Kanishka's conquest and the Kushan Empire.

[@harshitanand7254]

What excites me is that these empires were like countries of those times, hence an empire extending in Mongolia, uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, china, would mean these people from these regions would be countrymen to each other and would see tamils, or marathis as foreigners Wow

[@divineflu34567]

That's not how this works bro the national identity is created Empires only not the people

[@SonofIndia1999]

😂 so when British conquered Bengal Bengali people see other people as a foreigner according to you?

[@harshitanand7254]

@@SonofIndia1999 there was no separate Bengal ruled by British monarch in any time in history. British were present in Bengal as east india company until they expanded in almost all of india and then declared British Raj over India in 1858. But what are u doing on an academic channel. Watch hindutva shorts with arambh hai prachand bgm, you are wasting your potential here. You are the next ruler of hindu rashtr

[@williamliamsmith4923]

My hypothesis about why Indian or Indian Buddhist sources don’t mention Kushanas is: perhaps the khatrapis were the face of local population and Kushanas gave them much latitude. Kushana emperors being of different religion were likely not if interest to Indians - perhaps they were not involved in giving दान directly. Excellent video as always! Thank you.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

That's an interesting perspective. It is true that the Kshtraps did enjoyed wide ranging powers and from the evidence it can be speculated that the Kushana rule wasn't direct. Great insight.

[@aryanjaiswal8935]

The thing Kushans weren't atleast for the layer part practised different religion...more than that religion doens't seem to be a matter of concern in a philosophically diverse country as India in those times imo..

[@raginisingh2251]

Most awaited video ,A lot of things came to know about kanishka like Rawatak inscription ,Kanishka's chaitya, tital of Kaiser

[@HistoryofAztlan]

Your videos are great as always! Seeing Kanishka’s forays into the Tarim Basin, I’d like to ask if you could do a video on the Indian influences in that area. I remember reading a story about a Mauryan prince who was exiled and led his people into the Tarim Basin where a goddess marked the area he would settle, which became modern Khotan.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks for the complement and also thank you for your suggestion, I will certainly do a video on this topic. About the Mauryan prince who was exiled in this region. I think this story comes in the Tibetan Buddhist text. This is an article about it . www.jstor.org/stable/44156187?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Ad8fe29dcbda9bd38dc2e269739b0ffb2&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents If you have any sources regarding this story please mention it here. Thank you

[@sanilyadav1450]

@@JayVardhanSingh Are Kushanas Indians?....

[@ApophaticMystic]

​@@sanilyadav1450No.

[@vaibhavsingh4200]

​@@sanilyadav1450 No they were not They were part of Central Asian tribe known as Yuezi. They settled in India Just like Indo Greeks Indo Scythians Abhiras Yaudheyas Kamboj Indo parthians Many foreign tribe under pressure from Hunnic expansion settled in India.

[@larinzonbruno9126]

thank you for your wonderful videos. thank you for let us know about the northern india ancient history, an underrated and extremely important part of the journey of humanity. would you please can comment about the vikrama era and it relationship with the indoscythian rule, and the conquest of the Suren house of parthia in sakastan, and the move of the yuezhi.

[@bilalbaig8586]

Anybody here after reading Berserk?

[@SonofIndia1999]

What about kushana coins found in odisha and Bengal and northen Maharashtra ?

[@AliMohamed-lk5uc]

Kaniksha is mentioned in Kalhan's Rajtarangini .

[@vanshstalin1402]

Hi jay ,urgent query .Did we find any inscriptions of kushans in Indo gangetic plains and near sanchi.please answer

[@vchellappa]

Even Asoka wasn't mentioned in puranas. Princep took great effort to find who this piyadasi of omnipresent inscriptions was..Mahavamsa helped. Perhaps Buddhist inclination made these great kings invisible by future puranas.. Can you please elaborate on controversy theories of kanishka s death ?

[@viveksharma1074]

Awasome information

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks

[@truth6806]

Can you make a video regarding Khasas (tribe of UK Himachal Kashmir and Nepal)

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you for the suggestion. There were some request earlier regarding this topic. I did some preliminary research regarding this but I could find much information regarding this topic. I think this is research topic on its own and it require extensive study. I am currently not in a position to do this study, I hope you will understand my predicament. I am sorry I couldn't do a video on this topic but I will say this that if I came across any new research about the Khasas I would certainly do a video on it.

