Anirudh Kanisetti
YUDDHA Ep. 06: The Sultanate Supremacy (Part II)
The Delhi Sultanate came to dominate the subcontinent. But the conquest of the Deccan also spelt the beginning of its disintegration.
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jul 22, 2020
YUDDHA Ep. 05: The Sultanate Supremacy (Part I)
How Delhi Defeated the Mongols Nobody in the late 13th century would have believed you, if you told them that the tiny Sultanate of Delhi...
273 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jul 16, 2020
YUDDHA Ep. 01: The Age of the War Elephant
There is no military doctrine so uniquely Indian as the use of the war-elephant. These magnificent animals dominated Indian battlefields...
373 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jul 16, 2020
YUDDHA: The Indian Military History Podcast is returning on July 22!
The Indian subcontinent is about the size of Europe and is way more diverse and complicated - but how much do you actually know about its...
150 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jun 11, 2019
Season Finale: Harsha's Laughter
What happened in India after the fall of the Gupta Empire? Some of the most incredible states and people in the subcontinent's history...
317 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- May 22, 2019
21. End of an Era
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...
330 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- May 15, 2019
20. A Day in Ancient Ujjain
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...
474 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- May 8, 2019
19. When the Huns Invaded India
In the 5th century, two of the ancient world's superpowers - Rome and India - were threatened by massive migrations of nomadic peoples....
583 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- May 1, 2019
18. A Game of Thrones and Temples
The same century that saw the collapse of the Western Roman Empire also saw the rise of the great temple-building movements that...
673 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Apr 24, 2019
17. A Chinese Monk in Ancient India
How did South Asian Buddhism catch on in China? How did the interaction between South and East Asia shape the intellectual and economic...
471 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Apr 16, 2019
16. A Forgotten Queen
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) The 5th century Queen...
1,387 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Apr 10, 2019
15. Vishnu on Earth
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) In the the spectacular...
144 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Apr 3, 2019
14. Language of the Gods
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) How did Sanskrit...
1,042 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Mar 27, 2019
Season Premiere: King of Kings
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) The Season 2 premiere...
1,273 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Feb 6, 2019
Season Finale: Rise and Fall (24 mins)
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) The Season 1 Finale of...
210 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jan 30, 2019
11. Maitreya the Messiah (24 mins)
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) At the same time that...
284 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jan 23, 2019
10. A Buddhist Shahenshah (24 mins)
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) A Central Asian king...
354 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jan 16, 2019
09. Kushana, Son of God (21 mins)
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) This is the story of...
267 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jan 9, 2019
08. The Lost City of the Tamils (20 mins)
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) This is the story of...
298 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Jan 2, 2019
07. A South Indian Buddha (27 mins)
(if the audio embed above doesn't load, spam the refresh button or search for Echoes of India on your podcast app) How did Buddhism catch...
449 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Dec 24, 2018
06. The War of the Words
How did languages shape the way ancient Indians thought and behaved? Episode 6 of Echoes of India recounts the dramatic evolution of...
1,982 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Dec 17, 2018
5. The Shadow of Andhra's Stupas (22 mins)
This is the story of how South India's grandest Buddhist monument was built: the story of a time when Buddhism dominated the Indian...
1,156 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Dec 10, 2018
4. An Indian Lady in Ancient Rome (19 mins)
1900 years after she was carved, an Indian ivory statuette was uncovered in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. How did she come there,...
849 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Dec 3, 2018
3. The Glory of a Deccan Queen (20 mins)
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...
813 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Nov 26, 2018
2. Buddha Goes to Afghanistan (20 mins)
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...
937 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Nov 19, 2018
1. The Greeks Who Became Indians (24 mins)
Most histories of post-Vedic India start with Alexander the Great and then start with the story of North India under the Mauryas. But...
3,194 views
Anirudh Kanisetti
- Nov 13, 2018
0. Echoes of a Distant Time
Why's Indian history worth thinking about? After all, we live in a world so dominated by a globalised culture dominated by Western...
478 views
My work spans centuries, with an interest in scholarship, pioneering storytelling with audio, and an emphasis on anthropology, culture, and society. You can find sources and notes for my podcasts here.