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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
Aug 6, 2020
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jul 22, 2020
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jul 16, 2020
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jul 16, 2020
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jun 11, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
May 22, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
May 15, 2019
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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....
Anirudh Kanisetti
May 8, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
May 1, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Apr 24, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Apr 17, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Apr 10, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Apr 3, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Mar 27, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Feb 6, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jan 30, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jan 23, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jan 16, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jan 9, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Jan 2, 2019
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Dec 24, 2018
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Dec 17, 2018
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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,...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Dec 10, 2018
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Dec 3, 2018
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Nov 26, 2018
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Nov 19, 2018
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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...
Anirudh Kanisetti
Nov 13, 2018
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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.
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