[@L0gical-warri0rs007]

Can you make some videos on kings, dynasties of North-East India before 12th century.

[@proudindian9461]

Congrats bhai for 1k subscriber.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you so much Bhai

[@r0N1n_SD]

Purushpura is Pehsaware and the base of the stupa is still there

[@godofmc1018]

sir awesome video

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks and please call me Jay. I am no Sir :-)

[@studywall5481]

Sir I don't know English as a subject then how can pursue PhD in History from JNU. I am a Hindi Medium Master Degree qualified History student? What should I do please suggest me Sir??

[@JayVardhanSingh]

In JNU, you can pursue your PhD even if your language is Hindi. You've to clear the entrance and appear for the interview.

[@studywall5481]

@@JayVardhanSingh thank you so much sir 😌

[@rajakc1514]

Please do a documentary about Khas [ खस ] people . Thank You.

[@Rajeshkumar-kx5tu]

Kanishka was most probably considered another malleccha king..

[@saikatbiswas10]

I have a hypothesis based on LINGUISTICS AND RELIGION. it is clear that the primary religion followed by KANISK was IRANIAN POLITHEISM. we know that there is a sharp contrast between INDIAN SANATAN POLITHEISM VS IRANIAN politheism. In Ancient Persia; Ahura meant good diety and Daeva meant false gods. In India (amongst Hindus) asura means evil, while deva means god.Due to pre existing divergence between us there was a negative attitude towards our PERSIAN RELIGION .AS kaniska prioritize this religion as state religion,our text tried to make a distance from this historical figure .

[@saurabhlimbad7634]

Your video after long time.... Enjoyed watching..😀😀

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you so much 😀

[@adershindia9255]

absolutely great and informative video sir !! keep it up

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you so much and please call me Jay. I am no Sir :-)

[@parjanyashukla176]

What is the exact location of SriChampa?

[@INDIAN_HISTORY0976]

Champaran, bihar I think so

[@anjlikaushik3322]

Good

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks

[@shreenilodedra5725]

❤

[@kraut1982]

@9:35 Does Shaonano Shao sound Gujarati to anyone?

[@nanusingh2278]

Would love to know about Different Rajputs and their origins like Chauhans from Agni and Nags.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks for the suggestion, will try to look into it.

[@jattadeputt9880]

Rajput is mixture of many groups and is an open group where communities even after independence continued to become Rajputs. In the beginning the word Rajput meant illegitimate children of the king or varna sankar.

[@arundantuluri6063]

Can you share your research process?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I have two texts book that I use for basic research and these are The History and Culture of the Indian People and A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. After getting a general sense of the topic I search other books that specifically deals with the topic on which I am going to make the video. For these books I use archive.org and if there're books that aren't available there then I use my University Library. To see if there're any good articles about a particular topic I search on Jstor and sometimes these articles can also provide me the list of books that I have to look into. I hope it answers your question.

[@arundantuluri6063]

@@JayVardhanSingh Yeah it does tnx for the info .

[@rahuls8764]

Great stuff as usual.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@meghaaahuja3946]

Can u make a video on Tocharians , sogdians and Indian religion influence on them plse plse

[@JayVardhanSingh]

there's a theory that the Tocharians were the Kushanas and in the Greek sources they were called Tocharian. A similar term also exist in Indian sources - Tukhara/Tushara. I personally believe that the Tocharian of the Greek accounts or the Tushara of the Indian accounts were Kushanas. About the Sogdians, I would have to research about this topic and if I found enough material for a video, I would try to make a video. I hope it answers your question.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

No, I don't think that is the case.

[@राजन्यसिंहवर्मा]

​@@anandvardhantedlapu7414अरे भ्रान्तबुद्धे नीच तुखार तुषार बुखारा है।।

[@BRICS_Bansal]

You mentioned how kushan worshipped Iranian gods. But aren't the Iranian and Hindu Gods the same. Majority of Iranian gods were indeed a different version of Indian gods. And we mention how Scythian people invaded India, some say that they populised the Sanskrit, earlier it was not followed and used much. Please shed some light on it

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I don't think Iranian gods are different versions of Indian gods. I haven't come across any source that say so. Secondly the use of Sanskrit by the Shakas of western Kshatrap was part of the process of Indianization. To say that they were distant relatives of Ancient Hindus is, in my view, not based on any evidence. Secondly it is wrong to say that "Sanskrit was not followed and used much". It was used by the priest and help an important place in the educational as well as religious realm. But most of the ancient Indian texts maintained that Sanskrit shouldn't be written. It was because of this practise of not writing Sanskrit we find that most ancient inscriptions use Prakrit.

