Turkic Invasions Part 3: Tarain, Odisha & Assam

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3 жыл бұрын

In this podcast, Abhijit Iyer builds from the last two podcasts/presentations and we look at the battles/kingdoms of Tarain, Odisha & Assam. This is part three of the series of Turkic Invasions podcasts.
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@dharma7766 3 жыл бұрын

Moral of the story: Stay united. Keep your personal ego aside when it comes to national interest. Take root in your civilizational identity and flourish into a strong eco system of a nation.

@demorvie 3 жыл бұрын

Technologies win war, worrying too much about tradition and values is the worst thing you can do when on the battlefield.

@Jack_The_Ripperr 2 жыл бұрын

@@demorvie agreed 100%. And we are repeating the same mistakes even now

@yj9032 Жыл бұрын

No. That's literally the opposite.

@dbwillrise8 Жыл бұрын

That was not really the lesson.

@dharma7766 Жыл бұрын

@fisty I'm a soldier, a retired commander... I believe I'm fit enough to know what drives man to victory.. Machines can be bought. Motivation cannot be bought, it comes from your roots of your culture. Vietnam defeated the superpower US with mostly low grade weapons, now tell me how that happened..

@Austenite762 3 жыл бұрын

Abhijeet Iyer Mitra is the history teacher we never had but needed the most..

@dr.harshitjain6410 3 жыл бұрын

Watch Abhijit Chavda channel

@rrajapur 3 жыл бұрын

So true

@sksumd 3 жыл бұрын

good but not awesome

@deepika2644 2 жыл бұрын

@@sksumd awesome teacher

@saileshjoshi5422 2 жыл бұрын

Watch kings and general, invicta, knowledgeia

@vikramrazdan5680 2 жыл бұрын

Narasingha Deva II, King of Kalinga, in his Sanskrit bronze inscription of Kendupatna, mentioned after victory against the Turkic Mughlas in the Battle of Katasin in 1244 CE; "Radha Varendra Yabani Nayanjanaasru, Pureya Dur Binibesita Kalima Srihi, Tadh Bipralamm Karayadrabhuta Nistaranga, Gangapi Nunamamuna Yamunadhunavut” Translation : The Ganga herself blackened for a great extent by the flood of tears which washed away the collyrium from the eyes of the Yavanis [Muslim women] of Radha and Varendra [west and north Bengal] whose husbands have been killed by Narasimha’s army.

@srmohanty7460 3 жыл бұрын

Odisha was a wealthy state with historical records showing that it was one of the largest food producers in medival India.It used to export to SE asia and south India.

@aakashboom 3 жыл бұрын

it was a trading centre in oceanic routes to southeast asia

@srmohanty7460 3 жыл бұрын

Odia were successful against Turks bcoz they were able to unite for protection of Jaganath culture.Gajapati declared Lord Jaganatha the king of Odisha and fought under his command.This kind of religious unity among hindus were rare at that time

@Abhishek-sr2pu 3 жыл бұрын

He basically created pseudo-caliphate. But it was pretty tolerant. We shouldn't forget the brave resistance of odia soldiers against the horde of vijayanagara in udayagiri for more then a year. Neither should we forgot about sitapati aks citaph Khan who bravely faced the horde of vijayanagara and died trying to stop their advance to Cuttack. Jai jagannath jai odisha jai kalinga jai hind

@pillalamarrisaikumar7205 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abhishek-sr2pu but the Vijayanagar emperors were Hindus why to stop them anyway it was payback for what you did in southern India

@pillalamarrisaikumar7205 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abhishek-sr2pu but his intention was not to attack jaganath ji but get the hand of the Princess

@yashvardhanojha6796 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abhishek-sr2pu mind u ! Vijaya Nagar wasn't going to DESTROY the Adobe of bhagwan Jagannath. That's the difference. Also this pattern can be seen in Mewar and Travancore where the rulers rule as deputies of ekling ji and Vishnu bhagwan (I'm not able to recall the Malayalam name for lord Vishnu)

@ayushpanda8896 3 жыл бұрын

@Rashmi ranjan Swain plz mention the book you're taking reference from , will prepare for OAS

@akashsinghal4517 3 жыл бұрын

How we would love a lesson like this on the Rise and Fall of Marathas with respect to their War Tactics and Diplomatic Strategy.

