i can tell you whatever that is here in france came from our country so Anquetil du perron imported 500 books from India (he published a book of 300 pages or so with all book titles he gave as a gift to the "bibliothèque Royale" so it is natural they want to tell us that whatever we have came from their people because they are shocked that if we became more confident of our true force, then we may dominate them
#AskAbhijit I have clubbed 3 similar & related questions on Indian History together, kindly have a look. Dhanyawaad in advance. 1. What do you think about the similarity of RongoRongo script found in Polynesia with the Indus Script? 2. The Indian Pariah dogs are genetically the source of Australian Dingos dog breed and suggest Indian sea-farers came to Australia around five to six thousand years ago. What is your take on this? Especially with the 1st question in mind. 3. How "The Lady of the Spiked Throne" connects Indus Valley Civilization with Vedic Arya Civilization or perhaps shows the continuity of the same culture?
Thanks for providing references. Going by the folklores and old written history in Odia, Kalinga was independent state when Ashoka attacked and the state was run by group of leaders.
"Many historians claims that Mauryans were not Hindus including Chandragupta and they say Hinduism was not the part of India that time, Okay I don't have any problem with this but the same people claim that Ashoka was a Hindu before Kalinga War and after that he became Buddhist. But this not the fault of these so-called historians, this is Mikey's fault" - Kazutora
I am in france i can tell you whatever that is here came from our country so Anquetil du perron imported 5000 books from India (he published a book of 300 pages or so with all book titles he gave as a gift to the "bibliothèque Royale" so it is natural they want to tell us that whatever we have came from their people because they are shocked that if we became more confident of our true force, then we may dominate them
Those claiming that Hinduism is a Brahmanical religion post Buddhism should read "Indra's Net" written by Shri Rajiv Malhotra. Sheldon Pollock and the left in US(and the rest of Western Academia) create new theories from time to time to counter upcoming discussions and this is where we need to learn from them on how to do preemptive strike, but with truth rather than circular logic used by them.
Chandragupta was really the great emperor, he was the one who united the subcontinent (except for kalinga and the far south) and he defeated seleucus, one of Alexander the greats generals, extending his rule into Afghanistan and Balochistan
Then he married his daughter and gave 500 war elephants that were helpful in Seleucus west invasions. In fact its said he invited Greeks maybe Alexander to invade Nanda empire but was captured and escaped.
@Sandeep Mehta Even though we haven't seen Ashoka still the sculptures at stupas point towards a guy who wore turban headgear, had long hair and wore simple dhoti. SRK looked like he was just another ashiq Rahul from his movies. Hell! he didn't give up his trademark stammering in the movie.
In any dharmic religion their are philosophies with some difference.. Their is no hard and fast rules that you have to follow.. Its all about asking questions, meditation, and freeing yourself from cycle of birth and death.. Their is concept of even materialism and atheism is followed in our culture. These all are just a way of living
@@ShubhamKumar-nl2ii there is problem with our beloved historians and our present day so called liberals ,the problem is they try to understand sanatan dharm from point of view of abrahmic religions so they fail to do it every time . Because they compare dharma to religion which is like comparing orange with Apple .
King Ashoka was always my favourite Indian king till I saw the Shahrukh khan movie😅 Thank you for enlightening us Abhijit Sir,I find so much peace when I hear you on historical facts !
Ashoka's one of the wife, who was daughter of a merchant was a Buddhist. Her teacher was a Buddhist monk who started influencing Ashoka after marriage. Ashoka was already following and learning some of the buddhist philosophy in his life at the time of kalinga war. There is no evidence of him leaving Hinduism after kalinga war or officially converting to buddhism. Even after kalinga kept a strong army and kept crushing his enemies and reble with violent hand.
Ashoka was a badass. He knew hindus can only be united through force. Therefore he conquered kalinga and south india under his empire. Mauryan Empire wouldn't have been this massive without him.
Buddha,jain ,sikh all are philosophies.. Not a separate religion all of our people from mahatma Bodh ,Mahatama mahaveera, guru nanak all gave their views and were sages/Sadhu etc. But later there follower did different things to give different image..... And to increase there influence.. Our basic is Karma, Dharma, moksha.... But still idiots are doing idiotic thing's Or they(so called sampraday) are united to keep them divided.
@dkeditz420 you are so stupid i even didn't mention Hinduism. I was talking about our cultural tree {DHARMIK (धार्मिक)}. You are the one who say just because a Banyan/peepal tree spread it's branches/roots with time , its branches/roots want to have their own roots/branches. Which simply mean they have same root/Branches and with time and the way you got different things. Again if you want to deny very roots of both trees than I can't you antacid (May be I am unable/or not interested )for your Digestive system.. At present we have lot of fools on social media who want to Abrahmized our things that they have separate roots (..... don't believe in bhagwan but ...... They do) and all kinds of things. So keep it yours
Someday invite Praveen Mohan to your channel to discuss Indian Architecture & ancient Indian technology. Also discuss some day about sects of Jainism & Budhism , majority of people don't know about it
Praveen mohan is pure pseudoscience. Abhijit at least is speaking in the field of history, one can have different opinions and perceptions regarding history as nothing is 100% true, there is some amount of propaganda and myth. Whereas science is empirical.
There is a temple in Patna devoted to Shitla Devi. In this temple complex, there is mysterious well known as the Well of Death as Ashok threw the dead bodies of his 100 brothers. It is known as Agam kauna( well).
I have heard this name many times whenever I went to Patna. I think it just in the end of Gandhi Setu bridge which connects Hazipur to Patna. But I never thought or knew about that.
If only fellow Indians paid attention to Kalinga's history then you all will know the reality. Puri - the bastion of Vaishnava tradition is in Kalinga ( Odisha). We were one of the most prosperous regions of India having maritime relations with Indonesia, Thailand etc.
