Chanakya: Ancient India's Political Mastermind

In the history of Ancient India, Chanakya -- also known as Kautilya -- stands tall among his peers. He not only orchestrated the rise of the Mauryan Empire (the largest native empire in Indian history), but he also created a system of statecraft that continued to influence South and Southeast Asia for thousands of years.
This is his story.
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Sources (non-exhaustive):
"Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty," by Colleen Taylor Sen
"Chanakya," by MH Syed
"Chanakya Today," by Dipavali Sen
"The Indian Machiavelli," by Maria Misra
"Kautilya's Relevance for India Today," by Michael Liebig
"Understanding Kautilya's Arthashastra," by Pradeep Kumar Gautam
"Political Morality vs. Political Necessity: Kautilya," by Narasingha Prosad Sil
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[@OddCompass]

Thanks for watching! Since a few viewers don't seem to understand: many scholars have come to believe that Chanakya was born into a traditional "Brahmin" family that were practicing Jains. Also, an aside: I don't make history videos to "lionize" anything or anyone. I find such history cheap. I've seen history videos on KZbin by Westerners that are designed to pander to viewer pride. They'll say anything if it pleases the masses. It's unscholarly. If you come to a video with a set-in-stone belief, I challenge you to consider new possibilities. Enjoy!

[@mylesjude233]

Question from a Westerner, how does it feel sometimes when you post a video you get a deluge of comments not meant to provide constructive critique. But instead just tear you down as you peddling purposeful errors, etc.

[@veerhamira162]

Very well, read all the native text that is originated in Indian sub continent. I very much your followers untill some hours ago i studied all of native Indian text , and many of them mentioned him as 'Vishnu'gupta . Lord Vishnu is god in Hinduism and the first tirthankar of jain was Rishab dev was also considered as a incarnation of lord Vishnu . All the dharmic faith are very much interlinked if you research more . But i dont want that one of my favourite youtuber present these kinds of distorted history 🙂 I am gonna subscribe again and wait for your next video . People do make mistake . But i gonna wait for your video where you gonna clarify things in better manner 😄😄😄 And sorry for my bad English i am not very profound in English 😆😅😅

[@NaveenArur]

"Chanakya was born into a traditional "Brahmin" family that were practicing Jains" This statement makes very little sense

[@Ron.xionzre]

Unfortunately, historical education is severely lacking in India, and it’s an absolute shame. So much wealth of information and very little of it reaches the masses. Do the guy here saying “Brahmin” but practicing Jain does not make sense, it would make sense to you when you figure out who Brahmins were back in the day. Don’t be lazy, go do some research. The caste system was a fluid social structure, not the pile of shit it is today. Modern Indians are a disgrace to the visionaries before them.

[@bitthalsarangi5471]

Wrong dear. Those scholars scholarly brain is questionable if they arrive at any such conclusions like you mentioned in the video.

[@yigon5412]

Funny how Chanakya is called "India's Machiavelli", in my opinion, Machiavelli should be called Europe's Chanakya haha.

[@ronitrajput3934]

Dude look at his videos before commenting any of that.....

[@yigon5412]

@@ronitrajput3934 nah I just meant generally, I didn't point out any wrongs about this video

[@ab19236]

True Chanakya lived atleast 1500 years before Machiavelli. And Machiavelli's work is no match for Chanakya's , neither in volume nor in depth.

[@shivampatnaik2000]

Chanakya is called the "Indian Machiavelli" while introducing him to audiences who are (more) familiar with Machiavelli i.e. Western/global audiences. It would be odd if Chanakya were to be introduced to an Indian audience as India's Machiavelli. Rather, in front of an Indian audience, Machiavelli may be introduced as the "Italian Chanakya". That's how these references work. The reference points are different for different people and societies. The reference point rests entirely on what/whom you are introducing to whom.

[@globalnationalismyoutube]

His audience is global. Throughout the world Machiavelli is who most people think of when they think of philosophers who wrote about realpolitik and were amoral in their policies. Therefore to make his audience understand Chanakya he compares him to Machiavelli. In India it would make sense to compare Machiavelli to Chanakya because most people would have heard of Chanakya.

[@achal5872]

Chanakya is often compared to Sun Tzu as well. However, there are subtle differences between the two: Sun Tzu mostly talks about war, but not political strategy whereas Chanakya is a hardcore politician.

[@Debarghaya_Mukherjee]

Sun tzu was a military strategists.. not a politician as per chinese history

[@Imperiused]

I think he would probably be better compared to the Legalist tradition in China, among the likes of Han Feizi and Yang Shang.

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

​@@Debarghaya_Mukherjee Well if you read Tsun Tzu Book, it only Mentioned about Military Strategy.. but Chankya Mentions Everything... Chankya wasnot a Hardcore Politician... but a King's Advisor or his Deputy Just like PM's Secretary.. Means if a King is not available in his Capital Crown due to some Reason then Chankya will Take King's Responsibility for a Temporary period of time until the King get back to his Crown... Just like Prime Minister Secretary..

[@Debarghaya_Mukherjee]

@@JokerJoker-xc7xb yea thats what I written

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

so by your Logic the Prime Minister's Secretary or NSA Ajit Doval is too an Hardcore Politician... Right????

[@areascoda2912]

The Arthashastra was discovered in the Oriental Research Library in Mysore. If you ever get a chance to see the actual copy - you will have chills.

[@Ritvik-xs3yh]

Noice, good info

[@kisamehoshigake4201]

I think it's in pune

[@anirudh177]

Why would I have chills.

[@satyamsoni1004]

Chills maybe bcz such a old book written by a Great man and how he win the hearts of the people and created the Mauryan Empire which is one of the best empires in India and that King Chandragupta Maurya is still very popular in India because he United approximately whole India and that was possible because of Chanakya Knowledge (Chanakya Niti)

[@Alexander_D_Shaffer]

Aww man I was in Mysore a few years ago and didn't get to see it! Guess I have to go back.

[@racoon-thespy7062]

Chanakya was the giga Chad of Politics, Economy, War strategies, peacetime strategies and foreign policy.

[@ITZ_ONLY_YOUR_HIMANSHU]

TRUTH'

[@future9728]

That's because he studied these subjects almost his entire life.

[@aureliano_37]

Along with Niccolo Machiavelli, yes.

[@seasonaltheology8314]

@@aureliano_37 Did Machiavelli ever leave his neighbourhood? He was what we now call keyboard strategist.

[@nikhilchaubey7]

@@aureliano_37 Max Weber said compared to Chanakya's Arthashastra, Machiavelli's the prince is harmless.

[@omkarunde2040]

This is the habit of West. They call Samudragupta the Napoleon of India, but unlike Napoleon, he wasn't defeated at Waterloo or Leipzig. They call Chanakya the Machiavelli of India. But if you read Chanakya Neeti and Arthashastra, you'll see some big differences between these two men.

[@leyvithanTech]

Yes and also Napoleon didn't exist during samudragupta time so basically Napoleon was a samudragupta of france

[@dcmhsotaeh]

They call Kalidasa Shakespeare of East It is like calling Himalayas as Alps of India

[@MrSaketarya]

I mean despite the fact that Samudragupta, Chanakya, Kalidasa all existed long ago in relation to the people they are compared to but you can't blame westerners fro it. 2 points 1. They for all reasons had their references in their own culture. Like an Indian who will go to alps would say it looks like Himalayas. So a Chanakya might b antique but for them they knew Machiavelli before they knew Chanakya, same goes for Kalidasa or Samudragupta. 2. Indians didn't dominate the world ( why they did not is not the question here i.e they were peaceful people, tolerant blah blah ) the westerners did and they discovered our knowledge we didn't discover theirs. They will always use their references for approximation.