@chirak8635 3 жыл бұрын

Proud of being Odia ❤️ jay Kalinga

@4z4d 3 жыл бұрын

KS Lal and Sita Ram Goel are Historians that analysed incidents in detail. Cultural, religious and ethnic context. In this 3 part series we learn technicality

@MrJuggernautishere 3 жыл бұрын

His pattern recognition talent is unmatched when it comes to history

@pniraj007 2 жыл бұрын

Abhijit is underestimating the significance of horses in medieval warfare. It's not just cavalry tactics (archery) and maneuvers, it is also about mobility (escaping, raiding), reconnaissance, communication, transport, food production & foraging, etc. All combined horse-rich cultures will significantly outperform in medieval times.

@jaibharat8932 Жыл бұрын

He forgets the bigger picture always 😂

@Deveshi.A. 7 ай бұрын

Agriculture production doesn't depend on horse in this country , it was depend on bull , they carry heavy load and they won't get tired easily Bull is the thing for griculture but war got advantage in wars , traditionally Indian strength is elephant , Bull and man power when they got charmed by turkick horses indian rulers downfall started in medical ages

@aakashboom 5 ай бұрын

Ha beta come to assam where cavalry horses were beaten by infantry and elephants for 500 years

@kalpanasharma1767 3 жыл бұрын

This is how history should be taught.. absolutely brilliant

@AR.67 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought History subject could be explained this interestingly. Thank you AIM

@uzochiokeke4328 3 жыл бұрын

Abhijit sir i don't know if there are any more interesting battles during the turkic/medival period of India but it would be wonderful to have a part 4 of this amazing series. If not then perhaps you could talk more in detail about battles/wars in Persia, the Ottoman empire and the Arabian peninsula.

@ronitdey6613 2 жыл бұрын

I read in Sanjeev Sanyal's book that Sol Invictus was to worship the god named Mithras which was also worshipped by Indo-Iranian people who is thought to be the same as the vedic god Mitra. Romans celebrated a festival in his name from 17th to 25th December every year. 25th Dec was taken as Christmas day after rome became catholic. This is why the orthodox church actually celebrates chirstmas on different date that is 7th January.

@smoky3302 3 жыл бұрын

Hindus never understood "War what is it good for " 😁😁😁

@balachandrarjogi271 3 жыл бұрын

"Absolutely nothing...."

@smoky3302 3 жыл бұрын

@@balachandrarjogi271 Ian morris disagree with u

@balachandrarjogi271 3 жыл бұрын

@@smoky3302 You've got me here. I aimed at something and I got shot. I accept my defeat sir.

@balachandrarjogi271 3 жыл бұрын

@@smoky3302 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNqKfJWSsbedg6s.html

@smoky3302 3 жыл бұрын

@@balachandrarjogi271 well know about both the song and the book that's why I wrote the comment in first place. And I am expecting some one to write "absloutely nothing" But hey thanks for the link to the song .

@nilamonichelleng1335 3 жыл бұрын

That was Aalaaboi battle (आलावै/ आलावइ रण) before Saraighat (शराइ घाट) battle happened.

@MsSilverblaze 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of the best discussion series I have seen in a long time. Thank you both.

@AnkitSharma-rx4pq 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most insightful sessions I have watched . Kudos Kushal and AIM .

@geekybastard1433 3 жыл бұрын

Man, this is the most enlightening talk on the Indian history on youtube. I must say AIM is a beast in the history of India!

@yami6499 3 жыл бұрын

As a history-lover, I greatly thank Abhijit for this vid and kushal too. I had brief idea about things talked here but didnt know about riverine based opposition by oriyas.

@sairavikiranyelchuri2413 2 жыл бұрын

One correction. There is no fort williams in 1757. It was build later. and industrial revolution between 1760 and 1840 which means fort williams had 1 million rifles in 1820 or something like that , much later than timeline discussed by AIM

@saurabhdombe725 3 жыл бұрын

This whole trilogy must be archived.its pure gold.. i am going to show this to my son.

@aakashboom 3 жыл бұрын

17 times mughals got defeated 13 times delhi sultunate got defeated in assam for a 500 year period still not mention in ncert history books.. even every invading islamic army in Assam was always 70000+ everytime

@EloraSelah 2 жыл бұрын

Became attack on assam doesn't win u india, delhi wins u india.

@SamDy99 2 жыл бұрын

With stupid logics like "They couldn't cross Brahmaputra ". I mean you can cross Sindhu and Ganga but not Brahmaputra !!