Mauryan empire was a hindu Empire whose "neev" or base was put by chanakya (hindu Brahmin) but Ashoka did. Converted to Buddhism later well Ashoka was no great , yes he had huge army and strong empire,which was set up by chanakya but he spreaded Buddhism by force in subcontinent and across South Asia it is very well documented in Chinese,Greek travellers and indic scholars too, it is a fact he forced Brahmins and Hindus not to preach and propogated Buddhist missionaries, later to counter this acharyas such as adishacharkaraya travelled whole of Bharat re establishing dharma by debating those Buddhists scholars and teaching them bhakti ,adishankaryas talks and enlightenment impressed kings and Buddhists monks and they reverted,. And not just Ashoka spreaded Buddhism by force but in Indonesia Cambodia srilanka too when sons of hindu kings used to convert to Buddhism they forcefully tried to propagate Buddhism, take in case ankorwat it was the largest hindu temple and city in the world but the kings son destroyed the idols of shiva Vishnu and Brahma and replaced them with those of Buddha stupas and removed all sanatan dharmics out of the city and temple forcefully,
@@kaushik-cy6vo odisha was majority jain powerhouse ashoka attacked kalinge and destroyed jain temple too. Than after 100 yrs when maurya became weak odia jain king kharabela took independence from maurya created very big empire. He also brought back kalinga jina which was sacred idol of odia jain people.
@@adash7841 i dont think odisha followed jainism because their king is jaggannath, their kings themselves say that they work under lord jaggannath, real king is jaggannath.
What one has read about his tyranny : Ashoka was a provincial governor under his father. He married (or had as consort) a Buddhist woman and that was apparently how he was drawn to Buddhist tenets; which did not influence him in how he dealt with his siblings or how he had thousands of Nirgranthi Jains massacred on account apparently of one monk's disrespectful behaviour. And his magnanimous edicts were put up in the far corners but not within Kalinga.
Dont believe all that you read. Lot of distorted stuff out there. It might be true that Asoka was cruel in earlier years, but he was a great reformer during his later reign.
So basically he was like a Buddhist version of emperor Constantine, who used Buddhism as a soft power for his own political motives, and perhaps Buddhism was a bit more organized religion of those times..I guess
There were vaishnavism, shaivism, shaktism, Buddhism, jainism etc. at that time. No particular religion called Hinduism. It's believed that ashoka was a shaiva and he later on became a Buddhist.
@@prakharprabhat585 there was no Vaishnavism or Shaivism or Shaktism at that time. Vaishnav, Shaiva and Shakt are Medieval constructs. And they weren't "isms" until the British rule. There were no "isms" in Medieval or Ancient India. You had Panths, Sampradyas and Darashanas. There were no Buddh - "ists", there were only followers of Siddharth Gautama. At that time there were thousands of Gurus in India and each had their own Sampradyas (disciplinic chain of succession via the Guru-Shishya tradition). Buddha (Siddharth Gautama) was one of these Gurus and he had his own following. Gautam Buddha also made his own Darshana (school of thought). Just like Vedanta or Samkhya are Darshanas, Buddha Darshana is also a Darshana. Ashoka was not a Shaiva. No such sect existed in his time. He was a Bharati/Hindu man who prayed to all of the Roops (deities/forms) of Ishwara (God). His favourite deity was Lord Shiva. At a point in his later he became a follower of Buddha. He did not cease to pray to deities. He continued to pray to God. And Shivji continued to be his favourite deity. There are records of this. But he was now also a follower of Gautam Buddha's philosophy and teachings.
our text books always defamed Sanatan Dharma and we are the product of that mindset but now i'm happy things are starting to changed , i've also hated most of my school life hating our culture for its problems thinking other religions are better but in reality that was never the case
@@sairajburewar i can recall the most famous example "the Indian Cast System" the whole world talks about it and in our books it is explained in very detail that how it is bad , but there never were any cast's that's the misinterpretation of the west , What is is actually called in Sanatan Dharma is "Varna" which is Relate to ones duty's not any hierarchy
@@girikg8571 From ICSE board. History textbook taught about BOTH pre Vedic period and post Vedic period. Pre Vedic period was good, gracious, equal, with flexible Varna system whereas in Post Vedic period human greed turned Varna toxic and inflexible. People weren't allowed to practise occupations other than their Varna and the Brahman atrocities started. We had a long chapter talking about the pros and sanctity of Pre Vedic Period, our Gods, forces of nature, Varnas. So, with all due respect I don't know what books you're taught.
@@anshikagoel._ its good to hear that now days books are teaching our culture more in depth. sorry i don't know about ICSE Board but i've studied cbse board and my 10th in 2006 so i don't know the changes have made to the course or not .
Just imagine if Ashoka ruled around 60-70 years before his actual time ....he would've fought Alexander . That would've been a war to witness 🔥🔥🔥 Personal opinion : Ashoka would've grilled Alexander like a chicken , his power was immense in the Indian subcontinent
Wtf bro alezander was existed more than 100 years before ashoka ..and that time nanda dynasty was ruling northern part of india. And mauryan empire was yet to found by chanakya. I think you got confused with bc and ad timeline...
@@Aakashputtur no... Alexander came to India when Nanda Dynasty was in power and the ruler was Dhanananda , just after the rule of dhanananda , Chandragupta Maurya came into power . And Ashoka is the grandson of chandragupta . Ashoka became ruler in 268 bc and Alexander left India in 325 bc . The difference is 57 years . Now tell me , where am I wrong ?
#AskAbhijit I have a few questions: 1. Who were the Ajvaikas and Charvakas, what were these schools of Philosophy? 2. Many historians indicate that Ajvaikas and Jains are the same people, is it true? 3. Could you shed some light on the empires and emperors that existed before the rise of Mahapadma Nanda particularly Bimbisar and Ajatshatru? 4. Did Chandragupta Maurya started practicing Jain traditions by the end of his life as indicated probably in the shravanbelgola inscriptions? 5. There is a theory called 'Two Buddha Theory', could you shed some light on that too? Sorry to dump it all out like this but I couldn't stop myself from asking these questions.
No, Ajivikas were different than Jains, even Jain texts mention them as others (i.e. not Jain), Ashoka had major role in genocide of Ajivikas and to some extent the Jains too. No, they both are different, Chandragupta Maurya was a Hindu and disciple of Kautilya Chanakya , other was Chandra Gupta who converted to Jainism. Yes, One Buddha was a Vishnu avatar and other was Siddharth Gautama as stated by Puri Shankaracharya. Regarding the ajivika and carvaka philosophies its accessible on internet.
