Podcasts by Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
Echoes of India is the story of India like you've never heard it before. Host Anirudh Kanisetti takes you on a journey through its wonders, from the Greek art of Afghanistan to the thriving ports of Tamil Nadu. Along the way, monks debate, queens boast, and armies roar. From philosophy to politics to economics, the past comes back to life - noisy, breathing, as thriving as the Indian subcontinent is today.
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Beloved of the Gods: Ashoka Maurya in His Time and Ours from 2021-09-20T00:35:21
The Emperor is Naked: How History Forgot the Ajivikas and Remembered the Mauryas from 2021-09-13T00:35:09
Alexander the Brute: Building Empires in the Ancient World from 2021-09-06T00:35:14
Thrones of Blood: Ajatashatru's Wars and the First Buddhist Council from 2021-08-30T00:35:20
The Great Extinguishing: Memories of the Death of Buddha and the Rise of Magadha from 2021-08-23T00:35:21
So I Have Heard From the Blessed One: Anirudh Speaks to the Buddha from 2021-08-16T00:35:14
Nun of Your Business: Women, Society, and the Sangha in Early Buddhism from 2021-08-09T00:35:13
Nun of Your Business: Women, Society, and the Sangha in Early Buddhism from 2021-08-09T00:35:13
Buddha the Prophet: The Republics, Slaves and Ethics of Early India from 2021-08-02T00:35:06
Buddha the Prophet: The Republics, Slaves and Ethics of Early India from 2021-08-02T00:35:06
Gargi's Fires: Gender, Caste, Rebirth, and the Metaphysics of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad from 2021-07-26T00:35:13
Gargi's Fires: Gender, Caste, Rebirth, and the Metaphysics of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad from 2021-07-26T00:35:13
Buddha Goes to Sarnath: How Cities and Civilisations are Born from 2021-07-19T00:35:28
Buddha Goes to Sarnath: How Cities and Civilisations are Born from 2021-07-19T00:35:28
Harsha's Laughter from 2019-05-29T00:30
What happened in India after the fall of the Gupta Empire? Some of the most incredible states and people in the subcontinent's history emerged. This is their story.
Notes and sources are ...
ListenHarsha's Laughter from 2019-05-29T00:30
What happened in India after the fall of the Gupta Empire? Some of the most incredible states and people in the subcontinent's history emerged. This is their story.
Notes and sources are ...
ListenEnd of an Era from 2019-05-22T00:30
This is the story of the Hun who tried to be an Indian emperor, and a story of the human costs of war: a story of grief, destruction, and of creation and inspiration against all odds.
Not...
ListenEnd of an Era from 2019-05-22T00:30
This is the story of the Hun who tried to be an Indian emperor, and a story of the human costs of war: a story of grief, destruction, and of creation and inspiration against all odds.
Not...
ListenA Day in Ancient Ujjain from 2019-05-15T00:30
What was life in an ancient Indian city like? What were its sights and smells, and what kind of eccentric characters would it have been home to? Join us on a walk through Ujjain, one of South As...
ListenA Day in Ancient Ujjain from 2019-05-15T00:30
What was life in an ancient Indian city like? What were its sights and smells, and what kind of eccentric characters would it have been home to? Join us on a walk through Ujjain, one of South As...
ListenWhen The Huns Invaded India from 2019-05-08T00:30
In the 5th century, two of the ancient world's superpowers - Rome and India - were threatened by massive migrations of nomadic peoples. But while the Western Roman Empire collapsed, the Gupta Em...
ListenWhen The Huns Invaded India from 2019-05-08T00:30
In the 5th century, two of the ancient world's superpowers - Rome and India - were threatened by massive migrations of nomadic peoples. But while the Western Roman Empire collapsed, the Gupta Em...
ListenA Game of Thrones and Temples from 2019-05-01T00:30
The same century that saw the collapse of the Western Roman Empire also saw the rise of the great temple-building movements that transformed India's society and economy - but these played out in...
ListenA Game of Thrones and Temples from 2019-05-01T00:30
The same century that saw the collapse of the Western Roman Empire also saw the rise of the great temple-building movements that transformed India's society and economy - but these played out in...
