The Buddhist relics of Amaravati | Egmore Museum, Chennai

This is the story of the discovery of the oldest Buddhist art in the world!
Unearthed by chance in the ancient city of Amaravati (present-day Andhra Pradesh), these are the remnants of a Buddhist stupa built by the mighty Satavahana kings. Who were these Hindu kings who created such beautiful Buddhist art?
It is well known that Ashoka, the great Mauryan emperor, played a big part in the spread of Buddhism over 2000 years ago. But there were other historical events that were equally instrumental in the spread of Buddhism, such as Alexander’s invasion of India, that occurred much before Ashoka. The icons on the Amaravati sculptures, that were once used to represent Buddha himself, tell us the story of Buddhism and the evolution of Buddhist art. This video traces that story.
This video takes you to the Government Museum at Egmore, Chennai, home to the largest collection of these priceless Buddhist antiques, to tell you the story.
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[@sivaramprasadmoturu2272]

Thanks for a detailed analysis.Both Salivahanas and Satavahanas are Telugu kings .They have conqured a large land area and ruled from South up to parts of Gujarat. Buddha was worshipped in Hina yana and Mahayana cults.Initially in the sybols like lotus, the foot prints of Buddha and his objects like bowl for bikhsha.When sculpting and painting developed in India then only idol worsip started.Ultimately Vajra yana diluted Budhism and slowly vanished from India.

[@sivaramprasadmoturu2272]

Please note that Bhattiprolu Stupa in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh was earlier to Amaravati.

[@tam.sapcrm5016]

thank you thank you thank you a million times to whoever made this you just made us travel back to the times of the golden era.

[@User-ief2Xz4uEpf5q4hj]

I can't wait to see the next episodes of Lord Buddha's history. SatyaMeVa Jayate. NAMO BUDDHAYA 🙏

[@cssk7341]

Stumbled upon your channel by chance. Listened to couple of episodes and subscribed to your channel. Your way of explaining is precise which is very pleasant to listen. As an archaeologist I really appreciate your way of story telling and presentation of facts.

[@narayanborkar4166]

Asoka was strong king after adopting Buddhism for 30 years. I'm visiting on 30 sep 23.

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

No he don't adopt any religion Mauryan was following buddishm Please don't believe Brahmin story

[@felixalmeida481]

Practising Zen Buddhist Dharma as I do, I was riveted by all the information in this video. Thank you for your usual brand of quality information presented in your customary clear manner. My hunger remains, however, for one vital piece of information: as an Indian living in North America, I puzzle over the fact that, while Gautama Buddha, an Indian, gave birth to Buddhism, it flourishes today over most of East and South East Asia, not in India - the very land of its birth. Similarly, it has been introduced to the West by South East Asians, not by Indians. Folkloric ‘history’ aside, this gap in our knowledge would be vital information for a valuable video from you. Storytrails, with its established credibility for providing the world with documented historical fact is in the best position to create a video with the answer to this query, please 🙏🏽

[@selvaganeshpuvaneswaran8471]

Gautama Buddha was a lichavi chieftain. His birthplace is Lumbini in Current day Nepal. Buddhism was exported to south Asian and south East Asians from India. In India starting from Gupta period there was a revival of Hinduism as we know it. Later Adi Shankara, defeating Buddhist scholars in debates was instrumental in eclipsing Buddhism in India. Bhakti saints in Maharashtra, Karnataka and tamilnadu etc spread Hinduism even wider. As Jainism, Buddhism and several other faiths had dominated the indian landscape for several centuries, they in turn gave way to what we now practice as Hinduism.

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

​@@selvaganeshpuvaneswaran8471 😂 shakracharya defeat Buddhism lol 🤣 How it's fake story They captured Buddhism by force They brought brahmanism (caste system or Varna system) They rule indian minds But 19 20 century British order for archeological evidence ✌️✌️✌️ Now Indians are getting knowledge our ancestor's dhamma real dhama with peace & equality ☸️🫂

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

​Please don't believe Brahmins

[@muralikrishna2885]

Great information about Amaravati stupa and relics. Thank you

[@kimleetzuai1010]

Your presentation was clear and easy to follow. Switching speakers made it more interesting. Thank you

[@gyadre]

Great story telling.