Ajvikas belief on destiny and charvakyas belief on matrelstic things they do not belive in God . They always live in present scenario . There are 16 mahajanpad in India before bimbisara the founder first dynasty in India called haryak dynasty Ajivak and Jain's totally different Chandragupta is follower of Jain when famine come in magadha empire a Jain monk called stulbadhra they both in moved south where chandragupta died by sahlekhan vidhi (it's means he gave up food and water)
Ashok had a title "Priyadarshi". Found in one notable of the hundreds of stone inscriptions found in his name all across India. Found in 1915 in Maski, Raichur district, Karnataka with the inscription reading "DevanamPriya Priyadarshi Ashok... " . This "Priyadarshi" has an interesting background which literally means "one who is lovely " or "one who looks good". Actually, Ashok was not so good looking as he had scars all over his face & body, average build and looked ugly. Possibly due to multiple battles he faught, family quarrels and wounds he had received. He was so hell bent on changing this and made a royal decree and got these inscriptions carved so that people call him "handsome". So, what people back then called "Chandashok" became "Priyadarshi" in these present day archeological evidences. Our Sickular historians picked up "Priyadarshi" as it suited their narrative :-)
@@jyotirmayamohanty5723 You get different last name in different history books. Both the names that you have mentioned has their first name Raja Anantha
@Aman main reason is our leaders and our country, think western countries flourished due to loot, Gulf is well to do due to oil , but isn't Japan, south Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, china and many more small countries are far better then us, they were also suppressed, looted for many years, may be out time line is around same when we all got freedom, but what our leaders did, जातिवाद, धार्मिक वाद, and what not, even Abhijeet sir said once, if the government wants they can start developing India, just from tomorrow, and can make it stand in frst world countries, but they lack desire, or our politics is designed like that, in a very evil way. So if a person is CEO in USA wants to takes India's side, but if some problem occurs in his life our government will do nothing, so why they will risk their life, u can see what's happening in Bengal.
You are doing a good job Abhijit. getting to know a lot of new things. May I submit a few things: Ashoka did not just spread in north west, we have found Ashoka Edicts in Karnataka, Andhra, Tamilnadu, Srilanka etc,. The specific term used is Edicts. These edicts dictate the life pattern to be followed, quite buddhist. But, it would also caution of dire consequences on defaulting. Even I have been searching for the Kalinga ruler's name. Please follow Sankrit pronunciations so that the correct details are passed on to the young generation. Otherwise, Shaatavaahana.... शातवाहन (not शात्वाहन् ) is invariably pronounced as Satvahans as Sa is pronounced as sha in many places in the country like in Andhra, Bengal etc. Some one built a narrative that they had seven vehicles and hence called Saat Vahanas. Please please extend your search to get correct pronunciation and meaning if you please. God bless you🙏🙏🙏
@Badass guy whatever the version of manusmriti he read, true fact is that he did faced severe amount of discrimination from childhood till his death. Denying his suffering which he faced in real life just because he may have read some twisted version of a book is bad.
We Sri Lankans are forever grateful for King Ashoka for sending Buddhism to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan king at the time even adopted the Title "Devanapriya" . We venerate king Ashoka, his son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitta. There are temples and schools dedicated for them. Most details about Ashoka comes from Sri Lankan history chronicle Mahavamsa
I stumbled across this video. I donot mean to offend anyone. So some perspective before we go into this question. What we know about Ashoka is primarily based on these sources : 1. Literature of Heterodox sects i.e Buddhism, Jainism and Ajeevikas who were the most influential in this period. 2. Archaeological remains 3. Epigraphic evidence from 14 Major Ashokan Edicts, 2 Kalinga edicts, 7 Pillar edicts and some Minor Rock Edicts. So First Source i.e Literature forms the basis of almost everything Mr. Chavda is claiming in this video. The issue with it is the style of writing that was contemporary to that period. Ashoka was potrayed extremely tyrannical by both Buddhists and Non Buddhists. Buddhists because they wanted to stress on Ashoka being an Evil Chanda Ashoka and his consequent transformation into Dhamma Ashoka, as a pure result of Buddhism, thereby proving that Buddhism was the only true religion. The non Buddhists wrote against Ashoka just to contest his Buddhist beliefs. So this competition between various religious factions has often led to several exaggerations in the descriptions. Coming to solid facts, here are a few : 1. Ashoka was an able military commander and had successfully doused revolts at Ujjain and Taxila prior to ascending the throne. 2. He was not the eldest son, and hence must have killed his brothers. 3. Kalinga had ceded from Magadha during the rule of Nanda dynasty. Due to this history, the war was particularly spiteful. 4. Kalinga had active naval trade routes that were of interest to Ashoka. 5. Once the Kalinga war ended in 261 BCE, the expansion of Mauryan empire was stopped. This often leads historians to believe that Kalinga war was a turning point. 6. The philosophy of Ashoka was remarkable. Ex : In his Major Rock Edicts 7 and 12, he propounded secularism openly. In his Major Rock Edict 2, he established hospitals for both animals and humans in his provinces which were completely funded by the state. 7. Mauryan Empire was truly huge. And that comes with 2 implications : A. It is 268 to 231 BCE. During this period there were no evolved means of communication or transport. Thus Ashokan Edicts are not merely a political/religious statement but contains clear and explicit instructions to his officials including Yuktas (Officials), Rajjukas (Rural Admin.) and Pradesikas (District heads). He asks them to be impartial and says that all his subjects are like his own children to him. For more insight you can look up Kalinga Edict 1 translations. B. This was the second stage of urbanisation which indian subcontinent saw after the harrapans. Irrespective of everything, the administration of mauryans was efficient enough to consolidate such a huge empire and propel people towards prosperity. 8. Last but not least, Ashoka started the 3rd Buddhist Council, where it was decided that Buddhism should be spread across regions. Ashoka started a massive campaign in that front, and drained out the Mauryan Treasury. This is accredited as a cause for collapse of Mauryan Dynasty just 50 years after Ashoka's death. The truth is that Ashokan Administration because of it's pacifist nature failed since they didnot resonate with the reality of those times. Ashoka was an imperialist, no doubt. But calling him a tyrant would be a stretch. He has contributed immensely to Indian culture, starting from welfare states, not killing of animals on specific days, beautiful stupas till the Lion capital which is the Indian emblem today. And Buddhism at that point in history when Vedic orthodoxy focused all attention on expensive rituals, untouchability and social exclusion, must have played a huge role in imbibing a violent war lord with compassion for every human and animal in his kingdom alike.