@vivekt4896 2 жыл бұрын

@@EloraSelah that is the stupid headline assumtion of the jhola chap historians. Delhi was just one sultanate.

@SaurabhSingh-zv1kf 2 жыл бұрын

Then how did Muzlims makes 35per population in Assam if they could not have conquered ever?

@aakashboom Жыл бұрын

@@SaurabhSingh-zv1kf Bangladeshi influx after 1947

@arabindswain4455 3 жыл бұрын

Abhijeet in the terrain of Odisha the movement of elephants can be hidden in the forests and they can be used for ambush. You have extremely tall grass that grows in these regions. For entry and exit from Odisha still there are very limited pathways. You can use the knowledge of local geography to encircle armies on these paths and kill them. Elephants were not used for charging enemy but to be immovable rocks between which enemy can be crushed. In Odisha cavalry was less about speed and more about ability to hold your line. So Odisha didn't have a large horse cavalry but it did use elephant cavalry. Even though Odisha has riverine forts the primary means of battle was always luring the enemy in by having less activity in the fort and allowing them to seige and outflanking them. Odia armies depended much more on deceit and actively avoided battling large formations in open battle because of numerical inferiority. It was always about hit and run to lure the enemy in and ending them with combination of infantry and elephant cavalry.

@pillalamarrisaikumar7205 3 жыл бұрын

He mentioned a few of your points in his second video

@aakashboom 8 ай бұрын

Same for assam

@bhaskarjyotidutta4155 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this insightful talk on Ahom kings and Oriya & Assamese successful resistance against Turkic invaders. 👍👏👏👏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

@jayakumarrdx 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing...how much homework was done and marathon presentation...Hats off Abhijeet..salute you. Thanks for organizing Kushal

@adarsh_1 3 жыл бұрын

01:27:55 Would disagree here. The hindu kings definitely differentiated between turks and indigenous rulers. Yes they fought between themselves and never made a big coalition against turks, but them being outsiders was understood. An islamic ruler was always called "turk" or "mlechha" by indians, whereas no Indian ruler calls another Indian enemy or rival ruler as "mlechha". Mlechha is a term for people outside "Aryavarta" , and this word is used for turks a lot by indians.

@Abhishek-sr2pu 3 жыл бұрын

I doubt that. That vedic time name would have been already gone.

@adarsh_1 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abhishek-sr2pu 'Turk' is not a vedic word, while 'mlechha' is vedic and still used even today. I would suggest you to read Maratha and Rajpoot literature, the abovementioned terms are used frequently for mohammedan rulers.

@user-wp7kg6qw1g 3 жыл бұрын

@@adarsh_1 Turks are wide spread nation just like arabs. Abhijit never goes detail of what clan or what group of people there were. Simply he says Turks because most of them were from central asia. All I wanna say is names are always twisted. For example Mughals were Turks 100% with some persianasation. But people still call Mughals.

@adarsh_1 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-wp7kg6qw1g You are correct, but what does it have to do with the original comment?

@natalkumar6132 3 жыл бұрын

Abhijit , please do a video on the redundant technologies and why they are going to be redundant and how ? Then we can solve the question of what comes next . Redundancy teaches you how new technology appears.

@praz7 3 жыл бұрын

Indians going woke got abhijit in trouble over a small joke about orissa. Fair play to him for talking about Orissa despite what happened.

@pranab9606 3 жыл бұрын

yup i am from balasore but i got to know more about Odisha from abhijit than 10 years of my school syllabus education & i am from Odisha board

@chirak8635 3 жыл бұрын

@@pranab9606 ଆମ education system ବେକାର, କିଛି ନାହି ଆମ ଇତିହାସ

@pranab9606 3 жыл бұрын

@@chirak8635 ଏହା ହିଁ ତ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ଆମର , ଆମ ସଂସ୍କୃତିକୁ ସବୁଠାରୁ ଅଧିକ କ୍ଷତି ଆମର ବିଗତ 75 ବର୍ଷର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନ ଗଣତାନ୍ତ୍ରିକ ସରକାର ମଧ୍ୟରେ ହୋଇଛି

@vikramadityahindu8591 3 жыл бұрын

@@chirak8635 pura thik.Jadi ba central govt kichi karuni ama state govt ama history ku bhala bhabe padheiba katha.

@SafavidAfsharid3197 2 жыл бұрын

@@pranab9606 you didn't learn about ganga and Gajapati?