[@jayakrishnapenumarthi3510]

Your video should have included or mentioned about other Buddhist Heritage sites in Andhra Pradesh like Guntupall, Bhattiprolu, Ghantasala, Salihundam, Gudivada and Jaggayyapeta patronaged by Andhra kings during Satavahana regime.

[@rajeshsalve8156]

Hindu kings building Buddhist megastructures with Prakrit inscriptions but forgot to build even a tiny Hindu structure. Indian historians are next level.

[@vidhu0211]

Because temples were not a thing till the advent of shivism and vaishnavam. There is no concept of temple worship in the Vedas which was prevalent then

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

Brother say Lindu not hindu 🤣🤣🤣🤣& say get out Lindu & Brahmin

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

​@@vidhu0211 vedas ( devnagari) But Ashokan script & buddha dhamma are so old

[@MustAfaalik]

Thank you for the many stories on Buddhist relics. I would love to revisit India in this life to see the sites mentioned. Although your story is short, it is accurate that the Buddha emphasized the relevance of his Dhamma (teachings) over his mortal appearance to his followers in "When you see the Dhamma, you see me".

[@StorytrailsChannel]

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[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

Welcome brother

[@Syed_Sahil_Shafi]

Wonderfully explained...I wish there is more to come

[@narendraa8771]

Very good information I am from guntur district Andhra Pradesh

[@jamesblackwell2067]

Thanks for your video's. I have always felt drawn to India, even though I've never been there (I don't know why, it's really strange), I love finding out about Indian history and I've bought the Bhagavad Gita to read (still waiting for it to arrive!). You should make longer documentary style videos.

[@aniket385]

And we love English Rock Bands! Reading is one thing , doing meditation is another thing atleast for 20 minutes a day

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

Bhagwat Geeta New book It's written in devnagri script Geeta was a imagination But Buddhism are reality

[@daviddmonte]

This is so well explained, thank you.

[@KV0105]

Lord Shiva is also portrayed in sangam literature, he is known as Alamar Chelvan or populary now known as Lord Thakshinamoorthy . He is depicted using many names . One of them is Iraiyanar / இறையனார் - The Lord with 3rd eye

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[@urrasscal8380]

bullshit ...they say bbudhha died in 483 bce but recent discovery in lumbini shows that the temple structure in buddha's birth place is found to be around 800-650bce .... all this historian r ppiss of shit they don't do any original research they just do copy paste other's research and they come here in internet & gives lecture ...

[@user-dostiBaniRaheBus]

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[@ranapratapsingh3416]

Will need to visit this great Museum.

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[@skbarua70]

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[@red5551]

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[@TseringNorbuSakya-KGF]

Buddhism Is Most Peaceful And Greatest Religion In This Universe ☸️ ✨️ ❤

[@madhumitharajan1195]

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[@sowmitriswamy6718]

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[@savithasethuraman1277]

Informative

[@vrattaluri9045]

Very good information

[@mohanbhupathi4635]

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[@StorytrailsChannel]

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[@Skm_4714]

Love from Andhrapradesh

[@ramyaravinuthala8236]

Shathavahanas gave great importance to females in their families , even in patriarchy they called themselves by their mothers name ... Gothami puthra shathakarni = shathakarni son of gouthami , Vasista puthra puloma = Puloma son of Vasista devi ...

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

They are Buddhist But Lindu brahmins made them hindu & Brahmin kings

[@hrimaim6774]

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[@khp7425]

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[@Kiranshetty2000]

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[@pakaran23]

Enjoying the video. It would be nice to get references from your research about the content of the video. It will make this more credible.

[@ArghyadipGhosh]

I am utterly shocked that the animator said that Kushans were Indo-greeks. The Kushans were the most prominent of the five Yuezhi tribes that came to India from Gansu province of China through Central Asia. Mistake of this magnitude was not expected from a channel like this

[@asiddababa]

While Yuezhi were from what has become China today, they were culturally Indo-European (Greco-Bactrian). Their culture was syncretic and characterising them as Indo-Greek is not incorrect.