With all his follies he was probably the greatest emperor of India , exporting dharmic tradition, culture and philosophy through out Asia making Bharat the ultimate soft power whose benefit we are still reaping. And no person is perfect saint incarnate. One can dig dirt about shivaji or maurya Gupta too if one wants.
@@RohitSharma-vj1sw same religion with his own version. Ashoka didn't divide Indian society, caste system did and is still doing. If I compared Ashoka with Aurangzeb and Buddhism ( basically Hinduism ) with Islam then shows how clueless and brainwashed U R .
@@pacewalk7396 Ashoka and Buddhism both in long run were harmful for indic society. It was cultural effects of Buddhism and Ahimsa was ploy to disarm the masses so they can't revolt against ruler. There are many suttas which condemn violence even in self-defense. Just look at the scoundrels who promoted so called non violent religions like Buddhism Ashoka, duttagamini,sakas and yuezhis all were butchers. In their ahimsa only state had rights for violence. Not only kashmir just look at Sindh,upgansthan,wast Punjab,indonesia,east Bengal. All had Buddhist majority. The sangha system has systematically disarmed entire nations and when ruling class collapsed natives were sitting ducks in front of Islamists.
@@RohitSharma-vj1sw Becoming unable to fight wasn't a result of Buddhism. Kanishka and his empire which stretched upto Syria was a Buddhist empire. Japan which was on the verge of ruling whole Asia was culturally Buddhist. Same for Vietnam which made the greatest super power on earth run away in defeat. Hindu scriptures and upanishads emphasis non-violence to same degree as Buddhism. It's caste system and oppressing lower caste which caused weakness within our society as the lower caste had no reason to fight Islamist cuz to them they were no more Oppressive the original rulers. And don't forget Buddha is the 9th Avatar of Vishnu , so he and his teachings are as much ours as the vedas
🙏Jai sri Jagannath Ashok didn't won kalinga war he just took some people from Kalinga to magadha to show off. Because there no mention about which Kalinga king faught against Ashok.
No, He butchered kalingans under pretext of calling kalingans as filthy people without Buddhism, Read ashokavadhana written by Buddhist monks of his time
@@suyogchavan7484 well Kalinga was a huge prosperous kingdom at that time. It is the only region which is a mix of south and North India and still has its distinct eastern Indian culture. Yes, he did come and kill people. The problem is that Kalinga had kind of democratic system that time so he didn't fight the whole of it.A small portion of it was destroyed and people were captured and taken.
Just because he went to war, does not mean he was not a pacifist. A king can be born into a harsh world, face that harsh world and still fight towards a better safer more familial world. A king can be at odds with a portion of religious groups when those religious groups take political force or actual military force. Sometimes we need to kill to create stability. Life is harsh. And life is on a broad spectrum.
Ashoka's rock edicts could very well be one of India's kickstarters towards peace. India is one of the most peaceful countries, with a peace family loving culture, and innately peaceful people. It is a fact that Ashoka, as a king that ruled over much of the subcontinent (whether you want to say unified or not is up to you), and then spread words of peace. That's a fact.
I like to differ after Kalinga war he did really changed .he did not again go war with another country .he bulid road viharas for monks and travellers .he did many welfare activities after Kalinga war .in starting he was very brutal but after Kalinga war he really became nice emperor.
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No, He fought many wars even after winning Kalinga and also fought against rebels.
No he wasn't, he had declare bounty to anyone who bring Jain head even after kalinga war, later he brutally defeated by southern india king (forgot his name) after that ashoka's empire downfall start, even kalinga regain (regain not given) his independence very shortly.
See even I’m Hindu but i learn from buddhist culture a lot bcz i believe knowledge should not be categorised and what i feels as long as I know human side when any king who is have lots of empathy for people and kind from heart but at some point when he has to perform his duties as king he does that but after that every human feels somewhat guilty and sorrow inside him bcz no one wants to kill the people at first place specially the person like Ashoka or Karna so after performing his duties he took retirement bcz he couldn’t find himself competable as a king so he chose to serve people in different way and sometimes even socio political circumstances force them to do such thing there is nothing like Hinduism or Buddhism it’s just about circumstances,time and personal choices. This is my personal belief.
I agree with you that what faith one follows depends totally on them. But Ashoka INTENTIONALLY did what he did. He never did anything for his people. It was all for power
But we can't ignore the fact that Buddhism in many South Asian kingdoms was forcefully spreaded in srilanka ,Indonesia Cambodia Thailand china and india by emperors and Buddhists missionaries Mauryan empire was a hindu Empire whose "neev" or base was put by chanakya (hindu Brahmin) but Ashoka did. Converted to Buddhism later well Ashoka was no great , yes he had huge army and strong empire,which was set up by chanakya but he spreaded Buddhism by force in subcontinent and across South Asia it is very well documented in Chinese,Greek travellers and indic scholars too, it is a fact he forced Brahmins and Hindus not to preach and propogated Buddhist missionaries, later to counter this acharyas such as adishacharkaraya travelled whole of Bharat re establishing dharma by debating those Buddhists scholars and teaching them bhakti ,adishankaryas talks and enlightenment impressed kings and Buddhists monks and they reverted,. And not just Ashoka spreaded Buddhism by force but in Indonesia Cambodia srilanka too when sons of hindu kings used to convert to Buddhism they forcefully tried to propagate Buddhism, take in case ankorwat it was the largest hindu temple and city in the world but the kings son destroyed the idols of shiva Vishnu and Brahma and replaced them with those of Buddha stupas and removed all sanatan dharmics out of the city and temple forcefully,
By your logic British also united India by conquering it...ignore the fact they subjugated Indians for 200 years, plundered our wealth, curbed development of India and Indians and that our forefathers had to sacrifice their blood to gain independence from the tyrants. You should not just appreciate military might, humanity and good governance are critical aspects of human society.