ListenA Chinese Monk in Ancient India from 2019-04-24T00:30
How did South Asian Buddhism catch on in China? How did the interaction between South and East Asia shape the intellectual and economic evolution of Eurasia? Luckily for us, in the early 400s CE...
ListenA Chinese Monk in Ancient India from 2019-04-24T00:30
How did South Asian Buddhism catch on in China? How did the interaction between South and East Asia shape the intellectual and economic evolution of Eurasia? Luckily for us, in the early 400s CE...
ListenA Forgotten Queen from 2019-04-17T00:30
The 5th century Queen Prabhavati-Gupta, daughter and granddaughter of kings, mother and grandmother of Queens, was one of the most remarkable women in Indian history. This is the story of her dr...
ListenA Forgotten Queen from 2019-04-17T00:30
The 5th century Queen Prabhavati-Gupta, daughter and granddaughter of kings, mother and grandmother of Queens, was one of the most remarkable women in Indian history. This is the story of her dr...
ListenVishnu on Earth from 2019-04-10T00:30
This is the story of the spectacular Gupta astro-religio-political node of Udayagiri, where, in the 5th century CE, a new idea of Indian kingship was born. Here, through a series of brilliant in...
ListenVishnu on Earth from 2019-04-10T00:30
This is the story of the spectacular Gupta astro-religio-political node of Udayagiri, where, in the 5th century CE, a new idea of Indian kingship was born. Here, through a series of brilliant in...
ListenLanguage of the Gods from 2019-04-03T00:30
How did Sanskrit become a language of power and knowledge, patronized by everyone from kings to monks through half of Asia for a thousand years? This is the story of how the Guptas used its sple...
ListenLanguage of the Gods from 2019-04-03T00:30
How did Sanskrit become a language of power and knowledge, patronized by everyone from kings to monks through half of Asia for a thousand years? This is the story of how the Guptas used its sple...
ListenKing Of Kings from 2019-03-27T00:30
The Season 2 premiere of Echoes of India begins with the rise of the Himalaya mountains and ends with the victorious campaigns of the mighty North Indian ruler Samudra-Gupta, as Sanskrit courtly...
ListenKing Of Kings from 2019-03-27T00:30
The Season 2 premiere of Echoes of India begins with the rise of the Himalaya mountains and ends with the victorious campaigns of the mighty North Indian ruler Samudra-Gupta, as Sanskrit courtly...
ListenSeason Finale: Rise and Fall from 2019-02-06T00:30
The Season 1 Finale of Echoes of India is a rollercoaster ride through 600 years of Indian history, of the rise and fall of empires and ideas until the eve of the Gupta Empire in 300 CE. From ar...
ListenSeason Finale: Rise and Fall from 2019-02-06T00:30
The Season 1 Finale of Echoes of India is a rollercoaster ride through 600 years of Indian history, of the rise and fall of empires and ideas until the eve of the Gupta Empire in 300 CE. From ar...
ListenMaitreya the Messiah from 2019-01-30T00:30
At the same time that Christianity and other savior cults emerged in West Asia, ancient India had its own Buddhist savior. This was Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future. This is his story, a story...
ListenMaitreya the Messiah from 2019-01-30T00:30
At the same time that Christianity and other savior cults emerged in West Asia, ancient India had its own Buddhist savior. This was Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future. This is his story, a story...
ListenA Buddhist Shahenshah from 2019-01-23T00:30
A Central Asian king revered by Indians as the Second Ashoka? This is the story of the ruthless conqueror Kanishka, who led the Kushan Empire to its apogee, and ruled over most of North India - ...
ListenA Buddhist Shahenshah from 2019-01-23T00:30
A Central Asian king revered by Indians as the Second Ashoka? This is the story of the ruthless conqueror Kanishka, who led the Kushan Empire to its apogee, and ruled over most of North India - ...
ListenKushana, Son of God from 2019-01-16T00:30
This is the story of the rise of the Kushan Empire: the most powerful South Asian state since the fall of the Mauryan Empire. Episode 9 of Echoes of India brings to life the remarkable religious...
ListenKushana, Son of God from 2019-01-16T00:30
This is the story of the rise of the Kushan Empire: the most powerful South Asian state since the fall of the Mauryan Empire. Episode 9 of Echoes of India brings to life the remarkable religious...