[@BRICS_Bansal]

@@JayVardhanSingh Ohh that's interesting. But I just wanted to ask a question, there are similarities between Indian and Iranian culture and dities , so was it due on influence of Iranian on Indian or the other way. There's got to be something, some say that it was because if out of India migration and some say that it was Iranian/Aryan who bought Hinduism in India. This thing confuses me the most. I think you're the right person to answer this

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Yes, there are certain similarities because of the common Indo-European origin of these dieties. You can see it in Iranian religion and also Greco-Roman religion. But why this was so depends on your conclusions. If you believe in AMT you would say that the migration of Indo-Europeans from the Steppe to different regions led to this similarity. If you're a believer of OIT, you would say that the common practises were Indian in Origin and with the spread of Aryan from India it percolated in other cultures as well. I hope I was able to answer you question. Thank you

[@sujalverma4326]

@@JayVardhanSingh Does OIT make any sense to you??

[@राजन्यसिंहवर्मा]

​@@JayVardhanSinghशकसम्वत् और शालिवाहनसम्वत् भिन्न हैँ एक नहीँ। शालिवाहनसम्वत् जिसे शकान्तसम्वत् भी कहते हैँ भलेही अब उसे शकसम्वत् समझते हैँ किन्तु दोनोँभिन्न हैँ। शकोँ को सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य ने पराजितकर उन्हेँ शूद्रवर्ण मेँ रख खेतीबाड़ी का काम दिया। पश्चात् विदेश से और शक आए तो उन्हेँ महाराजशालिवाहन ने पराजित किया और शालिवाहनसम्वत् जिसे शकान्तसम्वत् भी कहते हैँ चलाया। शकसम्वत् ५८३ बीसी को प्रारम्भ हुआ था। अब पुनः शक उत्तर मेँ उत्पात मचा रहे हैँ।।

[@harkabirsingh1122]

I have a theory 1.Maybe the kingdoms following the Kushans in India hated them and wanted to erase them from history 2. The few Indian records left might not have been found 3. The names etc would be different in Indian sources 4. Probably you were just not able to find any

[@JayVardhanSingh]

In this Indian sources, the Kushanas are called Tushara/Tukhara. But my point was that there's no mention of any Kushana King. Apart from me there're other scholars who have also pointed out that there're no Kushan king that are mentioned in Indian sources. About your theory, I think that could have been a reason.

[@ashwaryp]

​@@JayVardhanSingh ​ I think probably there were some Indian sources regarding Kuṣāṇa history which are most likely lost or maybe not found as Rājataraṃgiṇī mentions the Kuṣāṇas explicitly. There might be chance the Kalhaṇ'a himself came to know about Kuṣāṇa history from foreign sources but still this seems less likely, because the Kalhaṇ'a not only mentions their dynastic history but also mentions various cities established by different Kuṣāṇa rulers among other things, so either he had access to some source regarding Kuṣāṇa rule in Kashmir and nearby regions which seems more likely or he wrote on the basis of the lore and legends that might have survived all that time among the local populace or the ruling class.

[@mogambo4565]

@@JayVardhanSingh Indians didn't even know about asoka.. there seems to be deliberate wiping out of buddhist kingdoms and kings. Chinese sources survived because they were out of india. It only takes few generations to change culture of people

[@kikaa1884]