Ashok destroyed 95% of jain manuscripts. He hated us like Hitler hated Jews. Both chandragupta maurya and bindusara were Jain's and because of them Jainism got spread throughout India. Chandragupta himself came to south india as jain monk. It was mainly Jainism vs Buddhism in those days. Buddhist monks helped askoka clinch throne and in return he helped Buddhism by killing Jain's , it's evident today as 90% Jain's are found on north-west-south region.
Yes, ashoka had declare bounty on Jain head even after kalinga war or unifying empire but karma bite him back shortly afterward he was brutally defated by Jain king.
What if he had been ruling India at the the time ghori ghaznavi invasion 😂 he surely killed brutally ghori at the first time and ghaznavi never ever dared to loot India wealth. Evil for evil chanda ashok 😂😁
We have reached a point where we have to start doubting everything we were taught as children. Indian Natonal Congress did more harm to hindu society in 70 years than the harm done by thousands of years of invasions and hundreds of years of foreign rule. It's a crying shame that we still let them carry on.
Totally agree 👍 It's the sad truth that politicians will sell their souls for wealth fame and power. Some historians distort history for their skewed agendas. Bharathyas wake up before other religions hijack your culture.
The main reason for Ashoka to attack Kalinga was the lucrative Maritime trade which yielded rich profits. Even recently, the Bihar government has asked Central Government for a sea port in Odisha coast somewhere North of PARADEEP port. One can check the news.
Sir, the point is not whether while massacring people Ashoka was a Hindu or a Buddhist ...the important point is that once he experienced inner transformation through Biddhas teachings, he spread the words of Buddha or Dhamma to the different parts of India and the world....he then never went for bloodshed and he infact became a pacifist. Dharma is universal and applies to all beings.....the 'isms' do not matter at all
Bro budha is not only budha in india there was more than lacks of budhas because who will rise above their intellect people called them budha. Gautam only marketed his teaching awareness very well which later destroyed by adi shankaracharya when he presented sanatan advaiyte philosophy or teaching and debate all over the bharat.
Saw you in TRS channel and become admirer of your intellect. Your interpretation of complex subjects and sharing them in crisp, precise and layman terms is just commendable. Take a bow Mr. Chavda!!🙌🙌
Asoka was known as 'Chand-Ashoka' due to his cruelty in his earlier life. He was no hero then. But he became Great because of his transformation from cruelty to a peace loving king.
But sir, magesthenese briefly described that Kalinga was a independent state during chandragupta's reign too he describes that Kalinga has a very strong army and well developed navy. And during Kalinga war kalinga's ruler was Raja ananta padmanabha.
Yes this 100 percent true. Actually history is different.reference During kalinga war both army was equally powerful,so war last for very long time than ashoka expected . On the other hand paika of odisha were fighting gorila warfare .during long stretch war ashoka s asset and soilder were decreasing rapidly .at that that time he and his senapati discussed and found a way to deal with situation. Actually ashoka didnot defeated kalinga ,he was won on diplomatically . When he feel he couldnot win odisha in war he ,propagate fake news that ashoka has been severely affected by the result of warcrime.so he made many rock architecture in odisha alot of place .as a diplomacy .and said he would join boudha and sent his son daughter for its prachar . Prrof -1 on his rock sculpture every unnecessary thing has written ,and glorifyied his life but 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙? 2 other than odisha why he didnot made any rock sculpture in his state? 3 if he was converted to dharmashok then why he have written about killing of peackock and eating them in house.,. Yes this is written in that rock in near bhubaneswar khandagirikhandagiri and dhouli. Refrence - many big writters of india . One of those was nandini satpathi. From prose kala ra kapola tale
No . name of king of kalinga was removed from history diplomaticaly by ashoka,like britishers rmove indian history from textbook you will notice rock architecture only found arround bhubaneswar, why not in his total empire if he had won the battle.
I don’t know your information is correct or wrong but from my personal life experience people do change. If Ashoka kept on expanding he would have broke Alexander’s record, what kept him from doing that? I saw people use two type of logic when opposing Ashoka 1st he was Tyrant etc 2nd same people talk about how he did damage to India’s strength after adopting Buddhist religion, we should have been aggressive but we became soft after adopting Buddhist religion (why Japan, china did not become soft?). But I think they just don’t like buddhism and try to harm Ashoka and buddhism. No one can convert his/her religion in one day it’s slow process your half life will be gone in that process, same with philosophy ideology etc, maybe Kalinga was breakpoint for him or maybe it was best cover up for what he did? But why would he need cover up? Maybe he felt ashamed about what he did. Maybe he wanted to change? If i was Tyrant like Ashoka (like you said) then I don’t need any coverup I think I would have become 2nd Alexander or greater than him. And come on guys I don’t understand why all our story have king with 100 sons it’s unrealistic.
Wow, Abhijit. I really dont know now what to think nor whether I should thank you for taking off the shine from one of my favourite historical figures! Anyhow, I think Ill reserve my decision until I can make my own independent verification of your submission. Any which way, an enlightening video as always.
What Abhijit sir said are all hypothesis. They aren't not proven. Most of the Pillers, structures, monuments were destroyed in the east by Brahmins after the death of Ashoka. That's why you don't find them today. As we all know Brahmins hated Ashoka as he has took away the uncontrollable power they had over societies. Lastly, Unlike other emperors Ashoka actually apologized for what he did and never tried to justify his past actions. And why did Abhijit sir try to portray a dark image of Buddhism? Buddhism is also a Dharmic religion.
