael Willis

[@gujjewman96]

What's your opinion on claims of 'rajputs being descendents of white huns' by James tod?

[@anirudh177]

@@gujjewman96 I disagree with the claim, and as far as I know it is also not considered the most plausible theory by the current academia. My view is that the Rajputs emerged as a social group between the 9th and 12th century CE, through a process of various communities, Jatis, landholders, pastoralists and more changing their position on the societal hierarchy of Northwest India during an era of political chaos and disintegration. During the era, the constant invasion and conflict brought by outsiders, and the disintegration of the Pratiharas, led to an era of chaos in the northwest, destabilizing and shaking the previously solid positions of the communities and Jatis in their specific classes of the social hierarchy of the region, and in this period of political disintegration and chaos, various communities took the opportunity to increase their power and fill the vacancies left due to the instability, those that became economically and militarily powerful enough to change their position on the hierarchy, forged dubious ancestries and declared claimed ancestries to legendary figures and dynasties and with the help of Brahmins legitimised their new position in the hierarchy and changed their varna to Kshatriyas and assimilated into it.

[@puneetpatel9166]

great content and really informative !!!! thankyou bhai

[@JayVardhanSingh]

thanks bhai

[@sanilyadav1450]

Best History Channel...

[@JayVardhanSingh]

thanks!!

[@rowlattgamer3355]

There is a lot of controversy on vasubhandu date . You should have mentioned it

[@RahulSingh-xi4jw]

brilliant as always

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you!

[@muhammedsahal8406]

can u do a video on Burton Stein segmentary state with emphasis on ritual. sovereignty in conjunction with the other histeriographical postulations such as feudal state etc

[@JayVardhanSingh]

these historiographical topics will be covered in my second channel. There I upload my long talks on different topics. You can subscribe there. kzbin.info/door/GO13sVzHEAFrnkitRAX0FQ

[@Varsh413]

Sir ap khudki ek book kyu nahi likhte guptas pe?

[@souravchakraborty8861]

Great job Jay, but can u pls include quick explaination of technical or Sanskrit words like" Prashasti" in the narration. I think it will make it more interesting. Thanks 🙏

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you. Prashasti is a type of euologistic inscription in which a ruler is praised. So in Samudragupta's Prashasti, Samudragupta different victories and glories are mentioned.

[@avikchakraborty9865]

Can you please make a video on Shashanka of Gaur?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes

[@Shivathedestroyer04]

Did indians ever use trebuchets?? Or onagers?? If not then how did they seige cities?? Like chalukyas seige the pallavas city(capital)but failed

[@randomturd1415]

The oldest mention of a catapult comes from the story of ajatshatru (magadha king, around the life of buddha). He is also credited with bringing the scythed chariot into indian warfare. other than that I've only heard that the cholas after becoming prominent imported seige such as flamethrowers from the Han Chinese empire

[@randomturd1415]

In all honesty, it's a good thing seige wasn't put much investment into. Unlike strategy video games where seige is overpowered, historically only the cannon is seen as a "practical" seige weapon, the others were extremely situational for they cost of maintaining them(not to say completely useless). Unfortunately the cannon/gunpowder is what we didn't invest into, instead we kept using outdated war elephants and continued getting wrecked by turkic powers lol.

[@anirudh177]

@@randomturd1415 To be fair, the Deccan adopted cannons early on in the 1300s and 1400s, North India seems to have lagged behind in this particular situation for some reason.

[@randomturd1415]

@@anirudh177 cannons weren't adopted properly by native Deccan rulers, but the bahmani Sultanate. Also Deccan didn't have to face the brunt of the invasions lol

[@williamhunter7131]

BHAI AAPKI HINDI COMMENTARY ZAYDA CCHA HAI.. start a hindi channel

[@JayVardhanSingh]

haan bhai, bohat hi jald start karunga Hindi channel.

[@akk7791]

Good

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks

[@raginisingh2251]

Are kaach and kechit both the same?