[@pal9876]

What you are saying doesn't make a whole lot of sense. From what I recall the nickname of samudragupta wasn't given by the west but Rather by the Indians. I don't see why they are even compared to begin with. Napoleon wasn't just emperor of France but a general and a masterful one. He might have lost few battles but won more than any other generals in history and conquered more lands outside his own. And as great of a general he was he was also a brilliant politician.

[@ChocolateMilkCultLeader]

Fault is on our society and our government. We rush towards Western things too easily. Why are we not taught about these thinkers in greater detail? Why is Bollywood and other Indian media obsessed with copying Hollywood instead of highlighting amazing stories from India. The Westerner will obviously call Chanakya the Indian Machiavelli because that's how he understands it. It is on us to promote our heritage and our history. Unfortunately we're too busy hating each other, tearing down our own past by calling Mughals invaders, and letting politicians divide us for their gain

[@ishanbajpai6940]

I don't think Chanakya requires any comparisons with Machiavelli. I mean, he came before that guy and was far more successful. Europeans would never invoke Chanakya when describing Machiavelli, then Why do we??

[@sol90981]

Well it is done to make foreigners understand imp of chanakya ....nothing wrong in it

[@area9364]

@@sol90981 foreigners can understand his importance just like we can understand about Copernicus witout having to compare with aryabhatta.

[@stormshadow5283]

@@sol90981 why is it necessary for mlecchas to compare Aryas to mleccha? Acharya Chanakya was an Aryaputra and a Brahmin, not a mlecchaputra. Therefore why must he be compared to a mleccha? It's ridiculous!

[@Q_QQ_Q]

chanakya was not real , fictional character . Machiavelli was real .

[@stormshadow5283]

@@Q_QQ_Q ok mleccha

[@mmaheshwary]

Calling Chandragupta Chanakya's puppet is disingenuous. They had a teacher-student relationship. Is there any evidence that Vishnugupta Chanakya ruled as a proxy in order to call Chandragupta a puppet?

[@Q_QQ_Q]

chanakya was not real , fictional character .

[@thethirddoor5480]

@@Q_QQ_Q India is not real it's fictional land 🙃

[@Q_QQ_Q]

@@thethirddoor5480 @detective Sroy batman is real , superman is real . marvel comics is real . ram is real , ramayan comics is real .

[@thethirddoor5480]

@@Q_QQ_Q Thanks for showing your true self.

[@orionsbelt927]

@@Q_QQ_Q yeah let me guess, anti modi, anti brahmin IT cell member.

[@kirtigupta9753]

Machiavelli was a lesser Chanakya of the West. Machiavelli lived in 1500s but Chanakya walked the subcontinent and wrote Arthashastra almost 1800 years prior to him.

[@ashutoshtripathi.]

Not to mention the fact that Machiavelli never succeeded in his main goal of uniting Italy. Unlike Chanakya

[@SA2004YG]

The comparison is mainly to attract more viewers

[@aureliano_37]

@@ashutoshtripathi. where did you get that from? He didn't want to unify Italy, he wanted to make the kingdom of Florence more powerful and ruled by Italians

[@rohitprajapati9720]

@@SA2004YG its okay if some ppl cant accept the truth. doesnt affect his legacy

[@DiabloNemes]

@@ashutoshtripathi. wise men don’t compare… they learn from all

[@PseudoProphet]

His quote, "Sama, Dama, Danda, Bheda" is the single most popular political directive and saying in the world. He was the GOAT. His quotes and words of wisdom from Chanakya Niti are still popular in everyday life and Indian culture. Arthashastra was more of a scholarly work, but Chanakya Niti was simplified for the masses.

[@satyamkumar8805]

Wait , They quoted that !!? Man that's literally GOATED !! I am actually a fan of them as they're one of my idols besides Krishna, Apj abdul kalam and Ms dhoni , all being brilliant strategists with no comparison .

[@jatinoham]

It was already quoted by Shree Vidura in Shree Vidura Neeti (Part of Mahabharata)

[@rahulpal2490]

I call artshastra, "The art of nation building."

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

instead of Nation, I would say an Empire Building.

[@rahulpal2490]

@@JokerJoker-xc7xb You can be right, but nation sounds little better.

[@rohandalvi6476]

He doesn't distinguish the subjects on basis of shared values, nation is a modern concept. It's more on imperial statecraft.

[@schibber3726]

Artha means economic Rashtra means nation And Samrajya means empire If I’m not wrong

[@rahulpal2490]

@@schibber3726 I don't know, I just felt like calling it the art of nation buildings seemed cool. But looks like people didn't like it. :/ There's no double meaning here, it's just what I wanted to call it, giving it a different name doesn't make it less valuable.

[@animeshpradhan529]

As others have pointed out, Chandragupta wasn't a puppet ruler. The tradition of respect between a guru and his shishya is extremely important in Indian culture. Chanakya was his guru and his advisor, but he didn't control him like a puppet. Chandragupta was an extremely able and strong ruler himself, Chanakya wouldn't have chosen him if he wasn't. Also, the last thing chandragupta did as a ruler-retire early before the point other great rulers in history descended into megalomania- was probably a step he took on his own and was a very wise one. His succession was stable while his son's descended into the civil war esque situation described in the Ashoka video. And a last thing I wanted to add, accounts of this period vary greatly due to the biases of the reporting agency, as such, it is important to acknowledge that a lot we know could be entirely false, especially the origins of these two great men.

[@indrajeet]

Great comment. I kind of disagree with the part about his successor. Bindusara expanded the empire and bought several kingdoms under the empire. Ashoka of course is the most famous of them, he conquered Kaling - something which even Chandragupt is said to have not been able to achieve. Ashok also ruled the longest over the empire at its zenith when it was the most powerful empire in the world.

[@animeshpradhan529]

@@indrajeet I think you have misunderstood me. I was talking about immediate succession. Bindusara ascended the throne when Chandragupta retired, not when he died. Whereas Ashoka had to win a civil war after Bindusara died. There is a subtle difference between these two modes of succession which can be best understood by taking the case of sengoku period of japan. A hundred years of civil war ended when Toyotomi Ieyasu (pardon any spelling errors) retired and declared his son as successor much before he died. Since his son had served in an important administrative position before and Toyotomi Ieyasu was still around, his succession wasn't questioned and the legendary civil war came to an end.

[@mylord8105]

@@animeshpradhan529 Chanda Ashoka. He was the cruelest of all

[@rajatthakur9091]

Agreed.. Ashoka went rampaging ..

[@slingshot99]

@@mylord8105 then became Dharm-ashoka after embracing Buddhist ideology.

[@muthusl3653]

There is a story about Chanakya which I read in my childhood. After their defeat when they directly launched an attack on Pataliputra, Chanakya was restless and on the move. During his travel, he came upon a mother who was scolding her child for directly putting his hand in the centre of a plate full of hot rice. She advised him to start from the sides which would naturally be less hot. After hearing this, Chanakya felt the epiphany that they should start capturing territory surrounding the Nandas before closing them on in the centre.

[@shoumikchakraborty2529]

That's story of Shivaji

[@shiv-ud1bu]

@@shoumikchakraborty2529 this rice example seems to be very popular

[@ninjagamings4997]

I have also heard it somewhere

[@rockingamingwiththesahit2145]

My teacher told me the same story, but with milk.

[@Ulatimber]

I have heard it

[@daitoakyoeiken7735]

Chanakya-niti remains a popular read in here even to this day. The popular proverb 'sama-dama-danda-bhed' is also widely credited to him.

[@everything4725]

What does that mean?