@@yeagerist4979 1) "Most of the Pillers, structures, monuments were destroyed in the east by Brahmins after the death of Ashoka": a) Can you please provide primary source proof for your claim ? 2) "As we all know Brahmins hated Ashoka as he has took away the uncontrollable power they had over societies": a) Can you please name at least one Brahmin who was behind this act as per your claim? b) Also let me know why Ashoka did not killed Brahmins if your claim is true because Ashoka is known to kill his opponents before Kalinga war and so called peaceful transition. 3) "Unlike other emperors Ashoka actually apologized for what he did and never tried to justify his past actions". a) Can you please provide photos or some evidence of Ashoka apologizing on East India. Destroyed/fragmented proof will also be acceptable Clarification And why did Abhijit sir try to portray a dark image of Buddhism? Buddhism is also a Dharmic religion? a) Abhijit sir is not portray dark image of Buddhism. b) He is shedding light on how British & socialist/communist historians used Buddhism as a tool to De-fame Hinduism.
How he was hindu if his grandfather become jain? I think in earlier india , it was free for anyone to choose any faith.The child does not necessarily follow his parents faith , Please correct if I m wrong
Brilliant work, mate. 👍👏 BTW, most of the Buddhists I've worked with: aggressive, covert meat-eaters, militant and violent. I'm talkin' internationally... especially ones from SL. Fact. I love their basic philosophy, though. LOL. 🙏🕉
Ashoka embraced buddhism because his father and elder brothers were followers of jainism and the jainas did not support ashoka's usurpation of power.buddha never said he is starting a new religion so there is no question of conversion as today's neo buddhists and hindu baiters have mislead us into believing.
From my point of view, what I feel is because of Samrat Ashoka practiced and promoted Buddhism, foreign powers ruled India for centuries later on. Everybody became sanyasin, India became weak and forgot how to fight war.
The greatest Irony by historians and politicians of India by calling Chand Ashoka as Ashoka the great. 😏. By the ways who was the cause of the decline of Ajivikas and Jainism? Kalinga war was the first biggest genocide which was committed by the so called self proclaimed emperor and mass murderer.
"Ashok" literally means ine who is devoid of feelings. Because of his personality he was also called Chand Ashok. He not only killed his siblings and those who were pretender to throne before him but many others too. He killed many Ajivikas and Jains. He also declared bounty on Jains by ordering that a person who brings heads of Jain monks will be rewarded.. This royal order will taken back when someone killed his only brother by identifying him as Jain in order to get such reward.
Bro, your talking about pushmitrashung he declared bounty on Buddhist monk don’t mix both. He may have killed Jains but it was political move not religious.
@@noob749 he not may have he did and same pushyamitra shungla did to buddhist because of aligning with indo greeks and Ashoka did to them for not following orders
The reality is Ashoka was a broken disillusioned man after he realised the blood on his hands after the Kalinga war. I believe he may have sincerely wanted to change himself after the war.
There is an ancient well in patna near mauryan site. People say that in this well he killed his 99 brothers. This well is very famous and is in the compound of sheetla mata mandir, agamkuan. Even the name of place is related to this well
You can tell the hidden motives behind popularizing Ashoka in historical context. Have you ever noticed this zeal of post independence historians of country to push this narrative of greatness of Ashoka. You will never hear much about Ashoka in pre independence history writing. In Nehru's socialism utopia he wanted a king (not from invaders) who is not that "much" Hindu. But its hard to find a Hindu king who can fit in socialist Marxist agenda of not to look so "communal". Because every king is unapologetic and unabashedly proud Hindu. Like Vikramaditya, Rajendra Chola, Shivaji etc. So , they manufactured this story of a king who is not so "communal" because he crossed sides to Buddhism. Taadaaa !! your perfect Marxist agenda fitting king is here, who left the evil communal Hinduism for sake of great Buddhism. Notice that every school going child mugs up his name in very detailed manner. But they hardly taught about his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya. The one who established this vast kingdom.
Remember Buddhism is also a missionary religion, All missionary religions are cunning and deceit, Buddhism does silent missionary works by peddling false history alike every missionary religion. Chandragupta Maurya is deliberately omitted because he was disciple of Kautilya Chanakya who was a brilliant Hindu strategist .
Ashoka never became a buddhist.he just followed Buddha's Dhamma because in that he leaned Vipassana meditation.dhamma in Pali means Dharma very similar to Hinduism.meditation,yoga, enlightenment were the sanatana concepts.like in the ancient times of sanatana Dharma the enlightenment or moksha was attained by different methods like bhakti,yagna, yoga.the latest addition to the list was Vipassana meditation.so this Dhamma or Dharma is actually a subsect of sanatana Dharma 😎
Hi abhijeet , interesting take, you can also find ashoka pillars inscriptions in Nepal (where i am from) , he is depicted as a great pacifist and emperor in these pillars. Infact his pillars found in lumbini confirmed the birthplace of Buddha. (Which were discovered by a british hunting expedition in the jungles of terai very close to the indian border) . His daughter also made a vihar in kathmandu called the charumati vihar. I hope this information is interesting to you as yours was to mine. Good luck brother
Ashok is often described as “Devanam Priy”means favourite of Hindu Gods,how this is possible as he already adopted Buddha tenets & renounced Hinduism..
Ashoka never "renounced Hinduism". The term "Hinduism" did not exist back then. What we refer to as Hinduism today was simply Bharatiya Sanskriti. Bharatiya Sanskriti = Hinduism. Now of course today, modern Indian Culture does not equal Hinduism. This is because various communities either migrated to or were formed in India who became apart of Indian culture. So the definition of Indian culture broadened to include these communities who became an integral part of Indian culture . These communities include Parsis, St Thomas Malabar Christians, Mappila Muslims, Bohras etc. And this is how "Indian Culture" or rather, Hindustani Culture developed. Bharatiya Sanskriti =/ Hindustani Sanskriti. "Buddhism" was not a religion. It was simply a Darshana (school of thought) in Ancient India. Just like Vedanta or Ajivika or Samkhya etc. These are not religions but rather schools of thought in Hinduism. Just like in Ancient Greek Philosophy there was the Platonist, Aristotlean or Stoic schools of thought. There are 10 Darshanas of Hindu Philosophy. 6 of these are Astika (Vedic) and 4 are Nastika (rejects the authority of the Vedas). Buddha Darshana is among the Nastik philosophies. Out of the Nastik Darshanas, two are Hindu Darshanas (Ajivika and Charvaka) and the other two (Buddha Darshana and Jain Darshana) are not regarded as apart of Hinduism. In reality, only one of the Darshanas is really seperate from Hinduism and that is the Jain Darshana. This is because Jains regard their tradition to be older than Bharatiya Sanskriti (Hinduism) itself. Buddha Darshana is very much a Hindu Darshana. The only difference was the Buddha Darshana expanded out of Hinduism and was adopted by other religions/cultures (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean etc). But Buddhism is still very much apart of Hinduism. It just also became apart of the Chinese religion, Japanese religion etc. When Buddhism came to these peoples, they never stopped practising their religion or praying to their gods. In Japan, they still pray to Kami (Japanese spirits) and in China they still venerate their gods (despite Communist suppression). In a similar way, Ashoka never renounced Hinduism when he decided to follow the Buddha Darshana (which is apart of Hindu Philosophy anyway). As a follower of Buddha, Ashoka still prayed to Hindu Deities such as Lord Shiva. There are historical records. In fact, all Hindu "Buddhists" prayed to Hindu deities. Even non Hindu Buddhists in Thailand, pray to Ganeshji.