[@aniketnair6064]

What about kalabrahas

[@JayVardhanSingh]

will do a video on this topic soon

[@stormshadow5283]

Hope you make a video on Kamarupa.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes, definitely.

[@Shivathedestroyer04]

Is brahmi script still used in southern india??

[@JayVardhanSingh]

no, but all the Indian script (southern and northern) are derived from Brahmi.

[@anshumishra400]

Author of prayag prashasti is harisen ,, then tilakbhatta is whom?

[@mayanklashkari279]

Is it right that Samudragupta got titles like ASHWAMEDHKARTA,PARAMBHAGWAT,KAVIRAJ.and is it true that guptas were feudatories of kushanas but later declared their territory independent and established gupta empire?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I am not aware of the title - Ashwamedhkarta. Although he performed the Ashwamedha sacrifice but not sure if there's a title like that. About Kaviraja, yes this was his title and it appears in Allahabad Prashasti. About the title of Parambhagvata, the inscription in which the title appears, some scholars argue that it is spurious inscription.

[@mayanklashkari279]

Ohk thxx,waiting for the next .

[@JayVardhanSingh]

@@mayanklashkari279 I looked into the titles of Samudragupta and yes there's a title related to Ashvamedha. In some of his coins, Samdudragupta is described as "Aśvamedha-parākramaḥ" meaning "powerful enough to have performed the Ashavamedha sacrifice".

[@mayanklashkari279]

@@JayVardhanSingh thxx for ur help brother.

[@arnavpandey3823]

@@JayVardhanSingh what are some books you would recommend on the Gupta empire?

[@anirudh177]

How is Bhasma in Arya-Manjusri-Mula-Kalpa connected to Kacha? like how did the historians conclude that Bhasma the anti-Buddhist was Kacha the brother of Samudragupta.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I think the description in Xuanzang's work is similar to that of AMMK.

[@anirudh177]

@@JayVardhanSingh oh thank you very much

[@alexisdespland4939]

can you do a video about the history of archeology in India.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

It is a broad topics. I Will try to do a podcast on it on my second channel.

[@abhirambhat9277]

Isn't 'Kechit' a sanskrit word which means some or a few?

[@Shivathedestroyer04]

What were the reasons for the decline of the guptas?? Is it white huns Or something else

[@anirudh177]

Multiple reasons:- 1. Although Skandagupta had won against the Huns, his campaigns had been costly and he himself had fought a massive civil war with his uncle Ghatotkachagupta before becoming emperor, the empire was in decline and he was holding it through his sheer brilliance. 2. Indo-Roman trade was declining as Romans were slowly weakening, and the Guptas relied a lot on trade for their economy, this hit hard. 3. Incompetent and weak successors further weakened the Guptas and many feudatories declared independence and rebelled 4. We know that civil conflicts and civil wars had happened after Skandagupta's reign and there was lot of political chaos within the royals 5. the Invasion of the Alchon Huns between 490s CE - 530s CE Basically a combination of bad economic situation, constant war with invaders, and incompetent successors.

[@randomturd1415]

Gupta's and the empires they traded with(persia/Rome) all were thrashed by Huns. That century is noted with a decline in global economy. Other reasons might've been important too, but the hunnic horse archers have the biggest contribution to turning patna from an important city to continued decline till Sher Shah Suri revives the city.

[@Lmao69]

It was because of internal conflict

[@anishamrao3657]

Is shri ram goyal he is mentioning Sita Ram goel one and the same? Or is he one more historian...?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Two different scholars.

[@probal6666]

I don't think that kacha gupta was rebel during the period of Samadragupta. if it is yes then the number of kacha gupta not widely founded. any rebel king's issued coin must be less and almost like exceeding rare, however, in this case was not happened.

[@Shivathedestroyer04]

Is ramayan true or is there some truth in it... Also is mahabharat true or it is just folkfore

[@anirudh177]

I can't say anything about Ramayana, but by historians Mahabharata is believed to be an exaggerated account of the fall of the Kuru Kingdom sometime in 1000 - 800 BCE.