[@phonixfire5815]

@@everything4725 sama means Talk dama means bribing danda means punishment it was writtern as the form were R7ler must use diplomatic talks,Bribing opponents army/council or outright start the war to achive victory over his enemy

[@arthas7]

@@phonixfire5815 dama means value (typically in wealth) , calling it bribery is just aspect

[@madhurawat155]

Which is NOT the real verse. Original one was "Sama dama bheda dandopaya".

[@shreyashukla2223]

In toto, "sama dama danda bheda" means 'use any means possible to get the results'. Sama, dama, danda, bheda are 4 of the approaches one might take, with their individual meanings explained by others here..

[@stormshadow5283]

Prior to being the Rajguru of Maharajadhiraj Chandragupta, he was an Acharya of the University of Takshashila (Taxila).

[@soodraageshverj9579]

This part is missing in the video

[@smvnt3803]

It makes me really happy to imagine that a teacher held such power and respect!

[@thechosenone1533]

One of the roads built by the Mauryans,the Grand Trunk road has been continuously rebuilt and modernized since then and exists even today.

[@orkkojit]

Didn't Sher Shah Suri build the grand trunk rd

[@thechosenone1533]

@@orkkojit In his time the road had fallen into such disrepair that you could say he built/rebuilt it. But the original Grand Trunk road was built by th Mauryans.

[@abhisheksoni2980]

@@orkkojit no, he renovated it.

[@ashutoshrai3369]

@@orkkojit How could Sher Shah Suri build a road from modern day Calcutta till Afganistan when his empire was localised in UP and parts of Bihar. He renowated/rebuilt it upto his boundaries and later on British built it again till Afganistan Pakistan border or the Khyber Pass

[@mrohera1]

@@orkkojit actually we have references of uttar patha in Mahabharata how do you suggest Indus valley was trading with Anatolia so grant truck might have been present and built by Vedic kings

[@Victor-ez1gf]

Even now in Delhi, there is Chanakyapuri area where there r most of embassies & indian diplomats reside. Just as mark of respect for him.

[@aruji-sama]

Chanakya was not India's Machiavelli. Machiavelli was Italy's chanakya. Machiavelli died in 1527 Chanakya died in 283 BC So if anything Machiavelli adopted a chanakyain system throughout Europe

[@donotbotherpeopleontheinternet]

🖤

[@Worldcitizen7777]

it's disrespectful for Chankya to campare him with machiavelli

[@chandra_himanshu]

Chanakya was from Brahmin family for sure. He was most probably from northern India. He got educated in Takshila/Taxila university on of the top university of Ancient India. There are also some information not exact in the video. The chanakya part was good. Overall good video.👍

[@general9064]

A indian from south could travel to anywhere in the past and not be called south indian. Chanakya could be from anywhere. We don't need to show the divide in our minds all the time.

[@laysmaxx5789]

Lol you just said " most probably from northern India" like as if you saw him being born there right before your eyes.

[@riteshvizz9786]

thats what i was about to point out .. but more southeneres are present in usa which drives the narrative otherwise .. Chanakya was born and raised in magadh and was a brahmin and he raised his army too in magadh .. i dont know why this tampering of history .

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

He was from an Egyptian Jewish (Bania) family who came along with Alexander the Great and tried turmoils in his army by conspiracy with the help of Greek Brahmans in which even Aristotle s nephew was involved and put death by Alexander other than this is bullshit

[@Shreyas834]

Chanakya was a brahmin by birth. All his systems mentioned in Arthshastra were inspired from the Veds

[@kiran9220]

In source he was jain

[@ishanbajpai6940]

@@kiran9220 which source? Was it a Jain Source by any chance?

[@truthreal3378]

Even Jain sources also mentioned him to be brahmin. According to the Jain writer Hemachandra's Parishishtaparvan, Chanakya was born in the Chanaka village of the Golla region, to a Brahmin named Chanin and his wife Chaneshvari. Even here he has clearly mentioned that he was indeed a Brahmin !

[@veerhamira162]

@@ishanbajpai6940 pseudo intellectual he bhai vo kiran naam wala 😏😏

[@kiran9220]

@@truthreal3378 jain source mention he was jain not bhramin ok

[@amsh007]

Chanakya wasn't a Jain - A JAIN SOURCE WRITTEN BY A JAIN CLAIMS CHANAKYA WAS JAIN - please correct this error. His works are full of praise to Vishnu, Arthashastra quite literally begins with praise to Brihaspati and Shukra (Vedic Gods). Had he been Jain he would've praised Rishabh Dev or other Teerthankaras.

[@DrPrashantGajbhare]

He was jain that's why chandrgupta became jain .Had he been vedic then Chandragupta would have became vedic not jain. Infact none of the mauryan emperors were Vedic .they were either jain Buddhist or ajivik

[@DhruvPatel-zg1zs]

Don't get into religion because in ancient India religion was not fixed like today.

[@Muralidharan001]

@@DhruvPatel-zg1zs So do caste system, only in Gupta period caste system became rigid.

[@theyellowflashoftheleaf5896]

@@Muralidharan001 after Gupta period

[@pratyushambastha4819]

@@DrPrashantGajbhare Dude Brahmin Kshatriya these are Vedic groups not jain. Even your own Rishabhdev and thirthankar were Kshatriya according to your scriptures. And four Varna exists in only vedic dharma

[@harshdasika7268]

Chanakya was not a Jain. He was born into a Hindu Brahmin family and was a practicing Hindu. In both the Arthashastra and Chanakya Neeti, he makes frequent references to the Tri-Veda (Rig, Yajur, and Sama Veda) being THE supreme sources of knowledge and spirituality. For whatever reason, he didn't find the Atharva Veda to be of much importance in the day-to-day life of the ordinary man or in the political sphere. Jains and Buddhists simply had a vested interest in making Chanakya appear as a Jain or Buddhist due to the fact that Chandragupta Maurya became a Jain at the end of his life and because Ashoka (Chandragupta's descendant) became a Buddhist later on his life. But Chanakya was a Hindu through and through.

[@akankshshetty7710]

He was definitely a Jain, his name was Vishnu Gupta, show me one Brahmin with the surname Gupta.

[@harshdasika7268]

@@akankshshetty7710 Lol. Are you telling me Chanakya was a Jain who revered the Vedas in all his major written works? Especially in those days? Haha. Use some common sense man. His name literally has Vishnu in it. His entire name was Vishnugupta, his surname wasn't Gupta.

[@anixes]

@@akankshshetty7710 modern day "Gupta" surname isn't related to first name "Gupta".

[@The_Phoenix_61]

Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism as religion are modern interpretation. They all are school of thoughts within Indian Philosophy. No single great personality belonged to one school of thoughts. Also, strict caste and belief division came much later. So, Chanakya was maybe born in a Jain family and became Brahmin at some later stage but later turned towards Nastik school of thoughts that didn't fit both Brahamanism. Chanakya can be thought to be more like modern Hindus who believe in science, hate astrology, don't like too much of religious work, earn money (Sansarik thought) and believe in war with different and at time unjust (according to religious texts) tactics.

[@akankshshetty7710]

@@harshdasika7268 Lol, are you telling me vishnu is the supreme diety in Vedas now 😂😂😂, It’s INDRA. Indra and Rudra are considered the main dieties in Vedas, Vishnu is only mentioned as a friend of Indra. Vishnu is a very popular name amongst Jains as well, just the way Rishabh is very common amongst Hindus. But coming to the proofs, chanakyas biography has been recorded in 3 texts mainly, they are Mahavimsa (Buddhist text), Parisista parva ( Jain text) and Kathasaritasagara ( Shaivite text ) none of them mentioned him being a Brahmin. It does mention he married a Brahmin woman though. Think about it, Brahmins in that era were very conservative to make a shudra a mighty chakravarthy, Jainism on another hand had always rejected chaturvarna, eventhough now people cook theories that all Theerthankaras are Kshatriyas. With this lemme add, I’m a Hindu myself and an ardent Krishna bhakth, but let’s not twist history.