There were two Asoka and historian have mixed two Asoka and painted two's history with Mauryan Ashoka. Another ashoka was Kalashoka, so maybe that term used for Kalashoka.
@@mitzavor8468 Just because Jain's claim their thought is older doesn't prove it actually is. In reality Jainism is older than Buddhism, but still younger than what we call Hinduism these days
@@mitzavor8468 jains claim thy are older than sanatan is false.bec their gurus were kshatriyas of sanatan dharma who became monks.jain temples are allmost exactly like hindu temples ,with lot of hindu gods
He wasn't a ruler. He was a pathetic King who massacred so many people just for his ego. I am Odia too and hate him. Odisha was so prosperous and rich. We used to have maritime relations with big countries of south Asia. Look where e are now.
#AskAbhijit Q. Did *Milankovitch cycle/Precession/Earth's wobble* affect the *migration of Indians towards West Asia and Europe* since summer insolation has only started favoring monsoon to become more wetter now and in some years this will peak. So maybe in the other or reverse part of the cycle , when the rain/monsoon was getting drier, it might have resulted into famines in North-Western India and led to more migrations to higher latitudes and nearer to other water sources. I am asking this because Sahara was a savannah once and India lies in the same Latitude and might have been affected in a similar way (Video for reference: czcams.com/video/CM_QS984JKI/video.html) #AskAbhijit I have clubbed 3 similar & related questions on Indian History together, Kindly have a look. Dhanyawaad in advance. Q. 1. What do you think about the *similarity of RongoRongo script found in Polynesia* with the *Indus Script* ? 2. The *Indian Pariah dogs are genetically the source of Australian Dingos dog breed* and suggest *Indian sea-farers came to Australia* around five to six thousand years ago. What is your take on this? *Especially with the 1st question in mind.* 3. How *The Lady of the Spiked Throne* connects Indus Valley Civilization with Vedic Arya Civilization or perhaps *shows the continuity of the same culture* ?
Ashoka was a great king that today there a major super congested road and with major Bangkok Metro station BTS named after him. In Thai language his name is "Asok". BTS E5 station.
Sir you said Ashoka was a mass murderer and tyrant but what about Ashoka planted trees on the sides of roads,he introduced free lunch for children,he strictly granted justice,... these are the things I learned.
The thing is that Indian history is greatly wraped up by liberals and westerners but yeah Ashoka planted trees only that to aid his journey better not for others
References:
www.hindustantimes.com/books/this-excerpt-from-a-new-book-demolishes-emperor-ashoka-reputation-as-a-pacifist/story-puxXlUpPsDy4TqELZ3UonN.html
swarajyamag.com/culture/ashoka-the-not-so-great
Big fan sir learned a lot from you God bless you
i can tell you whatever that is here in france came from our country so Anquetil du perron imported 500 books from India (he published a book of 300 pages or so with all book titles he gave as a gift to the "bibliothèque Royale" so it is natural they want to tell us that whatever we have came from their people because they are shocked that if we became more confident of our true force, then we may dominate them
#AskAbhijit I have clubbed 3 similar & related questions on Indian History together, kindly have a look. Dhanyawaad in advance.
1. What do you think about the similarity of RongoRongo script found in Polynesia with the Indus Script?
2. The Indian Pariah dogs are genetically the source of Australian Dingos dog breed and suggest Indian sea-farers came to Australia around five to six thousand years ago. What is your take on this? Especially with the 1st question in mind.
3. How "The Lady of the Spiked Throne" connects Indus Valley Civilization with Vedic Arya Civilization or perhaps shows the continuity of the same culture?
Thanks for providing references. Going by the folklores and old written history in Odia, Kalinga was independent state when Ashoka attacked and the state was run by group of leaders.
#AskAbhijit What are your thoughts on meat eating during the Vedic age and what are the some myths related to them ?
Looks like Abhijit sir learned the art of making thumbnails 😂
Prashant Dhawan and Pratik Borade : *Laughing Sinisterly
@@arjunsinha4015 Prashant Dhawan q?
what is thumbnails??
@@liladevi3169 ikr 👀
@Aakash Gupta 🤣🤣
"Many historians claims that Mauryans were not Hindus including Chandragupta and they say Hinduism was not the part of India that time, Okay I don't have any problem with this but the same people claim that Ashoka was a Hindu before Kalinga War and after that he became Buddhist. But this not the fault of these so-called historians, this is Mikey's fault" - Kazutora
I am in france i can tell you whatever that is here came from our country so Anquetil du perron imported 5000 books from India (he published a book of 300 pages or so with all book titles he gave as a gift to the "bibliothèque Royale" so it is natural they want to tell us that whatever we have came from their people because they are shocked that if we became more confident of our true force, then we may dominate them
Those claiming that Hinduism is a Brahmanical religion post Buddhism should read "Indra's Net" written by Shri Rajiv Malhotra. Sheldon Pollock and the left in US(and the rest of Western Academia) create new theories from time to time to counter upcoming discussions and this is where we need to learn from them on how to do preemptive strike, but with truth rather than circular logic used by them.
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@@abhisheksumanAS I have this book in a pdf format, but I didn't got time to read it.