ListenThe Lost City of the Tamils from 2019-01-09T00:30
This is the story of the jewel of ancient South India: the great Tamil trading city of Puhar. Episode 8 of Echoes of India brings to life a city sung about in poetry for thousands of years, at a...
ListenThe Lost City of the Tamils from 2019-01-09T00:30
This is the story of the jewel of ancient South India: the great Tamil trading city of Puhar. Episode 8 of Echoes of India brings to life a city sung about in poetry for thousands of years, at a...
ListenA South Indian Buddha from 2019-01-02T00:30
How did Buddhism catch on in South India? Episode 7 of Echoes of India explores the life of the Andhra teacher Nagarjuna, called a "Second Buddha", his fascinating philosophy of "zeroness", and ...
ListenA South Indian Buddha from 2019-01-02T00:30
How did Buddhism catch on in South India? Episode 7 of Echoes of India explores the life of the Andhra teacher Nagarjuna, called a "Second Buddha", his fascinating philosophy of "zeroness", and ...
ListenThe War of the Words from 2018-12-24T00:30
How did languages shape the way ancient Indians thought and behaved? Episode 6 of Echoes of India recounts the dramatic evolution of Sanskrit and Prakrit as widely-spoken ...
ListenThe War of the Words from 2018-12-24T00:30
How did languages shape the way ancient Indians thought and behaved? Episode 6 of Echoes of India recounts the dramatic evolution of Sanskrit and Prakrit as widely-spoken ...
ListenThe Shadow of Andhra's Stupas from 2018-12-17T00:30
This is the story of how South India's grandest Buddhist monument was built: the story of a time when Buddhism dominated the Indian subcontinent, and South Indian Buddhism reached out to shape t...
ListenThe Shadow of Andhra's Stupas from 2018-12-17T00:30
This is the story of how South India's grandest Buddhist monument was built: the story of a time when Buddhism dominated the Indian subcontinent, and South Indian Buddhism reached out to shape t...
ListenAn Indian Lady in Ancient Rome from 2018-12-10T00:30
1900 years after she was carved, an Indian ivory statuette was uncovered in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. How did she come there, and how much had the world changed since the eruption of Ve...
ListenAn Indian Lady in Ancient Rome from 2018-12-10T00:30
1900 years after she was carved, an Indian ivory statuette was uncovered in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. How did she come there, and how much had the world changed since the eruption of Ve...
ListenThe Glory of a Deccan Queen from 2018-12-03T00:30
History is written by kings. What if a queen could tell us her story?
In this episode, the rush of Central Asian nomads into India is halted by the first true empire based in the Deccan. ...
ListenThe Glory of a Deccan Queen from 2018-12-03T00:30
History is written by kings. What if a queen could tell us her story?
In this episode, the rush of Central Asian nomads into India is halted by the first true empire based in the Deccan. ...
ListenBuddha Goes to Afghanistan from 2018-11-26T00:30
Sometimes, the most beautiful art is paid for by the most brutal of conquerors. This is the story of how ancient India's most remarkably globalised art was born.
In this episode, the tale ...
Buddha Goes to Afghanistan from 2018-11-26T00:30
Sometimes, the most beautiful art is paid for by the most brutal of conquerors. This is the story of how ancient India's most remarkably globalised art was born.
In this episode, the tale ...
The Greeks Who Became Indians from 2018-11-19T00:30
Most histories of post-Vedic India start with Alexander the Great and then start with the story of North India under the Mauryas. But this story stays with Alexander's army.
This episode ...
ListenThe Greeks Who Became Indians from 2018-11-19T00:30
Most histories of post-Vedic India start with Alexander the Great and then start with the story of North India under the Mauryas. But this story stays with Alexander's army.
This episode ...
ListenIntroduction from 2018-11-13T12:07:02
Echoes is a history podcast like no other. It's by Indians, about Indians, for Indians: A 700-year journey from the invasion of Alexander to the Gupta Empire, from the sublime Greek art of Gandh...
ListenIntroduction from 2018-11-13T12:07:02
Echoes is a history podcast like no other. It's by Indians, about Indians, for Indians: A 700-year journey from the invasion of Alexander to the Gupta Empire, from the sublime Greek art of Gandh...
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