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Episode 10 -Something in the Air

In this episode, we take a look at the beginning of formal philosophy in the Northern kingdoms of India. There was a climate of questioning and social change which then pushed thinkers to examine the fundamental nature of their world

Vivek February 25, 2017February 25, 2017 Podcast 14 Comments

Episode 09 – Argumentative Indians

In this episode, we take a closer look at how society operated and some of the changes that were taking place. The beginnings of dissent and protest and social revolution, new philosophies and get a crash course in ancient inheritance

Vivek December 19, 2016December 19, 2016 Podcast 2 Comments

Episode 08 – The Land of Belonging

With kings fighting for glory and gold, what did the regular citizens get up to? We’ll take a look at what their lives were like,  how ideas of social class and order developed. How much of an influence  ritual and

Vivek August 23, 2016August 24, 2016 Podcast 3 Comments

Episode 07 – The Body Politic

We’re at a time of change.  we’ll peel back the curtain on the different forces at work on ancient Indian society and see what it looked it before it changed. In this episode. we’ll look at the origin of kings

Vivek June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 Podcast No Comments

Episode 06 – Uneasy lie the heads

The Late Vedic Age;  sometime  between the 14th  and 7th centuries BC. Or thereabouts. A time when everyone wants to be king, and then has a hard time figuring how to hold on. There are many clans and families all

Vivek April 20, 2016 Podcast No Comments

Episode 5b – The Word of God, Deed of Man – (Part 3)

We pick up at the Rajasuya and then watch things go down hill for Yudhishtra and the Pandavas.  After 13 years, things come to a head and it’s all out war. But in the end, it doesn’t feel like a

Vivek April 5, 2016 Podcast No Comments

Episode 5a – The Word of God, Deed of Man – (Part 3)

We look at the other great epic of India;  the Mahabharata. A big, rich and complex  work. The Mahabharata covers a range of subjects from politics, war, society, philosophy, justice, the status of women and everything in between.  But unlike the

Vivek April 1, 2016April 4, 2016 Podcast 4 Comments

Episode 4 – Word of Man Deed of God (Part 2)

Taking a breather from the heavier history, this time, we hear the first of the great epics of India; The Ramayana. A classical tale with kings, queens, demons and armies of warring monkeys it is ultimately the triumph of dharma

Vivek March 3, 2016March 22, 2016 Podcast 4 Comments

Episode 3 – The words and deeds of Gods and Men (Part 1)

A broad survey of ancient Indian literary sources and what historians have learnt from studying the Rig Veda, one of the oldest literary works. After guessing  history from pottery remains and ruins of cities, literary sources were supposed to help.

Vivek January 27, 2016March 22, 2016 Podcast 4 Comments

Episode 2 – The Mark of the Unicorn

The Indus or Harappa Civilization, a very old and still mysterious civilization that reached a high degree of  urban sophistication and complexity but left very few clues to how it managed to do all that.  It’s divided historians and archaeologists about

Vivek December 29, 2015March 22, 2016 Podcast 4 Comments

Episode 1 – The Beginning

A brief geographical and archaeological survey of the earliest settlements in the South Asian Stone Age and the first signs of civilization. There’s also a little fish, world-carrying elephants and a giant turtle! Website Twitter

Vivek December 13, 2015March 22, 2016 Podcast 4 Comments

Episode 0 – Introduction

Hello!  My name is Vivek Vasan and this is the introduction to Historical India Podcast. Here, I’ll tell you a little about myself and the plans for the Podcast series going forward.   Website Twitter

Vivek December 13, 2015March 22, 2016 Podcast 23 Comments
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