[@ArghyadipGhosh]

@@asiddababa No you are wrong. They adopted some indian and indo-greek cultural attributes after they descended to Bactria but their tribal structure, language and genes have nothing to do with the Indo-Greeks. The animator labelled the Kushanas as an "indo-greek dynasty" which is objectively incorrect. By your logic, even Ashoka is indo-greek because he used greek as the official language in north west india

[@HaRamtaHaaRamta]

Please post more videos about the culture of stupa building in Ancient India. Would like to know when the practice of Stupa building started in ancient India. When Stupa building started in India and what's the purpose?

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

Interesting

[@changhuang5840]

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[@shanthaponnamperuma2432]

👍❤

[@darkknightrises3571]

Hi make a video on Indian king porus and his war with Alexander.

[@five_cube]

❤

[@haroldmorris5901]

Justinian describes the story of India's liberation as follows. “India after the death of Alexander, the natives had shaken the yoke of servitude from its neck and put his governors to death. The author of this liberation was Sandrocottus (Chandragupta)...”. It was the legendary Buddhist King Ashokas' grandfather, Chandragupta Maurya, who annihilated the combined forces of Macedonians and their Aryan/Hindu allies and founded the Maurya Dynasty in 322 BCE. Chandragupta Maurya is the ONLY KING IN RECORDED HISTORY TO DO THIS: In atonement for the hundreds of thousands of people he ordered killed, even though they wanted to re-enslave Black people through the evil Aryan/Hindu Caste System. He renounced his kingdom, his wealth, and power in 289 BCE. In 287 BCE, at a Jain Monastery at Karnataka, he performed "Sallekhana" - the Jain spiritual atonement ritual of suicide by fasting. The Mauryas spread the "Uddha" (Teachings of the Bu-Uddha) across the planet, not the indo-Aryan Gahnharas. The 'Gandhara Buddhas' (1st century BCE to the 6th century CE) ARE NOT the oldest statues of the Bu-Uddha (3:41). The Ajanta Caves are ancient Buddhist Temples adorned with intricate sculptures and paintings and are 'incorrectly' traced back to the 2nd century BCE. Ajanta dates back to the Maurya Dynasty, as they exhibit a mastery of elements of the "Sacred Science" that the Guptas, to whom they are erroneously attributed, never attained. The oldest rock-cut architecture in India is the "Barabar Caves," at Bihar. Like Ajanta, they were built around the 3rd century BCE, during the Maurya Dynasty. They also contain numerous statues of the Bu-Uddha as he originally looked, Black-skinned, with full features, and kinky hair. The teachings of the "Bu-Uddha" (One-Annointed) have their origins in "Mel-Uddha" (not 'Meluhha,' which is an Akkadian mistranslation), also known today as "Indus Kush" and Indus Valley Civilization. Mel-Uddha means the "Land of Uddha," where everyone was a Bu-Uddha. Their "Civilization" (the truest sense of the word), which was 'rebuilt' after the flooding subsided around 7600 BCE (Rakhigarhi), thrived for 5800 years WITHOUT, Kings, Gods, Rich people, or WARS. This is why Ashoka the Great built Stupas atop their ancient cities that were abandoned during the Aryan invasions some 1300 years earlier. To relay to future generations the Consonance between the teachings of Mel-Uddha and those of the Bu-Uddha (and the 'old' Jains). We have entered a New Age, the "Age of Civilized Beings." The "Dogs of War" cannot stop the Time. Like us, they, too, must transform or imminently self-destruct. The difference between a "Technologically Advanced Savage" and a "Civilized Being" is the latter embraces 100% of their genotypic self (not merely the 1 to 2.75% of Neanderthal genes many carry), and the "Primordial Organizing Principle of Civilized Beings," embraced by the Civilized Beings of Mel-Uddha, Kemit, and the other members of the "Previous Worldwide Civilization," "Collective Empathy for ALL Spirits based on Expanded Perception of the One Law." Knowledge of which is expressed through the "Sacred Science."

[@ArghyadipGhosh]

I strongly recommend that the admins of this channel come up with the correction: Kushanas were not indo-greeks

[@harikrishnayadav3320]

1. Recent Historians (Pro Hindu) counter the argument of Ashokha laying down the arms after seeing the destruction of Kalinga war. It is said that Ashoka already accepted the Buddism before that war. Contemporary Jain literature supports this argument.