[@a_simple_atheist]

In india the word "chanakya" is still used to describe some one who is a good stategist. People like chanakya prove that the ultimate warfare between humans is mind games.

[@eliotanderson6554]

Acharya chanakya Greatest minister in ancient world

[@USBearForce]

3:40 Interestingly, Herodotus tells a story about the early life of Cyrus The Great of Persia which sounds very similar to that. Cyrus had been hidden among a commoner family after his grandfather had tried to kill him as an infant. The ruse succeeded for several years, but fell apart one day when Cyrus and some of the local boys were playing at being king. When it was Cyrus' turn to play the king, he not only played the role perfectly and naturally, but when a boy from a noble family refused to follow the orders of this 'commoner', Cyrus ordered the other boys to beat him and everyone immediately obeyed without question (he was just so dang kingly). Moral of the story: be on the lookout for random peasant boys who are suspiciously good at playing king.

[@sumitraghani]

Haha, well put. Now I'm off to find random suspicious king like peasant boychilds.

[@DxvinderSingh1699]

Cyrus and Chandragupta Maurya are more akin to each other than Ashoka is to Cyrus, I see Ashoka more akin to Darius the great than Cyrus, ultimately all the Mauryan and Achaemenid kings were great.

[@abhisheksoni2980]

Our king in late nineteenth and early twentieth century was actually a shepherd who was adopted by childless queen. This kid Sayaji was brought for interview at the age of five and while other candidates said they came for sweets, toys and enjoyment upon being asked why they came, Sayaji said he came there to beocme the Maharaja of Baroda. Unsurprisingly he went on the become the most beloved and progressive kings of modern India.

[@2ballz543]

Agreed, especially after you look into the history of the Marathas, another important empire of India

[@mylord8105]

@علي ياسر they are ethnically Indians

[@Dosaskillz]

Awesome video, love the art! Now it totally makes sense why the diplomatic area of New Delhi that has most of the foreign embassies is called Chanakyapuri. You learn something new everyday!

[@NaveenArur]

Please take the video with lot of discretion. They has taken a lot of Jain text context without necessarily being true to the original story supported by lot of other references. I would never refer this video to anyone of they want to know who chanakya was

[@vardhanarya]

i think its mere coincidence . bcoz our leaders and beaurocrats lack "dharmic" sense .

[@aekajimasala5879]

@@NaveenArur ha to koi vaat nhi

[@aekajimasala5879]

@Manus Tham ok boomer

[@aekajimasala5879]

@Manus Tham thik hai uncle,

[@AnotherNPC1234]

Feedback: You should mention that there is no agreement and surety about Chandrgupt and Chanakya's parents. The sources are religious texts and folk tales which change and add facts for various reasons.

[@prabhatsingh7577]

Lol yash , if you personally dont know about it dosent mean others dont.

[@tazeen3022]

​@@prabhatsingh7577 i mean there are multiple sources suggesting multiple things. The claims of Chandragupta being Kulhina(or of lower cast) comes from Puranas and Mudrakshasa(which also claims that he a Nanda). While Buddhist texts suggest that he was from Sakya clan (same Kshatriya clan as Gautam Buddha) and then there was- Rudraman I 's inscription which suggested he was Vaishya. It is pretty clear that various communities traced Chandragupta's origin according to their own biases.

[@mylord8105]

@@tazeen3022 Ashoka coming from Sakya clan is a huge BS. When was the text written?

[@fymwp9992]

8:25 Chandragupta started conquest of Deccan..and would have done most of it...Bindusara mostly focussed on retaining the territories conquered.

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

Bindusara was known to strengthening and Upgrading the MAURYAN NAVY.. and Ashoka time was the Reason Behind for Protecting the Maurayan Territory from Northern Western Side against INDO-GREEK Kingdom

[@fymwp9992]

@@JokerJoker-xc7xb I am first time hearing about Mauryan Navy similarly Greco-Bactriam(not Indo Greek) attacks weren't prominent..it would have been suicidal for them to attack Mauryas..

[@randomturd1415]

Bindusara isn't known for anything lol he's like the black sheep

[@indrajeet]

@@randomturd1415 Last time I heard - Bindusara conquered 16 nations and added them to the Maurya empire!

[@ayushkumarsingh3029]

​@@indrajeetTaranatha points that he destroyed 16 kings chiefs As we know from other source s that Taxila also revolt in which bindusara sent to Ashoka yo crush it So bindusara mainly crush revolts

[@MK-yj7pn]

The story of Chanakya is very differently told in Indian lore. Whatever the story is, his contributions are tremendous and shaped India fundamentally. In my opinion he was far more pragmatic than Machiavelli. Great video, great effort 👍

[@miketacos9034]

Literally just taught my students about Chanakya! The history textbooks usually don't even mention him.

[@nowwhat6716]

Because his existence is questionable at best. This is the reason why we don't call Ramayana history.

[@arnabkl4]

@@nowwhat6716 So much hate for Eastern civilizations. Typical of Western educated dolts.

[@uday8008]

@@nowwhat6716 Lmfao everything seems questionable to twarts

[@nechali442]

@@nowwhat6716 existence is questionable? So we just gonna ignore mentions of Chanakya and Chandragupta mauryan by Ancient Greek, Chinese, and local south Asian historian? Chanakya has far greater proof of existence than Jesus.

[@dustudent1637]

@@nowwhat6716 Lol in which w;orld are you living? There are no pr;oofs of Bu;ddha and Mahavira too by your logic.

[@subhamadhuri3816]

Arthashashtra is so vast and filled with knowledge you will have tears in your eyes for chanakya’s excellence

[@kshatrapavan]

Good video. But how could Chānakya have been Jaina, even a Brahmin Shrāvaka? If we take Chānakya to be the author Arthashāstra and Chānakyanīti, we see clear signs of the author's Vedic faith. Chānakya himself warns in Chānakyanīti "नश्येत् त्रयी दण्डनीतौ हतायाम्". " If the penal system devolves, the Vedic tradition will end (suffer)." The claim that Chānakya was Jaina comes from Jaina literature written in the 12th century by Hemachandra. That is 1400 years after Chānakya's death. Whereas, nonreligious sources such as Mudrārākshasa and religious sources of both Buddhists and Hindus that centuries older than Hemachandra, affirm Chānakya to have been a Brahmin with absolutely no mention of his Jaina faith.

[@sandrocles1267]

Yes.Most probably he is vaishnava because he glorified Vishnu in Chanakyaniti.

[@emani2704]

He confused zen as Jain

[@nabenduroy2981]

May be on that era, caste system was based on the profession.. so even by birth Chanakya was Jain, he converted into Brahmin by profession.

[@kshatrapavan]

@@nabenduroy2981 It wasn't. Varna were birth-based even in those days. Brahmin by profession wasn't a thing, at least in the last 3000 years. Even the followers of Buddhism and Jainism had birth varnas. Following a school of philosophy, was a conscious decision. Moreover, the Jaina literature that claims Chānakya to have been a Jaina by choice, no birth.

[@31pratimashyam]

@@kshatrapavan the today's birth based varna system started after Gupta period So, at that era it was not there

[@wramper]

If India followed Chanakya's guide, India would have been a world power!!!