6 biggest and greatest empires in Indian history are 1.Maurya empire(5 million sq km) 2.Gupta Empire(3.5 million sq km) 3.Karkota empire(3 million sq km) 4.Maratha empire(2.6 million sqkm) 5.Kushan empire(2.5 million sq km) 6.Chola empire(2 million sq km) 7.Satavahanas(1.2 million sq km) 8.Gujjara prathihar(1 million sq km) 9. Harshvardhana(1 million sq km) 14 biggest empires in Indian history are 1.Maurya empire(5 million sq km) 2.British Raj(4.8 million sq km) 3.Vikramaditya(4.2 million sq km) 4.Mughal empire(4 million sq km) 5. Gupta empire(3.5 million sq km) 6.Delhi sultanate(3.2 million sq km) 7.Karkota empire(3 million sq km) 8.Maratha empire(2.6 million sqkm) 9.Indo Sycthians(2.6 million sq km) 10.Kushan empire(2.5 million sqkm) 11.Chola empire(2 million sq km) 12.Satavahanas(1.2 million sqkm) 13.Gujjara Prathihar(1 million sq km) 14. Harshvardhana(1 million sq km) 15. Nanda empire(1 million sq km) Other empires and kingdoms are smaller than that actually so I dont want to include it mostly Rajput era(7th to 12th century AD) in the north region mostly. Which fall to 1. Muhammad Ghori 2. Ghaznavi dynasty 3. Delhi sultanate 4. Mughal empire Only thing I respect about Delhi sultanate is they defeated Mongols from entering Hindustan or Bharat That to 6 times I know Muslims have weakness towards girls and women they make them wives or mistresses If we keep that side Delhi sultanate stopped Mongol empire invasion

[@kikaa1884]

Rajputs ruled north India for 500 years after death of Harshvardhana From 647 AD to 1200AD. Dark era of Rajputs(1192 to 1710) They always struggling against those Muslim invaders freeing their territories from sultanates and mughals Only Sikhs,Ahoms,marathas and jats fought well against Muslim invaders Since 13th century AD.

[@kanishkabw]

I dont remember conquering anything

[@ryugasinha]

Some PPL say kanishka was a shaiva is it true

[@bilalbaig8586]

Kanishka was an apostle who rebelled against the Godhand

[@maku8075]

During the time of kushan the worship of Oesho/Shiva became popularised

[@skbarua70]

More informative & good describe.

[@ゼロシン]

Did Kushan invade midland?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Please define Midland?

[@hackersmom6032]

Ur videos are great but thumbnails could get better

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I would appreciate if you have any suggestion regarding thumbnails and how I can improve it. Thank you.

[@champabenchandrothiya6793]

Thanks for this video Bhaiya!! My question is that Is there any other Ruling empire king(Not Indian origin) mentioned in Indian sources?? If there is then pls tell the name of few of them..

[@JayVardhanSingh]

By name, as far as I am aware of apart from Menander who is mentioned in the Buddhist sources and Miharakula who is mentioned in Buddhist sources and also in Rajatarangani, I don't think there's any other king of foreign origin that is mentioned in Indian sources. But you will find terms like Yavanas for Greeks, Shakas for Scythian, Pahlavas for Indo-Parthians, Hunas for Huns and Turukhsa for Turks.

[@anirudh177]

Really Great video!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks!

[@bleep0004]

Could you please add sources on your old videos too? Discovered your channel through searching for Brahmi. Thank you for providing this information is such understandable way for free.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you. If there's any specific video, do tell me, I will provide you the sources I have used for it.

[@bleep0004]

@@JayVardhanSingh kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4qVkIaEftGcha8 This video and majority of videos before it. Edit : also provide links to sources if available or just links to buy the books/texts.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I have updated the description of the video, now you can find the sources there. Mostly I use archive.org and Jstor for my research. If there're any book that are not available there, I use my university Library. Providing links to all of these books will not be possible for me. But you can easily find them either in archive.org or on Amazon/Flipkart. I hope it answers your question.

[@bleep0004]

@@JayVardhanSingh Thank you. But I meant it for every video. So whenever you have time. Might be 6 yr later.

[@182msd]

Thanks for such a useful video about Kishan Kingdom

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Glad you liked it

[@suchithraraghavan5335]

They did not destroy hindu temples

[@mastergroom4824]

Because they follow Hinduism

[@Samarthearth]

Actually i was first viewer and commentor.... my message was stuck.....

[@JayVardhanSingh]

thank you for the support, I am truly grateful.

[@Samarthearth]

@@JayVardhanSingh keep creating content about Indo-Aryans.......

[@ranjanchaudhery8479]

Well researched 👍👍

[@JayVardhanSingh]

thank you.