[@rahulgatlevar3591]

I am really enjoying these videos.while i was in patna,Bihar. Visited a museum there .i saw lot of statues of Indian gods lying on the floor and Buddha standing on them.is that to o show the arrival of Buddhism in very violent way.pls visit patna museum .i would like to know the details of those offensive statues

[@aryanhassan4659]

U should visit bihar museum... it's also in patna and has a much bigger collection.....I saw relics from literally every period of indian history in general bihar historyyy specifically....

[@sunlightlove1]

really amazing content . Thanks for great effort and genuine channel . kudos to entire team ,Please make more videos and update your spotify account .

[@Che_Guna]

Peace be with you all ☸️🙏

[@crystalpyramid5413]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sanjayrajan4964]

Nice video. But I can't control myself asking this question. Is Gandhara the same as present day Kandahar ?

[@Skm_4714]

Yes

[@danielhopkins296]

Left out how Flinders Petrie unearthed an Indian Buddha figure at the Memphis Ptah ( Buddha / Ptah) dated to the time of Cambyses (535 b.c.) Cambyses is the namesake of the Buddhist Kambojas of Balk the Buddhists converted during the time of Cambyses

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

How Sannati/Kanagaana halli stupa/sculptures in K'taka compare with Amaravathi? Eny one in the knowledge of the matter,please enlighten.

[@srinivasreddyt9555]

నా తెలుగు వాళ్ళందరూ బౌద్దులు ఒకప్పుడు 🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷

[@bongo990]

At 3:30 you say that the Kushanas were descendants of the Alexander's Satrapis, but that is not true. Alexander's Bactria was conquered by the Kushanas who were actually a central asian (or Türkic?) tribe east of Samarkhand. Kushanas absorbed the local indo-greek culture of course. The history from that period is very cool. THere are sculptures of Buddha being protected by Herakles.

[@santosh_979]

British actually protected Indian history

[@anirbanroy9806]

You did not explain about Hercules

[@Sunitnirgule]

Which amravati maharastra or andrapradesh

[@nrg1323]

AP

[@1ACL]

It was better back then....

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

6:04 give me proper evidence please

[@KumarNikhils]

Correction: Gandhara civilization was not based in Kandahar in Afghanistan. Gandhara was based around Peshawar and Swat valley in Pakistan

[@sowmitriswamy6718]

It most likely got its name from Kandahar. Remember, Queen Gandhari from the Mahabharata came from this region.

[@KumarNikhils]

@@sowmitriswamy6718 it's widely accepted fact in archaeological circle that gandhara and probably even gandhari of Mahabharat was based near Peshawar. River valleys near Peshawar has ruins supporting that hypothesis. Kandhahar name from gandhara is propoganda fiction

[@KumarNikhils]

@@sowmitriswamy6718 Alexander made a city near kandhahar called Alexandria in arachodia which became iskandar then to scandar to Kandahar. That is widely accepted name origin history Gandhara civilization is older than Alexander

[@Clyne-sv4hd]

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[@paragdesai1512]

King Ashoka was already a practicing Buddhist when the Kalinga war happened. His change of heart to non voilence might not be attributed to Buddhism.

[@prathappoojari5415]

Buddhism was not a separate religion until the ambedkar ... Budha never said that he created a separate Religion ..

[@ajaylokare5384]

84000 stupa still exists in jambudvip

[@wordscapes5690]

Indian narrators should teach the rest of the world how to narrate.

[@buttegowda]

I counted ... You show museum pieces for 33 seconds in this 8+ minute video. Next video, please talk less and show more details from the art work, that will help.

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

EXPLORE GOLGUMBAZ

[@Che_Guna]

☸️🙏❤️🫂

[@vinay2586]

When Satvahnas build only Buddhist monuments then how they are called Hindu king?

[@shivamshaw4539]

Gautami putra satakarni gave himself the title ekrat Brahman and claimed Brahmin status

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

​@@shivamshaw4539😂😂😂 lol gautami siri stakarani they are Buddhist 😴

[@saddha1]

They “allowed” Buddhism. ? Really? Please show hindu god statues and temples found from the same period. You can’t, which means they were Buddhist.