@vivanranjan261 3 жыл бұрын

a podcast with abhijit on architecture pls from ancient medieval to modern (including interior design)

@prateekdange2199 3 жыл бұрын

what impact do the physical attributes (height weight etc), diet, cultural and religion of a common infantryman have on the battlefield?

@hardikkanitkar2879 3 жыл бұрын

AIM is good in his war history analysis but his overall Aura oozes Pessimism. He is pessimistic as hell. Sure India had multiple invasions , had Internal conflicts , were poor in war strategies.. Still our civilisation has managed to survive. There has to be some reason for isn't it?

@ravimishra18796 3 жыл бұрын

classical sparta vs athens debate. millitary defeat and cultural subordination are different things

@mohantysobhi 2 жыл бұрын

@@ravimishra18796 fantastic point. about time someone made this point! unlike all the other random comments that dont even make sense.

@Jack_The_Ripperr 2 жыл бұрын

@@fealdorf 100% agreed.

@vinayak1487 2 жыл бұрын

Luck

@vinayak1487 2 жыл бұрын

@@fealdorf xactly

@Diro_Nikhil 3 жыл бұрын

This series was perfect !

@bharatavarsha17000 8 ай бұрын

Oh man, what a man AIM is ❤ Totally loved the three part conversation. I really love how he is trying to correlate with the current setup and how they are doing the same mistakes which are happening from the last 1000 years. Hope someone from the Armed Forces watch this and revisit our strategies.

@rohitmangla4027 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. This needs to be in history books.

@sandy666ification 3 жыл бұрын

Please do battle for somenath next. Also initial skirmishes between the rajas in Pakistan and the ghurids. Perticularly the king who killed himself when he was defeated by ghurids (jayapal I think)

@NishantShyamGoutam 3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion. Shahis of Kabul and Jabul are the least discussed defenders repulsing every enemy at the gates of India for almost 350 years. May be it was Jayapala's son Anandapala who performed a fire ritual that facilitated his self-immolation after he had to shift his capital to Und* (near Peshawar) leaving the upper Kabul valley. Kalhana narrates these events in his historial treatise Rajatarangini

@abhinnakhale7520 3 жыл бұрын

Pratiharas as well...

@NishantShyamGoutam 3 жыл бұрын

@Abhra Talukdar Yes. Peshawar was Purushapura. The peshawar region was known as Pushkala(ra)vati - a constituent of the larger Gandhar. Und was Udabandapura (correct me if it is incorrect)

@NishantShyamGoutam 2 жыл бұрын

@Alexios I Komnenos the info is from various sources, but its in bits & pieces. The immediate resource I can suggest now is Rajatarangini - a 13th c AD treatise by the Kashmiri author Kalhana on the kings of Kashmir & other Northwestern regions of early medieval India. He was a contemporary of the grandson of the Afghan shahi king Anandapala. Another is Varahamihira's work on astronomy where he briefly describes Afghan lands (Avgana as mentioned in it). He was a 6th c AD mathematician - astronomer who is credited with defining zero and proper codification of principles, theories maths & astronomy. One of the sources I may not be able to provide is the Oral history traditions - orally passed down for generations . It might have arisen due to the destruction of Universities and libraries eg. Taxila (near present day Islamabad), Sharda peeth (in the Neelum valley of Pak occupied Jammu & Kashmir)

@eliotanderson6554 10 ай бұрын

Who else stiol watching histpry videos of carvaka again and again 😮

@abecedarian9188 3 жыл бұрын

It brought tears of pride.Again it was the in-flight because of which we were done in.

@siddhantasinghsomvansheey 3 жыл бұрын

A true gem of a video regarding history. 🙏🙏🙏

@Flutemelodybyavneesh 3 жыл бұрын

Your chronicle of Genghis kanh is amazing. There is a need to understand the real psychology and culture of Mongols without a western and Arab biases. There is a strong possibility that Genghis Kanh actually respected the Indian land and he was avenging mistreatment by Khwarism.

@Flutemelodybyavneesh 3 жыл бұрын

@@chin-taah-muh-nee you are right. But tell me who among these was not a barbarian. I mean there can be a tough competition for greatest barbarian among Turkish , the Khiljis, the Tughlaq taimur and so on.

@Flutemelodybyavneesh 3 жыл бұрын

@@chin-taah-muh-nee 👍

@EloraSelah 2 жыл бұрын

Genghis was converted to islam i read.

@kunalsingh3121 2 жыл бұрын

Nonsense, Changez was too big a bigot to respect Indian land, just like Taimur was, most probably he did not want a long campaign in heatwave of India.