[@amanbharadwaj01]

Sir majority of historians believe that kanishka ascended the throne in 78 AD not in 127 AD after Vima Kadphises.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Earlier it was believed but this is not the case anymore. You can read more about it in the reference which I have provided.

[@amanbharadwaj01]

@@JayVardhanSingh sure sir and thanks for your kind consideration

[@राजन्यसिंहवर्मा]

कनिष्क ११५० बीसी।‌

[@sanilyadav1450]

Second Asoka.....

[@lunacyx]

i have a question, some of the sources and text books say that kanishka ascended the throne in 78 AD, but there are historical records which say he took on the throne around 127 AD.... i am really confused with this. i dont know if its because of different dating methods or i m missing something here.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

The historical consensus at present favours the date 127 AD. In the books that were published before the discovery of Rabatak inscirption, the date 78 AD is given as the date of Kanishka's accession.

[@swastika5507]

I studied that Kanishk died without any successors. Can you please share your source for ascertaining Kanishk successor.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

1. Pg No. 197 of Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE - 250 CE by Craig Benjamin 2. Pg No. 55-56 of India under the Kushanas by B.N. Puri 3. Pg No. 253 of History of Civilization of Central Asia, Vol - II But in the second and third sources it is claimed that between Kanishka and Huvishka, a certain Vashishka ruled for 4 years. In the 3rd source, it is mentioned that Vashishka and Huvishka were sons of Kanishka. Some scholars have raised doubt about the fact about whether Vashishka ever ruled the Kushana realm. I have ignored Vashishka in this video because in the 1st source, Vashishka is not mentioned, and since it is the most recent work I have relied on it. I hope it answers your question.

[@maku8075]

The Kushan were Yuezhi nomadic pastoralists descent hence they were excellent horse bow warriors which were no watch for the Sindhu&Gangetic kingdoms with their elephant war machines and foot soilders.

[@behzadahmad8818]

kushans literally conquered india.

[@maku8075]

@@behzadahmad8818 they mainly ruled north of India and they assured one of the golden age of Buddhist and Hindu culture.

[@behzadahmad8818]

@@maku8075 Northern India = Majority of the wealth, population and power in ancient times.

[@maku8075]

@@behzadahmad8818 nahh that's entirely not true south had many trade links with far east, middle East and the mediterranean.

[@behzadahmad8818]

@@maku8075 and where did those trade routes lead to? to northern india aka gangetic plain.

[@riddhomohammadnazmussakib3799]

My Theory is they became super unpopular.. Mentioning them became taboo. And that's also why someone chopped off their statues' heads.. (Why Don't the statues have heada?) (Nvm, watched part 2)

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Interesting theory. They were vandalised but we don't know by whom.

[@panoptical]

Why is it called Saka Era? Is it has something to do with the Sakas? And is it related to Kanishka or Chashtana? Please clear this confusion. Thank-you

[@राजन्यसिंहवर्मा]

शकसम्वत् और शालिवाहनसम्वत् भिन्न हैँ एक नहीँ। शालिवाहनसम्वत् जिसे शकान्तसम्वत् भी कहते हैँ भलेही अब उसे शकसम्वत् समझते हैँ किन्तु दोनोँभिन्न हैँ। शकोँ को सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य ने पराजितकर उन्हेँ शूद्रवर्ण मेँ रख खेतीबाड़ी का काम दिया। पश्चात् विदेश से और शक आए तो उन्हेँ महाराजशालिवाहन ने पराजित किया और शालिवाहनसम्वत् जिसे शकान्तसम्वत् भी कहते हैँ चलाया। शकसम्वत् ५८३ बीसी को प्रारम्भ हुआ था। अब पुनः शक उत्तर मेँ उत्पात मचा रहे हैँ।।

[@AbcDef-gw4dg]

I read that Charak was the Rajvaidya / Physicist of Kanishka Can you make a video on Charak

[@राजन्यसिंहवर्मा]

चरक महाभारतकाल का है ११५० बीसी का नहीँ।।

[@nileshkamble548]

You missed many facts,,too many

[@stargazer5322]

kaniska= kamshka= kansa krisna kills kansa

[@vibhu2327]

First view

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks for watching.

[@BeingGujjar]

Gujjar Samrat Great Kaniska... Kusan Kusana Kasone Kasana clan