[@peace_companion95]

You are doing a very good job. The only problem is that , like many others you take it for granted that before Buddhism there was a Hindu religion. Which is not true. There is no historical evidence that before Buddha there was something like Hinduism. Hindu religion came in much later. Could be after 1000 CE. Even if there was something before Buddha, it was not Hinduism. There are no temples found of other hindu gods before Buddha. Please get rid of the presumptions. You are doing a great job!

[@sowmitriswamy6718]

Please stop this nitpicking. Let us postulate that before Buddhism there was no Hindusim, only Tamil gods, no Sanskrit, only Tami,l no Vedas only Sangam literature, no cities elsewhere except for those in Tamil Nadu, where the Ganga was a minor stream, whiel the kaveri flowed like an ocean but only from the point where it enters Tamil country. I hope that satisfies you. If it does not make your own video where you put forth your claims as the one and only truth.

[@peace_companion95]

@@sowmitriswamy6718 Thank you so much. I got it. Please don't be angry. You all are making nice videos. All the very best.

[@Lifegoeson166]

Buddhism was found AFTER Hinduism...and that is totally okay...You can see by Buddha's life story that Hinduism was already there. But it doesn't matter. The correct path doesn't have to be the oldest path.

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

​@@sowmitriswamy6718 yes you are right brother They want capture buddha & Tamil history by making us so called hindu & ➗ into 4 Varna

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

​@@Lifegoeson166 get out Lindu & get out your false claims & story

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

6:04 give me evidence please 😴

[@tivo3720]

That wheel what u r showing is from the Sun temple in Kalinga... Not from any Buddhist viharas... Don't mislead the people

[@NameIsSandeep]

Where did they say - its from buddhist vihara?

[@rockdstone4863]

Hinduism at the time of amaravati caves. Hinduism came into existence around 700-1200 AD.

[@sohamshinde7978]

4:23 say bhiksha bowl or alm bowl dont say begging bowl

[@asmirann3636]

Kushana have nothing to do with Greeks.

[@digvijaysingh2141]

Kushanas were not greek

[@Warheads46]

Telugu clan of my caste

[@vrattaluri9045]

Satavahana kings were Hindus but the queens followed Buddhism

[@sidhantkamble5191]

😂😂 who told you this? All the satavhana Kings are VAJRAYANI BUDDIST in Maharshtra we Have the BUDDIST caves build by satavhana Kings.

[@nrg1323]

​@@sidhantkamble5191Yes, Shatavahana queens were mostly Buddhists and liberally donated for vihara's and stupa's.

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

They tell you fake story & fake history Sātavāhana was Buddhist

[@prietya9906]

Please correct your history lesson. Asoka already became a buddhist by the time of the Kalinga war. So save the 'peaceful' buddhist comment for some other day.

[@fazer79]

It is peer reviewed by many foreign archeologists and historians. Don't spread misinformation.

[@prietya9906]

@@fazer79 What evidence did the FOREIGN archeologists find? where is the proof?

[@anirbanroy9806]

Buddhism is not different from so called Hinduism - that idea of difference was created by the British.

[@fazer79]

Why hold responsible British for everything? They both are different is told by many historians and archeologists and philosophies.

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

Get out you Lindu 😏 Buddhism is Buddhism Linduism is capturing buddha day by day (fake story of linduism)

[@peace_companion95]

If you are a Hindu, you need not take it for granted that there was a Hindu religion before any other religion in India!

[@senaeco]

Kushans are not Indo Greeks, they are Hepthalites or Kidarites. I Chinese historians and records identify them as Yuezhi from Gansu and Ningxia provinces of China. I know feel that this whole channel is bogus and lost credibility. It is quite common to obfuscate and push under the carpet of the impact of altaics in India especially North India.

[@swathikalva2281]

Why is it that in each of your videos you praise English men so much. It was their duty. So they did.

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

6:04 are you sure ? Please give me evidence They are hindu They use pakit language They made stupa chaitya & cave of Buddha They are not hindu They don't make any hindu temple why?

[@ajaylokare5384]

Satwahanas were buddhist . Please correct .

[@bharatkumar-kv2jx]

Where did u read that?

[@Deveshi.A.]

Satavahanas are Hindus but at that time same dynasty practiced many faiths including Buddhism and Jainism

[@ajaylokare5384]

@ASK ME gufaputra niyog ka parinam

[@ajaylokare5384]

@ASK ME खिरपुत्र 😜 child abuser rapist

[@sidhantkamble5191]

​@iamgreat151😂 ho ka haRAMtya, aurangzeb ni kiti kukade kele hote?

