Gambling in Ancient India

From the literary sources to epigraphical sources, we see that there are quite a few references to gambling. In this video, we look at these references and also find out how the Ancient Indian political thinkers thought about this practice.
References:-
1. Kautilyas Arthashastra (translation by R.P Kangle)
2. The Arthashastra by Patrick Olivelle
3. Gambling in Early Indian Epigraphy by S. Bandyopadhyay
4. The History of Gambling by David G Schwartz
5. Dharmasutras by Patrick Olivelle
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[@RAHULYADAV-vz5jk]

Can you make a video on dresses worn by the people in Ancient India?

[@Im_a_learner]

Same question

[@Marksman_12]

Great video, Jay. The point you raised as to why Kautilya wanted state run gambling centres could also be said to be that if not restricted, private gambling organisation would start a guild themselves and it would be a further problem to deal with.

[@anaesthete5592]

Hi Jay, can you make a video on the findings from Sinauli excavation please

[@chola377]

I am really liking these topics that have their origins in IVC, hope you will cover more IVC related topics.

[@gravewalker34]

Dice has been found in IVC excavations in india and Pakistan. And I see same harappan dice still used around the world.

[@vedicarya7]

Would like a video on ancient references nd artifacts if any, about culture of explosives or crackers burning during festivities

[@ranganathanv5365]

Very useful podcast, thanks

[@gardenandhobbies1414]

Great video

[@RaviandKavitha]

In US gambling closer to kautlias view

[@shivansh9813]

very informative video bhaiya maza aa gaya

[@kushagrasinghchauhan952]

Good work. Keep going

[@raginisingh2251]

Excellent Video

[@ashok755]

Excellent presentation

[@Worldcitizen7777]

Can you make video on Ancient Indian dreses which worn by kings Rich traders Government officials and Normal people from Harrapan era to Medival era

[@AJAYSINGH-ns1vv]

It can also co related due to traditional date of mahabharata and indus valley is close ie mahabharat is older.

[@RnR1001]

Lol, 😂 How did you arrive at that conclusion?

[@randomturd1415]

State supported prostitution , state run gambling/casinos, to have a clear control on them, while also technically allowing them without outlawing it. Day by day my respect for chanakya increases lmao. Realism W

[@HhshhsHh-dw3qq]

He was pretty liberal 😅 Man i would love to meet him

[@objectsmedia4523]

How are old is manu"Smriti" ? Which is the oldest litrature of "Manu"

[@shivanandams4562]

🙏🙏

[@hardikchaudhary4530]

hi jay, read your recent tweet, can you share your book collections in a vedio

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Will do so at 100k

[@pradyumn2692]

Now that we are into the topic of "dark arts" can you also please make videos about attitudes on drinking habits and prostituition in ancient India ?

[@playhard719]

If you in Vedic times people use tree nuts as playing device and in Sindu-Saraswathi civ they used properly carved die for the purpose of playing games, isn't that give rise to the question that is the Vedic period truly came after Sindu-Saraswathi phase, especially the above-mentioned tree is native to Indian sub-continent. I am not suggesting that this one evidence completely proves OIT, but the people argue otherwise had provide explanation for why the Vedic phase is primitive to Sindu-Saraswathi phase if you claim Vedic age after Sindu-Saraswathi phase, because according AMT the nomads from the north-west did not replace the existing population they just some became powerful ruling class and imposed their language and culture if that's the case why people became primitive???

[@agniswar3]

Brother Jay, can you make a video about the condition of medical practices of ancient India please.

[@venkateshu8715]

Great

[@AbhiN_1289]

Did ancient Indians have concepts statistics or probability.

[@agniswar3]

Yes

[@sudipkumarroy3790]

Not statistics but ancient Indians did have concepts of probability and a term "vikalpa ganita" was used to denote that. See C K Raju's article on Probability in ancient India.

[@stargazer5322]

LUDO kab aaya bhai

[@sagnik3556]

so indian government is manuvaadi 😂😅?

[@vedicarya7]

W manuvad. All hail Manu baap of ambedkar

[@loduking2101]

@@vedicarya7 what was ambedkar's view on gambling?

[@HhshhsHh-dw3qq]

Better than Islamist

[@liveshkumar7322]

@@loduking2101 30% sc-st quota on all gambling money.

[@loduking2101]

@@liveshkumar7322 be serious brother give a real answer please.

[@Playerone1287]

Mene glti se ek abhijeet chawda ka short dekha abhi, usme wo bolra tha ki Afghanistan ka purana naam gandhar tha aur fir gandhar ka map bhi dikhata hai jisme gadhar Pakistan me hota hai, had hai 😂😂

[@tishantchhabra6856]

Han bhai darasal Gandhar bahot bada tha kush hissa Afghanistan mein tha aur kush hissa Pakistan mein.

[@chotadon967]

ha bsdk sahi hi bola hai.....chutyo pata hai ny tum ko...aur gyan pel rhe hai.....NCERT padh k judge kr rhe hai....prajeet log....😂😂😂

[@NobleDorito8698]

But it's true tho

[@agniswar3]

Abhijit ji is not technically wrong. The ancient Kingdom of Gandhar did had some of its parts in modern day Afghanistan.

[@anirudh177]

Gandhara was northeast Afghanistan + Northwest Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)