[@randomturd1415]

There can be some truth, however flying monkeys, 10 headed demons and brahmaastras are all made up

[@anirudh177]

@MR map Yes

[@Nova67827]

There are archeological evidences of the mahabharata it became a legendary war due to how influential it was the kings parikshit and janemjaya are real historical kings who existed ramayana doesn't have that much evidence compared to mahabharata

[@Ashokan_Lankan]

👌❣️👌

[@ranveersr8080]

So were the 10th century Kachapaghatas anyway related to this Kachagupta,

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I don't think they were related with Kachagupta

[@ranveersr8080]

@@JayVardhanSingh thanks for the clarification and you are doing a great job brother, I was considering opting for Masters then probably a Phd in History but stuck with mathematics for the time being, but I try to keep myself connected with history and your channel is great deal for me since I don't get enough time to read different authors.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you

[@ayush7745]

What is the origin place of Gupta's?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Eastern UP. I've made a video on this please have a look kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZKqnn-LYpuVY9U

[@ShivamKumar-zd9hp]

Wasnt that suppose to mean sita ram goel not shri ram goel

[@JayVardhanSingh]

NO

[@abhinnakhale7520]

what about your opinion on "Raghuvamsam"..does it really tell us about the conquest of Chandragupta vikramaditya?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

most scholars are of the opinion that Kalidasa was inspired by the conquest of Samudragupta.

[@Shivathedestroyer04]

Why did Buddhism and Jainism decline in India?? If these 2 religions were so influential in India why did Hinduism became dominant in the indian subcontinent is it because of the bhakti movement which started in South India for the decline of these religions?? Or is it the Islamic invasions for the decline of these religions??

[@anirudh177]

There are 4 major reasons for the decline of Buddhism in India:- 1. Hunnic Invasions 2. Decline in patronage of Buddhism and increasing promotion of Hinduism by kingdoms and empires by 400s and onwards 3. The spread of Bhakti movement and its popularity 4. Islamic Invasions its a combination of these four that led to the decline of Buddhism.

[@riderchallenge4250]

Hinduism followers were staunch followers that time especially Guptas Prathiharas Cholas Rajputs Marathas. Hindus were warriors while Jainsim and Buddhism were more like a philosophy and peace.

[@shaunakt628]

was Samudragupta pro Buddhist?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

yes

[@Chairman_MaoZedong]

@@JayVardhanSingh but guptas were pro-brahminical ????

[@JayVardhanSingh]

yes but that doesn't mean they persecuted Buddhists

[@anirudh177]

@@Chairman_MaoZedong Guptas patronised Buddhists, Hindus and more, although they focused a lot more on Hindu patronage I think.

[@Lmao69]

Guptas were staunch hindus, but they also patronised other dharmik religions, but they were not buddhists/jains. They were pure hindus

[@jairaj3952]

what an irony that guptas came up with help of buddhist and lichchavi but later same guptas during chandra gupta 2 converted all budhdhist into hindus and destroyed lichchavi

[@Serenity1.0_]

From Where did you get this "converted Buddhist into hindus and destroyed lichchavi" information?... They were hindus but also maintained both Buddhism and jainism...

[@parameshwar3345]

​@@Serenity1.0_sati and casteism is against Theravada Buddhist(original) values and promoting sati and making casteism a law was already hindufication of Theravada Buddhists

[@Serenity1.0_]

@@parameshwar3345 sati started after 5th century and became regular way after. Varna and sati was something followed only by hindus. Buddhists were spiritual leaders and scholars in gupta period along with jain monks. "The conversion of Buddhists to hindu" is clearly misleading, misinformation whatever

[@rishabhyadav6705]

Avg bheemtards come on sanatan samiksha for debate😂

[@wickeddemon8799]

​@@parameshwar3345Lol Buddhists literally have caste concept