[@varunmoka28]

Hi. i would like to raise a point here. As per my knowledge and the Mauryan related context that i have read so far. Ashok started following Buddhism much before the Kalinga war and it is also not true that he is preached non-violence after this war as it is evident that there were wars post the kalinga war as well. This is a very common misconception about the story of Kalinga war and ashoka because this protrays Ashok as someone who became Gandhi from being a Ruthless conqueror. Its a story that everyone likes and would want it to be that way, but history should always be factual or else it looses its credibility. Kindly cross check this information and correct me if im wrong. For now, im going to dislike this video but keep up the good work. Thank you.

[@shankarjhanwar]

Sanjeev Sanyal research also adds this

[@rockdstone4863]

Yes, Ashoka was Hindus, while the religion came into existence around 700-1200 AD.

[@rockdstone4863]

@@shankarjhanwar yes, that garbage BJP historian.

[@bahubali5618]

​@@rockdstone4863 who said Asoka was hindu🤣🤣 his father followed ajivikism, so ge was born as ajivik. There is one cave in bihar it is made with granite stone. Go and see

[@itssach86823]

​@@rockdstone4863 really u think so . Do u ever read any history books .

[@Livingstone51]

The research is poor: 1. asoka was buddhists before Kalinga war. 2. After Kalinga war he killed thousands ajeevikas in Bengal. Most of he peaceful story is propaganda. He used buddhism a tool to change people narrative against him who use to call him chand Ashok. Buddhist have was used by all king a tool for propaganda they received huge wealth from these kings specially foreign invaders.

[@sowmitriswamy6718]

So you are the only one who can separate truth from propaganda, and you have chosen to reveal the truth as a comment in a KZbin video.

[@abcd11118]

​@@sowmitriswamy6718 he kindoff saying the truth during Islamic invasion Buddhists supported muslim invasion against Hindus see Bodhisattva video it is a Buddhist channel search why Buddhism declined in India.

[@Livingstone51]

@@sowmitriswamy6718 yup also I put chilly on willy & force every hindu hatred, anti national, leftist & zihadi to comment like headless chicken.

[@fazer79]

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[@mogambo4565]

Right... satavahanas were hindus but let buddhism flourish lol. why try hinduization of buddhist or jain kings 😅

[@privilegedindiansrworsthum8408]

Yeah satvahan were buddhist kings

[@ShivamRaina-dm9df]

Satvahana are Brahmins you can check in Wikipedia the thing is they followed a mix culture which has Buddhists and hindu figures but satvahanas are mentioned as brahmins

[@ShivamRaina-dm9df]

The Satavahanas were Hindus and claimed Brahmanical status,[3] although they also made generous donations to Buddhist monasteries.[106] The lay people in the Satavahana period perhaps generally did not exclusively support a particular religious group .[77] The Naneghat inscription of Nayanika, recorded on the walls of a cave, mentions that her husband Satakarni I performed several Vedic sacrifices, including ashvamedha (horse sacrifice), rajasuya (royal consecration), and agnyadheya (fire ceremony).[107] The inscription also records substantial fees paid to Brahmin priests and attendees for these sacrifices. For example, 10,001 cows were granted for the Bhagala-Dasaratra sacrifice; and 24,400 coins were granted for another sacrifice, whose name is not clear.[108]

[@ShivamRaina-dm9df]

@@privilegedindiansrworsthum8408 However, Carla M. Sinopoli notes that although there are some records of donations to the Buddhist monasteries by the Satavahana royals, the vast majority of the donations were made by the non-royals. The most common among these donors were merchants, and many of the monasteries were located along the important trade routes.[98] The merchants probably donated to the monasteries, because these sites facilitated trade by serving as rest houses, and possibly by directly participating in the trade.[3] The monasteries appear to have been an important venue for displaying charitable donations, including the donations made to non-Buddhists (especially Brahmins).[106]

[@ShivamRaina-dm9df]

Firstly there is no specific religion tag in that time people follow mix culture.

[@zojozojo-ox6wj]

All Mauryan was Buddhist It's fake story Don't tell fake story please Only talk about facts