@cassandra3847 3 жыл бұрын

12:27 Jayadratha

@Iyervval 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@insearchof9090 3 жыл бұрын

Bhaaysaab, kitna deen baad kiye ho. Phir bhi thanks. But do continue the historical topics like this which generally isn't taught in our schools and colleges.

@ravindervenkataraman7009 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and interesting .. All 3 parts ... 🙏🏽 Thank You so much

@AnandKumar-je3ly 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@somnath1235 3 жыл бұрын

It's a joy to hear history from AIM.. hope u continue this series on the complete Indian history in sequence

@MrJuggernautishere 3 жыл бұрын

as he said he needs stimulating thoughtful questions to spur him on

@somnath1235 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrJuggernautishere yes.. But that's a tough task for ametures like me..

@sreenathansa7637 2 жыл бұрын

Loved all the 3 parts. Could you create another part on the gunpowder/artillery evolution in Medieval India under the Turkic dynasties. Was guns and ammunition primarily bought in from Ottomans in a way how our current armed forces are dependant on Russian imports?

@vikramadityahindu8591 3 жыл бұрын

As an Odia I know our History.The Maratha raids were not frequent or devastating in Odisha.The Bhat Brahmins of Maratha were devotees of Baba Lingaraj and Jagannath ji.In fact many Marathas setteled in Odisha. You can find the Nayak,Bhujbal,Rout surnames in Odisha.Their paternal ancestors from Marathi armies. In the battle History of India the Khandayat and Paikas of Odisha are not mentioned. The word mlechha means dirty,drunkard,womaniser,greedy and unethical. The actual land of Odisha is from Ganga to Godavari.Since the Bengali and Telugus were conqured by Britishers earlier they were more in administration.They took large part of our land.

@VIKASSHARMA970 3 жыл бұрын

It helps a lot in understanding History....

@AshokKumar-vm6go 3 жыл бұрын

Discussion on mahabhart military point of view like formations , ranks , deception , motivational speakers

@ishantgaming 3 жыл бұрын

1192-2021 we still are not changed and we would likewise wiped of like the pagans from the face of the earth karte rehna fir fir 'ghar wapsi' and 'dharma revival'.

@natalkumar6132 3 жыл бұрын

We are the last surviving Pagans .

@saurabhdombe725 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks kushal for this

@gaudiyawarriors87 2 жыл бұрын

Watch full detailed video on the Hindu king of Bengal Gaudeshwar Lakshman Sena who defeated Bakhtiyar Khilji & protected India from Turks kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qL2SlZd1stjJon0.html

@pavankumar-zl1yn 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting series..

@AshokKumar-vm6go 3 жыл бұрын

Could we discuss tactics of great Indian military commanders like shivaji maharaj, Bajirao, hari singh nalwa, zorawar singh , lachit borphukan, chola navy ,

@KKN7000 3 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video on Turks as a whole from where the originate when and how they took over central asia when and why they Islamized etc.

@amritpanda7947 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks kushal as I am banned from Twitter ,I love to see how you make your word count🙌❤️

@kshitizjain6810 3 жыл бұрын

We need Abhijit Iyer Mitra as HRD Minister.

@aakashboom 3 жыл бұрын

He is just like subramanian swamy,bin painde ka lotta

@arsenalf.c6443 3 жыл бұрын

True

@zkykmxgj7490 3 жыл бұрын

Mr AIM...really good lecture; learned a lot

@shubham498 3 жыл бұрын

Abhijit forgot that the Dogras/sikh infact invaded tibet. They annexed ladakh to jammu kashmir in first invasion but were defeated in 2nd invasion of tibet. Dogras had a dream of annexing kailash mansarovar, however they were defeated in 2nd sino dogra war

@ravimishra18796 3 жыл бұрын

they never captured or controlled it. Zorawar Daulat Singh famously died on way to Lhasa.

@vikramadityahindu8591 3 жыл бұрын

Bhai Jammu aur Himachal me Dogra rahte he na?

@shubham498 3 жыл бұрын

@@vikramadityahindu8591 of course they live their. Thats their historical homeland. Dogras are 85% overall in 10 districts Jammu division out of which hindu dogras are 65% overall. Simlarly Dogras are majority in Chamba and Kangra districts of Himachal with large percentage in Mandi, Hamirpur in HP and Pathankot, Hoshiarpur in Punjab.