[@bramha9680]

Indeed, he was the first capitalist in the world

[@erennn1620]

Lol nope

[@arvindthakur6921]

In time of gupta empire india gdp was 35% of world you are just jelouse

[@erennn1620]

@@arvindthakur6921 Pehale spellings to seek bhai

[@arvindthakur6921]

@@erennn1620 samaj aya ke neeaya

[@Aman-so5ut]

chanakya was magadhan brahmin not a jain. He starts arthashastra praising lord vishnu and arthashastra was based on vedic dharmic principles.

[@manavshah8335]

what kind of mis info, pls tell

[@Akon1998hell]

@@manavshah8335 he's not wrong, according to jain sources he was Jain, according to Hindu sources he was a Brahmin, he did praised vishnu in arthsastra( although Vishnu was worshipped by both the sects) one thing both the sources agree with is that he was well versed with Vedas and Jain agmas

[@Aman-so5ut]

@@Akon1998hell jains don't praise vedas or vishnu. They were anti vedic

[@FindingtruthintravellingSoham]

@@Aman-so5ut they were not anti but they wanted to reform vedic sects, Indic sects coexisted and have a lot of common cultural pool.

[@titu2435]

@@Aman-so5ut lol jain have own ramayana ......................fool

[@PratUshh]

FINALLY! A video series that not stops at Mauryan Kings , but goes deeper to the actual root i.e. Acharya Chanakya. - Though calling "Puppet Ruler" is not right. As its a matter of respect in a Guru-Shishya education system. - Also born from a Jain family is really a VERY negligible possibility.

[@T.Thevar]

There are non Jain Surnames having Gupt as their surname Chankya's name was Vishnu Gupt. And Vishnu isn't worshiped in Jain religion, leave aside keep names of babies based on vedic Gods.

[@DeependraSingh11]

Chandragupt Wasn't Related To Nandas Either!

[@kamilshah8966]

@भारतीय chanakya was a Jain but chandragupta was hindu. He accepted jainism later after giving up throne.

[@kamilshah8966]

@@T.Thevar that's not true

[@kamilshah8966]

@भारतीय you can search for that answer in qoura - Divya gangadharan. It's debatable who he was. Because according to hindu scriptures he was hindu and according to jain it was jain.

[@Aniruddh_Chouhan]

Amazing. Better quality and more information than most channels on KZbin. My man you deserve a million subscribers.

[@muktikantmishra4104]

Once an European lecturer (sorry I don't remember name) said, "Machiavelli's Prince is harmless in front of Chanakya."

[@shivanshsingh8331]

Now I'm feeling an strong urge to watch that class

[@blackpigeon4743]

So what ? Gore babu ke appreciation ke peeche mat bhago

[@anitathakur9340]

@@blackpigeon4743 some people in our own country say he was fake , there is this channel called science journey , go and see all his videos

[@blackpigeon4743]

@@anitathakur9340 I know him He is a leftist who pretends logic is supreme but will cleverly hide facts And commenting his name will only make him famous

[@Ritvik-xs3yh]

@@anitathakur9340 That's a propoganda channel by the newly DALITS converts to Buddhism. They don't give the slightest damn to Buddhist teaching or ethics, its just a medium to target anything which is.. Ahumm.. 'SAVARNA'. Sick people🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@abmstudio3678]

Chanakya existed at about the same time as Aristotle (though he was younger), and chandragupta was just a generation younger to Alexander. Really makes you wonder if their thoughts came across each other.

[@shubhamkumar-nw1ui]

Yeah ,the world back then was more connected than we imagine

[@ShubhamKumar-wf5ig]

@@shubhamkumar-nw1ui hi

[@gituparnasarma]

Do you know one of the reason that Alexander was not able to conquer India was Chanakya and secondly the idea of marrying Helen selucous daughter one of Chanakya idea to stop further infiltration in his empire in future and all of this mentioned at Arthashastra book by Chanakya and his students and The indica by Megasthenis (Greek ambassador to India) and Arrian (An Arabian historian)

[@arthas7]

was either defeated by a tribal lord or while fighting the army was out of morale and decided to leave it

[@gituparnasarma]

@@arthas7 conquerers don't see morality in expansion brother yes villagers helped but the main reason would always be Chanakya because porus made Alexander army ran out of resources so they have to move other directions to get resources

[@gituparnasarma]

@@arthas7 and we all know what happened at the end and Indo Greek culture was formed

[@DogseatDogs]

Sources?

[@gituparnasarma]

@@DogseatDogs sources are Indian village inscription by Greek army and Chanakya check that and if you are not satisfied by this answer look towards other papers written by Greeks in applaud of Chanakya

[@shreyashukla2223]

I could hear Chanakya for hours. Please consider dedicating a series to Chanakya and his volume of works.. pleeeeaaase 🙏😇

[@prakashtiwari8003]

Most of his facts are wrong. Don't rely on foreign sources. They often distort the facts to support their narrative.

[@tarantinofan8947]

in some years yogi adityanath will become the next chanakya

[@part-timebrock1126]

As an hardcore History fan, I really didn't know that Chandragupta was a Nanda. I really thought he was just some random warlord who captured Nanda Empire with the help from Chanakya

[@sanjeevdas8369]

Lol Chandragupta was never Belong to Nanda Dynasty... His Father was Military Commander of Rajgrih Castle

[@muktikantmishra4104]

@@sanjeevdas8369 Yes. According to some sources he was a sudra. The place he came from(somewhere near Taxila) was full of Peacocks, hence the name Maurya.

[@kiran9220]

@@sanjeevdas8369 chandra gupta is sheepherd or in military tell..

[@fymwp9992]

@@muktikantmishra4104 Lol Chandragupta didn't came from near Taxila...nor did Chanakya..Chandragupta was from Magadh and Chanakya from somewhere south.

[@AnotherNPC1234]

There is no agreement of his pedigree. There are just theories and tales in religious texts. This guy should have mentioned it in the video. We know very less about figures from ancient history than we think.

[@codehard5824]

Please refrain from using phrases like India's Machiavelli or so, it sounds rather undermining given that Chanakya was born almost 2 millenniums before Machiavelli

[@AA-sn9lz]

I don't think it is undermining. Meanwhile it helps westerners better understand who Chanakya was. The timeline is not in question, nobody is debating who came first.

[@mickel1634]

@@AA-sn9lz I don't think saying he's better in the title of the video is going to attract many westerners or make them interested in watching the video

[@cibincibi4875]

This channel is so underrated. Beautiful research work, animation and wonderful narration.

[@geordiejones5618]

I'm an American but this guy was a true titan of intrigue and strategy. One of the more formidable and impressive political minds in human history.

[@fymwp9992]

6:45 largest empire in all of Indian history..even Mughals didn't had that much nor did British Raj.

[@Ismail-hx4qj]

Mughals are biggest they held a bigger empire for more amount of time

[@fymwp9992]

@@Ismail-hx4qj Lol Mughals are smallest and a joke..they held the smallest empire and that too for a short amount of time..Mauryans were the biggest with 136 yrs of rule..Mughals only ruled for 107 yrs and that too mostly North..only went to south under Aurangzeb and got pushed back in 10-20 years by Marathas..study some real history kiddo.

[@mayankbisht7691]

No British Raj was bigger owing to advanced millitary and railway lines. Moreover British Empire is the largest territorially

[@fymwp9992]

@@mayankbisht7691 Lol nope British Raj was smaller and 1/3 rd of it wasn't even controlled by British but by princly states and obv dumbo British Raj is comparatively more advanced to an empire which existed in 300BCE 🤦‍♂️..Yes British Empire surpass all territorilly but that doesn't matter..

