Podcasts by Yuddha - The Indian Military History Podcast
The Indian subcontinent is about the size of Europe and is way more diverse and complicated - but how much do we know about its violent past? The land of Gandhi is also the land of the war-elephant, of gunpowder-wielding infantry, and of nuclear weapons that destroy everything in their wake.
In Yuddha, Anirudh Kanisetti (host of Echoes of India: A History Podcast) and Aditya Ramanathan explore the darker, blood-splattered side of India, beyond Bollywood and school textbooks. From the medieval invasions of Southeast Asia to the titanic clashes of the twentieth century, this is the military history of the subcontinent the way it was meant to be told.
Tune in to new episodes on Wednesday every fortnight.
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YUDDHA Delayed! from 2021-12-01T00:35:15
YUDDHA is going on a mid-season break as Anirudh and Aditya are struggling with a sudden invasion of responsibilities from their day jobs (and Anirudh's very exciting first book!) More in this b...
ListenYUDDHA Mid - Season Break from 2021-11-03T00:35:08
Empire of Paper: Inside the Mughal War Machine from 2021-10-20T00:35:14
Akbar's Fury: How the Mughals Made an Empire from 2021-10-06T00:35:16
Sher Shah Sur: The Outlaw Who Would Be Emperor from 2021-09-22T00:35:15
Gunpowder and Blood: How Babur Won at Panipat from 2021-09-08T00:35:22
Heirs of Timur: The Renaissance of War and Culture from 2021-08-25T00:35:25
Yuddha Season Finale: Cities of Victory: The Deccan Military Revolution and the Fall of Vijayanagara (feat. Srinivas Reddy) from 2020-09-16T00:35:05
In our Season 1 finale, we look at the saga of how an unlikely coalition of warring sultanates came to destroy the might of Vijayanagara. We begin with the Battle of Raichur in 1520, in which Vi...
ListenEp. 08: Cites of Victory: How the Portuguese Conquered the Indian Ocean from 2020-09-02T00:35:01
In the 15th century, the Indian Ocean was visited by two fleets that would change the history of the world.
The first was the gigantic armada of the Chinese admiral Cheng He, carrying thou...
ListenEp. 07: Cities of Victory: Vijayanagara and the Deccan Sultans (feat. Manu S. Pillai) from 2020-08-19T00:35:10
The great 300-year eruption of the Turkic and Mongol peoples has come to an end, and the sun rises upon a world transformed. The peoples of Eurasia are now welded into an enormous network of com...
ListenEp. 06: The Sultanate Supremacy: How Delhi Won and Lost the Deccan from 2020-08-05T00:35:07
As the Mongol threat faded, the warlords of Delhi turned their attention south to the riches of peninsular India. In a matter of a few decades, they would transform the fate of the subcontinent ...
ListenEp. 05: The Sultanate Supremacy: How Delhi Defeated the Mongols from 2020-07-22T00:35:05
Nobody in the late 13th century would have believed you, if you told them that the tiny Sultanate of Delhi - established by a turbulent band of Turkic warlords - would one day dominate the vast ...
ListenEp. 04: The Storm From the Steppe Part Two from 2020-03-25T00:35:04
India, the 12th century.
As European crusaders in se...
Ep. 03: The Storm From the Steppe Part One from 2020-03-11T00:35:04
This is the first of a two-part series on the complicated human stories that led to the rise of the Delhi Sultanate. The subcontinent experienced a violent upheaval a thousand years ago, as Turk...
ListenEp. 02: The World Of The South Indian Soldier from 2020-02-26T00:35:05
From the icy peaks of the Himalayas across the blue waters of the Indian Ocean, the medieval South Indian soldier transformed the fate of the world. Anirudh and Aditya explore the vibrant milita...
ListenEp. 01 The Age of the War-Elephant from 2020-02-12T00:35:05
There is no military doctrine so uniquely Indian as the use of the war-elephant. These magnificent animals dominated Indian battlefields for over two tho...
ListenIntroduction Ep. 00: A History Of Violence from 2020-02-03T05:18:55
India's violent past shapes the conflicts of its present, and looms over its uncertain future. If you've ever wanted to look beyond Bollywood's dudebros and glamourous cos...
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