@SaurabhSingh-zv1kf 2 жыл бұрын

@@shubham498 Is Dogra ethnicity or caste?

@shubham498 2 жыл бұрын

@@SaurabhSingh-zv1kf its an ethnicity. Some castes do use Dogra as surname but dogras are an ethnicity. They speak Dogri which is one of the official language of India and are mainly found in Jammu and Chamba, Kangra distt of Himachal.

@mayurdead9210 3 жыл бұрын

Please continue this seriesm

@amritpanda7947 3 жыл бұрын

Oh hey today is the coronation of Maharaj kapilendra dev .nice to see this today

@srmohanty7460 3 жыл бұрын

The name gajapati means who rides elephants. I always believed that odia kings were able defeat invaders due to huge supply of war horse,well developed business relationships with south east asia,and all small kings uniting under the oath to protect the holy land of Lord Jaganatha.

@Abhishek-sr2pu 3 жыл бұрын

Gajapati means lord of elephants man learn the language.

@MrJuggernautishere 3 жыл бұрын

LOL how would South East Asia provide horses through trade? There were even more of a horse poor region than India

@EloraSelah 2 жыл бұрын

Kalpahad destroyed konark and firoz shah tughlaq destroyed Jagganath is given on wikipedia

@krishandhillon4100 2 жыл бұрын

The series also fills in the gaps left by Carroll Quigley in his "Weapon Systems and Political Stability".

@nirajpatel3138 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Abhijit, hey kushal. Do a similar presentation on Shivaji and his tactics. And core reason of success of Marathas in western and northern India.

@dipmalyaroy987 3 жыл бұрын

make a video on socio -economic and cultural aspect of turkic invasion on india .

@anonymouslyopinionated656 3 жыл бұрын

55:36 if you know your history, you can instantly predict what abhijit is going to say after he starts with "incidentally, the same..." :)

@abhayagarwal2589 3 жыл бұрын

1 question: The western part of Indian subcontinent, present day Pakistan, parts of Afghanistan and Kashmit got Islamised but not the rest of India until all the way to the other end of the subcontinent, present day Bangladesh. The seat of Islamic power in India was Delhi but even Delhi and its surrounding areas are predominantly non-Muslim today, unlike Lahore, Dhaka, etc. What could be the possible reasons for people in certain regions converting easily in comparison to others?

@snehashispanda4808 3 жыл бұрын

Because of population exchange after independence.

@shubhamtiwari7008 3 жыл бұрын

@@snehashispanda4808 is it true for afghanistan

@abhayagarwal2589 3 жыл бұрын

@@snehashispanda4808 No even before partition, Bengal had a significantly higher Muslim population compared to rest of India until the western frontier (Pakistan). Also, Delhi had higher Hindu population than Muslims even before partition. Yes, there was population exchange but not to an extent where the demography of Delhi completely changed.

@ranjanchaudhery8479 3 жыл бұрын

Because they were mostly Buddhist dominated areas population wise, muslim rule was longest there except briefly sikhs got power in North West india. You can see that after the fall of mighty shahis Northwest remained in muslim control till sikh rule or say a brief maratha intervention whereas in bengal things were worst...

@abhishekdabhade018 3 жыл бұрын

In sindh and western Punjab majority population was Buddhist who din't resist enough and got easily converted. While in bengal conversions happen on large scale because of lack of resistance by the bong hindus. And in kashmir a loyal mulim minister of king in some 1400 became the king after death of the hindu king and converted the population forcefully,those who dint were killed. And since most of his ministry was still made up of bramins they were spared in the valley.

@nikhilchitale1254 Жыл бұрын

Adding to Abhijeet analysis I would highly recommend Dan Carlin podcast titled wrath of khans to get mangol context.

@yashvardhanojha6796 3 жыл бұрын

I always wondered about this fact, we collapsed after a single big battle while in Europe and West Asia ,even small kingdoms would survive after horrific losses.

@pinkyfinger9851 3 жыл бұрын

Who said we collapsed, we are the only one who still holds its legacy since bronze age

@AjitJoshi686 3 жыл бұрын

What are learning’s now from the oldest time ? Like avoiding chasing weakness like cavalry etc which was discussed. Can be Part 4 of video

@mrityunjay1055 3 жыл бұрын

Abhijit Iyer Mitra is the last prophet! We all should just submit to him and his commands! 😅 Fun aside, I had one thing to say. You were discussing that historians are not sure what really happened between 5th and 7th century, that the caste system became so rigid. So Manusmriti could have played some role maybe? It was written around 3rd Century AD and must have got mainstreamed by 5th Century.