[@Ismail-hx4qj]

@@fymwp9992 Mughals are the smallest? Bruh waste of time arguing with you. Go and check Wikipedia Biggest empires of the world . Mughals come before mauryans. Stop being a hater

[@shauryasinghrathore3316]

He wasn't fired from his job He went to warn the the DHANANDA about the Greek invasion but he dispetied him saying that forces of his kingdom were not gonna fight for what he called INDIA 🙄 This enraged him and he decided to save INDIA himself

[@Alexander_D_Shaffer]

Chanakya seems like he would be so much fun to play in a film. He seems like the perfect example of the "magnificent bastard" trope that's so easy to love.

[@bush.nawaz.t8385]

Yes!!! I can't wait for Bollywood to portray his character perfectly!

[@dv9239]

This video kinda paints him like a vengeful politician But in reality he was a man who fight for Dharma

[@hidum5779]

@@bush.nawaz.t8385 ew bollywood

[@bush.nawaz.t8385]

@@hidum5779 you think Hollywood will do a good job in portraying him??? I agree that Bollywood isn't good, but it's movies that depict history are the best. Like padmaavat and bajirao mastani...

[@ttt9618]

@@bush.nawaz.t8385 padmavat was a lullaby history. whole plot was fictionalized but only thing which was historically acurate was that siege took place in which allaudin won. second is bajirao mastani, its also heavily fictionalized. peshwa bajirao was a great warrior and he was not a devdas, he didnt die of sadness of mastani, he died of heat stroke/summer fever while checking his camp of 100k soldiers , he was going to attack delhi second time with intend to conquer it.

[@yegirish]

I’ve watched a few of your videos in a row, and you are killing it. Great details, good flow, fun and cohesive drawings. Just top-knotch content.

[@buzzz85]

Very well shared and in great detail. This video deserves a million views.

[@bitthalsarangi5471]

Chanakya was a Brahmin Scholar, well regarded as such in the whole of Bharat. Jain texts have claims but no evidence. Arthashastra is filled with Brahminical invocations. I have one English translation with me. The work is in Sanskrit while the contemporary Jain literature is mostly Prakrit-Palli Language based. Chandragupta was a Hindu as well and later became a Jain. Mudrarakshasha is a play based on the whole episode of Chanakya's rise to power, and also claims Chanakya to be Brahmin. If all these texts can be called Brahminical manipulations, then why not see the Jain sources as another type of manipulation! Till now I had been trusting your sources more or less because they seemed professional, but from now on, will take them with a pinch of salt. One blunder like this and your whole work's credibility gets affected. Do clarify somehow or else, it will reduce history buffs from trusting your videos.

[@60ritikanand69]

Exactly my thoughts. This guy is outrightly biased. Most sources list Chankya being from north west but he dismisses it as a fringe theory in favour of him being from south. .

[@sammyboy7160]

Also the Mauryan Chandragupta wasn't Jain. He was confused with Chandragupta of Ujjain, who did actually become a Jain.

[@wlqpqpqlqmwnhssisjw6055]

you are wrong ,history is not written based on observations ,it's written based on archeological evidence ,There is little documented historical information about Chanakya: most of what is known about him comes from semi-legendary accounts. Thomas Trautmann identifies four distinct accounts of the ancient Chanakya-Chandragupta katha (legend) , if you have more proofs than Thomas Trautmann than archeologists are ready to change, till then we will believe on him only ,and Caste system and religion are two different things. Jainism does not believe in caste system. The followers of Jainism can be from any caste. Bhagwan Mahavira, like all Tirthankaras, was from a Kshatriya family. Bhagwan Mahavira’s chief disciple, Ganadhara Gautam was a Brahmin. Some of the prominent Jain munis in history, like Muni Harikeshi, Muni Metarya, were from the so called Shudra families and Vaishyas constitute a large part of the followers of Jainism. So, the followers of Jainism can be from any of the castes.

[@kanishkanegi5594]

@@wlqpqpqlqmwnhssisjw6055 what are you on?

[@coolfix948]

@@wlqpqpqlqmwnhssisjw6055 two acharyas of Jainism , acharya gyansagar and current acharya vidyasagar are from lingayat families of north Karnataka. Channa is a Dravidian word for "auspicious" "good" "good luck" "prosperity" commonly a male name in the south till today.

[@elriolimpio]

YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO MAKE IT , AND THE VIDEOS ARE GREAT!!!!

[@grapeshott]

Chanakya definitely wrote Arthashastra, but only parts of it. Rest were added by others, similar to how other ancient texts in India were written

[@centuryexplained9179]

*Sad manusmriti noises* No offense

[@indranilbanerjee4476]

@@centuryexplained9179 😂😂😂 Don't feel guilty about abusing that interpolated book you are not the 1st one

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

Sorry but Chankya's Arthashastra was Completly Vanished into the thin air after the End of GUPTA EMPIRE.... and Respawn it during British time when Indian's Slavery was at Peak.. Hence you can say that even after Chanakya's Death, his Espionage Secret Spy System or Society didnot ended.. so your Logic of Editing by others is Invalid.

[@anirudh177]

@@centuryexplained9179 I am a bit confused here, what does the Manusmriti have to do with the Arthashastra?

[@guru__chanakya]

Chanakya also took contents from works of earlier gurus and other traditions .

[@monsieur1936]

Chandragupta's origin is debatable tbh. Many ancient brahmin sources claim that he was a low born. Meanwhile Buddhists sources are more favourable. It can also be that once they usurped the Empire, the Mauryas claimed that they decended from previous Dynasty as a means of propaganda.

[@thethirddoor5480]

Do you know the meaning of low born? It means one who born after his father died, or mother dies giving birth to him.

[@thethirddoor5480]

@Khushal kushwaha maurya whoever fight is क्षत्रीय.

[@monsieur1936]

@@thethirddoor5480 do you know english? Low Born simply translates to being born to a family that has a low social status.

[@soar865]

It's a shame that Indian Kings since Ashoka didn't follow Chanakya's policies. If that was the case, India would have never been invaded by foreign powers because he believed in a centralised system just like the Chinese dynasties.

[@hidum5779]

the Jain records are not contemporary, they are from 11-13th century AD Source - I had personally asked this question to Trueindology. TI also says that Chanakya had learned Vedas (that's why I had asked the question because Jainism doesn't follow the authority of Vedas, they got their own system altogether)

[@mrnabby4178]

we are grown up by reding his chanakya neeti...he told us whom we can trust or not..how to overcome lust and focus on our work...he told us we should not trust an enemy who betrayed us once.he told us how to remove corruption..i have a very old book(more than 50 years old) of his teachings.

[@pakshirajan8585]

Your animations and graphic style get better and better with each video It gives me the feel of board games and comics

[@parthsahu8909]

The Greeks came to India during his time around his time. There is written first hand observation of India by greeks and the most famous one was there were no slaves and no beggars across the country. Some even went on to say that temples were covered in gold and so on. India was so rich at that time that it would easily make 50% of the economy of the world if not more than 50.

[@Muralidharan001]

What's your source? WhatsApp?

[@parthsahu8909]

@@Muralidharan001 Megasthenes, (born c. 350 bc-died c. 290), ancient Greek historian and diplomat, author of an account of India, the Indica, in four books. An Ionian, he was sent by the Hellenistic king Seleucus I on embassies to the Mauryan emperor Chandragupta. Dude trust me, you study from whats app, i dont. Ever tried giving UPSC exams, it comes in 2nd chapter.

[@kerankerai7872]

But no one visited China at the time to tell.

[@jaydev8148]

@@parthsahu8909 😂👍

[@jaykhandwala5533]

Really loving the new graphics and models.