@yashvardhanojha6796 3 жыл бұрын

Sir, we need more such case studies

@CockySuSMounted 6 ай бұрын

Excellent analysis ❤

@DhrubaJDutta 2 жыл бұрын

Hi really enjoyed the 3 episodes. Regarding Assam I came accross somewhere (not an academic source) that the kind of armour that the ahom army used also played an important part in the guerrilla tactics that led to it's victory. Apparently silk was used as light armour so the soldiers could be hidden in trees of the forest canopy as the Mughal army negotiated the swampy land with their horses and heavy armour.

@sanatmohanta7243 3 жыл бұрын

AIM should write a book on Indian history...

@taraprasaddash8643 3 жыл бұрын

Love from odisha

@PranavGogwekar 3 жыл бұрын

Please ask Abhijit to talk on Maratha Empire also. Especially, strategies and tactics of Shivaji Maharaj and Bajirao I.

@kannadicreation749 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video where you compare samudragupta s raid to South and Turkic invasion towards South India and horses impact

@anishshaw9631 3 жыл бұрын

Disrespecting enemies and too much pride made our downfall.

@NatrajChaturvedi 3 жыл бұрын

Encircling and starving out is one of the widely used and successful ways to take a Fortified position like a Fort. I am not aware of the particular battle but Prithviraj Chauhan may have opted for that approach to take back Bhatinda fort and so it took him a year to take the fort back. Just because Ghuri took it within a week the second time (after it had been under siege for a year by Indians and so weakened probably) its hardly an example of the Power differential. At best, it shows a difference in mindset.

@sunandasen5517 3 жыл бұрын

Sir please correct me if I am wrong, when the Arabs invaded and conquered Sindh , then further Arab incursions were checked. So why this didn't happen this time. This is an ernestrequest please make a video about the difference between the Arabian invasions and the Turkic invasions on India .

@tvv_tva.k.a.travellerinyou2385 3 жыл бұрын

03:41 Slavery and UPSC, nice correlation!😆😆

@krishnendukundu5582 3 жыл бұрын

Well if you see the terrain in Bengal (North Bengal) it has muddy terrain with soft soil and rivers

@srmohanty7460 3 жыл бұрын

Akbar was able to control Odisha when he had a secular image.Mughals started losing their hold in Odisha during auranzeb period.

@dhruvseoni8418 3 жыл бұрын

This is a fairly understandable dynamic of feudal societies. The common people don't care too much who is oppressing them, and the intermediate nobility is placated if you give them power and wealth. It is only when there is an assault on their fundamental beliefs and ways of life that there builds up enough support to actually rebel effectively.

@tanmay6207 3 жыл бұрын

Yes because Maan singh led the campaign in Orissa

@pratiknaga 3 жыл бұрын

@@tanmay6207 okay so you are saying maan Singh is great. Was he a Odia? If not why he didn’t led on his mother land. So don’t put your mind too much into odisha. Think more about your state. Odisha will get back to track very soon. You should try in your state. Track means you should know, what is real problem now. So get back to track everyone.

@pratiknaga 3 жыл бұрын

@s r mohanty. You are correct. Other states lose the battle because they have got confused with Islam. And they forgot Hinduism more faster. They could not figure out who is real enemy. All Hindus at least by now you should know who is the real enemy. Kill the enemy or you will be killed. There is only two situation left now. Everyone must get back to our world. Believe in yourself and in your god and work for your religion. There is very short time left. Everyone who ever is there tell all others and forget your caste. Your caste makes you week. It makes a boundary on your thinking. Actually your work is your caste. After you die then only your caste can be decided. Don’t decide caste before work.

@tanmay6207 3 жыл бұрын

@@pratiknaga 😐 I was just saying that akbar was able to control Orissa only because Maan Singh led the campaign (because Maan singh was a great military leader)

@sksumd 3 жыл бұрын

Tarain was followed by Chandawar which was even bitterly fought

@arjunsubramanian8576 3 жыл бұрын

AIM, On Carvaka podcast you mentioned horses reached their current size of 6+ feet around the 11th century. This means early horses wouldn't have provided an advantage in battle. Then how did Huns invade Europe. Also could u consider this as a topic for next episode in that series.