[@aasemahsan]

0:00 Introduction & Chanakya's role in ending the Nanda Dynasty 6:38 Mauryan Empire 8:39 Policies of Chanakya 10:21 Works of Chanakya

[@atlasaltera]

Your animation and graphic style is getting better and better with each video! This is giving me board game and comic book vibes. I would say though that it may be a little but too simplistic to compare Chanakya to Machiavelli if you are to interpret Machiavelli as a realist or an amoral, cynical realpolitik-type of person. Most people only read The Prince and misunderstand the entire context of it and miss Machiavelli's life as a republican or his Discourses on Levy...I see that Chanakya has a bit of the same kind of nuanced interpretations, but not to the same extent...Perhaps the discourse could be better served compared to a statesman and tactitian like Sun Tzu?

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

then by your Logic same context applied to the Chankya too... Why Compare Chankya with Machiavelli???? Chankya was the Gr8 Surgeon, Diplomat, Political thinker, Advisor, Economist, Administrator, War Strategist and a King Maker.

[@atlasaltera]

@@JokerJoker-xc7xb That's what I mean. They really don't have too much in common. Machiavelli was a diplomat and political thinker, but not a kingmaker, administrator, war strategist, and definitely not a king's advisor haha.

[@micahistory]

I love your channel, the animations and stories are always top notch

[@gauravpatil7977]

The main reason chanakya wanted to overthrow Nanda empire was to protect the whole 'Bharatvarsha' (India's ancient name) from outside invasions as Nanda dynasty was ignorant of such attacks, corrupt and was exploiting it's subjects. So, chanakya decided to overthrow them and establish such a king in their place who will not only stop invasions from europe but also will be just and benevolent towards his subjects.

[@micahistory]

I never knew this was the man behind the rise of the Mauryan empire

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

Chankya was the King Maker

[@Q_QQ_Q]

he was not . chanakya is a fictional character .

[@JokerJoker-xc7xb]

@@Q_QQ_Q then by Applying your Logic Tsun Tzu didnot Exist too.. Because there is a Fact that if there is No Chankya then there is No TSUN TZU.. Because the Word "TSUN TZU" is too not Mentioned anywhere... I know you have an Inferiority Complex but that doesnot mean you will ignore everything. I have many ways to refutes your Claims Think before Vomiting a Garbage here.

[@surendrakshetri2105]

@@Q_QQ_Q Just like you

[@balloon685]

@@Q_QQ_Q what🤨

[@pranavkanttripathi2971]

We need more of Chanakya. Seriously the man's brilliance amazes me. Artha is what truly decides the flow of Dharma, Kama and Moksha. I personally believe that excess philosophical thinking has been actually a bane to India where we started seeing Moksha (something which we don't even feel) over other aspects.

[@part-timebrock1126]

This channel is GOLD😍

[@manin361]

True ...

[@qanishque]

Oh loved the video. Kudos to the team!

[@arthas7]

Brilliant, found quite a bit which I was unaware of! hats off to perfect pronunciation and ofcourse amazing research

[@kiran9220]

In South India empires kingdoms 1)Satavahans 2)Chutu 3)Andra iskavaku 4)Kalabaraha 5)Pallavas 6)Kadamaba 7)Ganga 8)Chalukya 9)Rashtrakuta 10)Chalukya kalyani vengi(imperial) 11)Chola( impirial) 12)Pandya( impirial) 13)Yadava 14)Hoysala 15)Kakatiya 16)Vijayanagara 17)Bhammani sultanate 18)Mysore 19)Hyderabad 20)Tavncore 21) madras presidnecy Make this kingdom vedio.. Greatest empires of South India

[@matchbox1275]

You do know that a lot of these kingdoms/Empires aren't limited to the current day BS representations of Northern India and Southern India nonsense, right?

[@kiran9220]

@@matchbox1275 what non sense history South India Before independence South India has two countries 4 countries.. They have own history.. What's wrong in that..

[@matchbox1275]

@@kiran9220 Are erri puvv___ What two countries what four countries? And how do you define what's Southern India or Northern India? But you didn't answer my question about a lot of the Kingdoms and Empires you mentioned had its subjects till upto Varanasi on the banks of Ganga? So I asked what's this stuped classification into South India and North India Empires? Almost all of them had vast territories. They didn't have this BS concept of North India and SOuth India. You are appropriating a Colonial era Imperial strategy to Bharatiya History, it won't work at all. Because at its heart, this was done to subjugate people. The most of these Indigenous Empires didn't have that in mind!

[@kiran9220]

@@matchbox1275 hello India not one nation... India is union states... Before independence states have own country ruled by different empires.. Ok South India has won history empire kingdom than rest of India read first..

[@matchbox1275]

@@kiran9220 You can have your view. That feature is provided to you by the Constitution. But instead of countering the points I raised about the stuped boundaries and divisions you are repeating on an on you are giving absolutist statements that have no basis until you explain them. Sure I will read as always I did all my life, but you should have the basic sense to answer the points I countered instead of deflecting and escaping. First tell me this, how exactly one can define what's South of India and what's North of India? Sollu bro?

[@mytube12]

Netflix should make this into a webseries!

[@dhurvasamagadave01]

That might be actually cool, given that Indians who have a sound knowledge of history work on the project

[@bernardocoto8519]

Awesome video, I had read about the Maurya Empire, Chandragupta and Asoka, but didn't know about Chanakya. Excellent work

[@abhishekshah4443]

I like that the frequency of videos being posted is going up

[@OkusTenet]

The Peace and Equality trend wave after Ashoka's conversion to Buddhism is one of the reason India never built an empire as large as the Mauryan was under the guidance of Chanakya. So much potential was lost and that to all for nothing. The cities of Qandhar and Taxila are now under the administration of foreign ideologies.

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

Foreign ideologies? Brahmanism was never native to those lands either nor was Hinduism. Sure you could argue it became native but the same argument could be made for the current 'foriegn' ideologies. At least its in the hands of the native peoples and not someone from Delhi or elsewhere in India.

[@OkusTenet]

@@bloodfiredrake7259 anything developed (culture, tradition, Values) alongside or either originated in this sub continent belongs to India. Rest is foreign! Hinduism sure did developed with the interaction of different cultures and traditions but it originated ON THIS LAND! Unlike Invading forces entering india despising as Traders.

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

@@OkusTenet Belongs to India you say? You need to look at the map and see that India is only one of the countries in the subcontinent. Don't cede India history and culture that isn't hers to claim. India is a British invention. Indian nationalism only exists due to the Raj. Hell India doesn't even have most of the river which is it's namesake. An Indian from Delhi is as foreign to Pakistan as an Afghan from Kabul. Indians are not people of the Sindhu river, the Pakistanis are.

[@OkusTenet]

@@bloodfiredrake7259 people of Sindhu yOU sAy!? 🤣🤣🤣 What is similar between them and people of Indus valley? Are they carrying on the legacy of their ancestors on which they can claim to be people of Sindh!?🤣 Similar faces doesn't makes an Identity! Identity is established through time and sadly Pak. doesn't have one. Learn from Indonesia. Now I come to know your a Por-kistani. I won't go on explaing peeps like you about the origins of Indian nationalism! The people who keeps the country second in which they live and religion first. No debate can be done before questioning the fundamentals of what you follow, your background and traditions and History.

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

@@OkusTenet Insults are the last refuge of the intellectual coward.

[@bruhaspati560]

Loved your unique art style and content 👌

[@sharadshivmath6756]

Chandragupta was way more physically built than shown here. According to historical records, he was well built and had war injuries across his body. Those expansionist times were extremely violent.