@kirank9694 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@adityab3639 3 жыл бұрын

Kushal, can you please ask Abhijit to share a book list to understand this in detail? Please please please Kushal, I am really very interested in this. I am an Assamese guy and I am very interested in reading up more on this. Some kind of bibliography, if you will. I am also going to email you.

@beharelaldhar9204 3 жыл бұрын

Medieval history should be taught criticaly in our NDA & other training military Academies.

@luitbaishya1581 3 жыл бұрын

AIM should make a presentation on Burmese invasion of North East India. Also one on Ming invasions of Burma.

@rinkiakepapa5625 2 жыл бұрын

"Bengal was entirely the making of Delhi Sultanate and Mughals " Shashanka : Am I a joke to you? Dev pal : Ami I a joke to you also ?

@shashwatsinha2704 Жыл бұрын

Yeah

@jaibharat8932 Жыл бұрын

AIM has the worst combination of Tamil Bengali characteristics 😂

@aakashboom 8 ай бұрын

Sasha jam was beaten so badly Bhaskarvarman if kamrupa that he fled to mountains leaving his capital

@sourabhdebnath8405 3 жыл бұрын

When the gunpowder weapons were introduced in India the Indian rulers saw the potential of it and many incorporated it in their armies, but why did the Indian kings never invested in this tech like the Europeans or Ottomans did which led to the further development of this tech in Europe, even though you said we were good in metalurgy and why didn't gunpowder weapons were used as an anti cavalry tactic like ottomans used it in 1473 against Aq Qoyunlu(used cavalry like the turks and Mongols).

@Abhishek-sr2pu 3 жыл бұрын

Read about rain during battle of palassey and you will know why

@sourabhdebnath8405 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abhishek-sr2pu Europe has lots of rainfall but that didn't stop them and by the way the brits in plassey also used gunpowder weapons

@Abhishek-sr2pu 3 жыл бұрын

@@sourabhdebnath8405 europe actually don't receive that much rain compared to indian mausumi season. And even then europe only got a huge amount of guns after the 30 year wars.

@sourabhdebnath8405 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abhishek-sr2pu the swedes defeated their opponents in 30 years war using artillery if their leader didn't died during the battle they would have continued their campaign and averge indian rainfall is between 11 to 25 inches and Europe is more than india in the regions above alps

@Abhishek-sr2pu 3 жыл бұрын

@@sourabhdebnath8405 do europe also has mausumi season? And during that time many indians power also had a huge number of canon. Search about Mughal invasion of Bengal.

@adi45713 3 жыл бұрын

One correction on “Us versus them”. It was pretty evident in the literature from both Odishan era as well as Chola regions and Vijayanagaran areas . There are umpteen examples and the term used was “Mleccha” pretty commonly in Eastern and Southern kingdom literature.

@73HE 3 жыл бұрын

but not done too much about it

@photophoto7354 Жыл бұрын

That division come much later during vakti movement.

@anishshaw9631 3 жыл бұрын

For Indian kings war was a fun game. I won you lose, let's play again

@sujiese6355 5 ай бұрын

Vijayanagar empire was called “The Karnataka Empire” by the rulers themselves The British historian Robert Sewell named it the neutral, “Vijayanagara Empire” to placate the Telugu speaking populace, who claim the ruling dynasty were from today’s Andhra state. You see, the very last ruler Tirumala Deva Raya, was indeed from Andhra and he ended up controlling the empire as a regent, but he was never declared the legal king The founding and ruling Tuluva dynasty, were from present day Karnataka indeed

@bhabanism 3 жыл бұрын

Someone finally talked about Gajapatis!

@varundurvasula7536 3 жыл бұрын

Chanakya in his arthashastra mentions about using tantric rituals to make the enemies feel sick, or have extreme bad luck or anything unnatural. Were there any records of such things during the turkic invasions?

@MrJuggernautishere 3 жыл бұрын

Abhijit Ji Why were pre-Islamic Hindu kings so averse to killing off the opponent king and his lineage after victory in battle? This would have helped in uniting the country or the subcontinent...on the same token why did Rajput clans/Kings never pursue final resolution of their several ongoing feuds by brutally killing other lineages and unifying Rajputana? Is it because Indian kińgdoms were basically theocracies where the Hindu priestly class or the BUddhist monastic class had pre-eminence over everybody? Did they pacify the population more than other parts of the world in order to hold on to their ascendant position? What were the reasons of the longstanding Rajput feuds anyways lasting several centuries?

@4z4d 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm 👌