[@BayouVeteransInterviews]

I just discovered your channel and have learned so much. Thank you.

[@kermitdaphrogge525]

The biggest empire in history will always be King Vikramaditya's. Western historians say it is mythology, but a lot sources confirm he is real. Gold plates, his name written on it are found in Middle East. As our "mythology" say, he conquered 40% of worlds land, way way more than Alexander.

[@rishikeshwagh]

Not enough facts and evidence to support this story. Do not look at history with bias

[@neutralboi1984]

Maurya is the largest

[@KamalUddin-zd4cw]

🤣🤣

[@takenbythewindNdrivenbythesea]

Wow His legacy Iives 🙏🙏🙏 Fantastic information ❤️❤️❤️

[@aniruddha3431]

*Kautilya or Vishnugupta CHANAKYA* - The greatest geopolitical analyst, war time thinker,strategist,internal security manager India has ever got and one of the best may be the best in the whole world😃🔥❤

[@IsrarulHaque24x7]

As always, a great Video...!! I noticed that you have changed the artwork style for the characters, which now looks much more similar to Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle artwork.

[@fymwp9992]

Its cringe tbh...cliche indian clothing..Mauryan clothing was unique in its own way.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@fymwp9992 Eh, I don't mind it tbh. The art style was never why I watched this channel anyway.

[@fymwp9992]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn Well it depends..

[@nagendraraman6410]

The tibet video animation is my favorite.

[@randomturd1415]

@@fymwp9992 we hardly have evidence remaining of mauryan empire clothing.... Can you link me where you found it being so distinct???

[@BattleLore]

Wish there were many contemporary sources about Chanakya. Sadly many still consider him just a character from folklore :(

[@braunarsch]

aw yeah! i remember reading about chanakya in the amar chitra katha book about him. i always found him to be cunning, shrewd, but also very determined and smart. the book focused more on the parts where he saved chandragupta's life several times... including burning his newly built palace which had an army hidden underground meant to assassinate him (the army was hired by the previous nanda king's prime minister, who vowed to avenge his regent's death). chanakya spotted something was wrong when he saw ants carrying grains of rice from the cracks on the floor and ordered the palace to be burnt down, killing the men in the process, or so the story goes. interesting guy to say the least lol. by the way, your drawing style has improved along with your presentation, kudos to that!

[@The__Leo69]

Arthashastra even discusses how to plan villages and cities.

[@xkdjdnskdnscndjdj984]

I love how the narrator has a very proper pronounciation. Great job

[@balashibuyeeter2704]

Chanakya and chandragupta's rise to power screams the relation between palpatine and anakin lmao

[@manin361]

Sun Tzu was also a great person , ancient China and India flourished but the world seems not much to encourage or praise both the lands , however Chinese history was well preserved but Indian history was refused to accept that was the painful bare truth . Sun Tzu lived nearly before 300 years of Chanakya and Mauryan Empire , his " Art of War" is still famous but more good administrative , political , economical and financial strategy based work of Kautilya also known by Chanakya or Vishnugupta is not much remembered . The Book of five Rings by the famous Japanese Samurai and artist Miyamoto Mushasi is also too be well remembered but not Chanakya .

[@solomonmathi4860]

yet another great video!

[@indian-de]

a finely structured documentary. with a hint of great music

[@rishabhadarsh5227]

Few Corrections :- Acharya #Chanakya Was A Sakldwipi Brahmin Of Bhardwaj Gotra not Jain ...His Other names Are #Kautilya & #Vishnugupt not gupta ( gupt is suffix of name not surname Gupta is surname of Vaishya community) just like #chandragupt (not gupta) #Maurya He Was from moriya tribe Hence He was Sudra Not Viashya. Chanakya was a teacher In Taxila University .He Came To Dhananada To Inform About Alexander's Conquest & Ask For His Help (Nada Empire Was possibly the Richest & strongest Empire of that time) instead of helping him Dhananada insulted him for his broken teeth ....then angry Chanakya take pleadge to dethrone him🙏 Even Buddhist text reffer him as a brahmin . In his last days chandragupt converted to Jainism.And the jain text that claim is Sthaviravali-Charita or Parishishta-Parvan, written by the 12th-century writer Hemachandra. 1500 years later after the death of Chanakya. Don't trust Jain's text they Even claim tha lord ram & dasrath was also a jain😂😂😂 Mahaveer ,buddha & gurunanak all were great saints & followed sanatan dharma they never said I'm making a seperate religion it was their followers who made seperate religion if you search old pictures of guru nanak devji before 1700ad you'll find tilak in thier forehead & now it's gone.

[@Clowneryoverload]

Well Buddha never himself said he was a saint either though, what is your defination of a saint anyways?

[@rishabhsharma3893]

Clear wisdom...... 😅😂

[@indrajeet]

Chanakya didn't hire a Greek mercenary army! He built an Indian mercenary army to kick out the Greek satraps in the northwest and establish Chandragupt's supremacy in the northwest, before attacking maghad with a combined army of mercenaries and allied kingdoms. Chandragupta maurya wasn't a puppet king, he was Chanakya's protege, who he trained and educated. These Americans, even when they're trying to learn about other cultures, they deliberately screw it up....

[@DeependraSingh11]

He Wants To Potray Greek Superiority!

[@johnfrancis6413]

@भारतीय All facts straight out of ma ass .

[@DogseatDogs]

Source?

[@vijaychandra91]

This is the best example to show that an educated person in an impactful position can change anything

[@AngryHistorian87]

I would REALLY love to read Chanakya's writings. They seem very fascinating!!!

[@manin361]

I learnt both Arthasashtra and Chanakya Neeti but both little only , but very good work they were , still which I learnt ... I also stood that the Arthasastra's original documents were not preserved well and palm leaves have the quality to decay and only good preservation would conserve it for more years because already more than 2000 years passed .

[@dipannandi2940]

Acharya Kautailya was not a jain. He was a brahmin and there's so such thing as a brahmin family practicing jainism. Neither did any such thing as jain brahmins exist, furthermore if someone, brahmin or jain, deviates from their customs and tradition, they lose their caste. That mean, lets say if a brahmin stopped conducting his daily sandhyavandanam and started jaini worship, he would no longer be a brahmin.

[@commiebatman2078]

I like this animation much more! It adds much more feel to the characters.

[@diprosaha4147]

Great. One of the excellent video. Go on

[@dwarasamudra8889]

Can you make a video on the plan of the Imperial City of Vijayanagara, descriptions of its palaces, temples, roads, markets, lakes, gardens, forts etc

[@peeyansh]

he did i think

[@peeyansh]

second most popular video

[@mylesjude233]

Question, do you ever plan on doing videos about the precious commodities of Ancient/ Medieval India such as it once holding the monopoly of diamonds or its vibrant international textile trade 🤔

[@vardhanarya]

india still has highest diamond exports in the world

[@mylesjude233]

@@vardhanarya Didn't know that, just meant to say after like the 19th century, other countries were shown to have Diamond deposits like Russia, Brazil, and South Africa.

[@vardhanarya]

@@mylesjude233 yes and we import diamond from them and export high value finished diamonds . we dont have huge diamond deposits.

[@mylesjude233]

@@vardhanarya Didn't know, thanks for the info. Anyway know of important Indian textiles like pashmina and muslin

[@dwarasamudra8889]

he did a video on the Indian Ocean Trade. It focuses on the products that were exported and imported on the western and South Eastern Indian coasts

[@clp2149]

The Chanakya was a genius - he was true Patriot- War Strategist - the Great Diplomat - writer - teacher and above all a visionary!

[@thegreatgatsby8180]

Subbed. Love from India. Chanakya is a very underrated figure.