@@ashutosh.c560 YES.
Even Duryodhana didn't kill his 99 brothers for the throne like Ashoka.
Lol story of ashoka's 99 brothers is not true. One king cannot have that much sons from his 4 wives😂😂
@@Aman-so5ut he still killed his 5 brothers
@@Aman-so5ut I heard that king Bindusar had 23 wifes (not sure), if he really did had 23 wifes then its possible to have 99 childrens
@@dheeraj7886 so what haven't u heard of mahabharat kaurava vs pandav for power wealth and dharma everything is fair
He didn't have to but juging from his deeds it won't be much of a suprise tho if he did kill.
He converted to Buddhism even before Kalinga war. He married Buddhist wife. His grandfather Chandragupta Maurya was a Jain atleast at end.
Bindusara?
@@arjunsavanur7242 not sure. Maybe Jain. I listen to one History masters student Jay Vardhan Singh of DU in YT.
@@arjunsavanur7242 he was an ajeevika.
But dalits in Bihar (specifically Paswans) claim that Ashoka's lineage was Paswan
And his father was ajivaka
While History is being taught in schools , a legendary tune stars ringing in the head "golmal hai bhai sab golmal hai"
Chandragupta was really the great emperor, he was the one who united the subcontinent (except for kalinga and the far south) and he defeated seleucus, one of Alexander the greats generals, extending his rule into Afghanistan and Balochistan
Till iran
Then he married his daughter and gave 500 war elephants that were helpful in Seleucus west invasions. In fact its said he invited Greeks maybe Alexander to invade Nanda empire but was captured and escaped.
@@koteswar009 no! Chandragupta maurya didn't had any daughter
@@aakashsen7344 he meant Chandragupta married Seleceus's daughter.
No ,samudragupta
Bollywood seriously destroyed Ashoka's legacy with those 3rd class romance!!
From no where SRK was looking like Ashoka😂
@Sandeep Mehta He dosent suit in that role. And thats why the film flopped
@Sandeep Mehta bro SRK didn't fit in Ashoka role 2Rupees bollywood shows as Lover
@Sandeep Mehta except Lage raho Munna bhai and Swades. All other films u mentioned are crap movies.
U liked Zero? man u need therapy
@Sandeep Mehta Why bring religion into this?
Are u fake ID Abdul?
@Sandeep Mehta Even though we haven't seen Ashoka still the sculptures at stupas point towards a guy who wore turban headgear, had long hair and wore simple dhoti. SRK looked like he was just another ashiq Rahul from his movies. Hell! he didn't give up his trademark stammering in the movie.
RIP to brave kalinga warriors who fought the overwhelming army of maurya with full might and died on the battlefield
Kalinga denied to accept buddhuism.
Thanx bro,still some of us are alive
@@a_nayak we will always remain hindus😎,im a proud kalinga
@@dilipkumar-hc5kq does kalinga war a king less war? I came to know that thorn was kept reserved for Bhagwan Krishna at that time, is it true?
@@SreehariPunnayyavempati no,there was a king
Buddha's teachings is a practice not religion,
even Hindus practice it 🙏 (Sanatana Dharma)
Obviously hindus will practice it, because he is 9th incarnation of god Vishnu 🙇
These are dharmic faiths, originated as a part of dharma, weather it is hinduism, buddhism, jainism or sikhism, all these are same.
In any dharmic religion their are philosophies with some difference.. Their is no hard and fast rules that you have to follow.. Its all about asking questions, meditation, and freeing yourself from cycle of birth and death.. Their is concept of even materialism and atheism is followed in our culture. These all are just a way of living
@@ShubhamKumar-nl2ii there is problem with our beloved historians and our present day so called liberals ,the problem is they try to understand sanatan dharm from point of view of abrahmic religions so they fail to do it every time .
Because they compare dharma to religion which is like comparing orange with Apple .
@@aniruddh732 there are 2 Buddha's one is reincarnation of lord Vishnu and the other is Gautam buddha ,both are different
Indian historians - ashoka was a great, bla bla bla
Ashok - Lol
Read what H. G. Wells say about Ashoka. He was not an Indian historian.
True 😂😂
STILL ASHOKA IS GREAT HE EXTENDED MAURYAN EMPIRE TILL IRAN
@@veenasinha8161 ya tho..
@@veenasinha8161 So according to Chinese thinking.. Capture Till Iran.. And SriLanka.. LoL..
King Ashoka was always my favourite Indian king till I saw the Shahrukh khan movie😅
Thank you for enlightening us Abhijit Sir,I find so much peace when I hear you on historical facts !
Ashoka's one of the wife, who was daughter of a merchant was a Buddhist. Her teacher was a Buddhist monk who started influencing Ashoka after marriage.
Ashoka was already following and learning some of the buddhist philosophy in his life at the time of kalinga war. There is no evidence of him leaving Hinduism after kalinga war or officially converting to buddhism.
Even after kalinga kept a strong army and kept crushing his enemies and reble with violent hand.
Ashoka was a badass. He knew hindus can only be united through force. Therefore he conquered kalinga and south india under his empire. Mauryan Empire wouldn't have been this massive without him.
Buddha,jain ,sikh all are philosophies..
Not a separate religion all of our people from mahatma Bodh ,Mahatama mahaveera, guru nanak all gave their views and were sages/Sadhu etc. But later there follower did different things to give different image.....
And to increase there influence..
Our basic is Karma, Dharma, moksha....
But still idiots are doing idiotic thing's
Or they(so called sampraday) are united to keep them divided.
Difference in darshan shashtra
Mr Singh 👌
@dkeditz420 independent from sanatan dharma.
@dkeditz420 you are so stupid i even didn't mention Hinduism. I was talking about our cultural tree {DHARMIK (धार्मिक)}.
You are the one who say just because a Banyan/peepal tree spread it's branches/roots with time , its branches/roots want to have their own roots/branches.
Which simply mean they have same root/Branches and with time and the way you got different things.
Again if you want to deny very roots of both trees than I can't you antacid (May be I am unable/or not interested )for your Digestive system..
At present we have lot of fools on social media who want to Abrahmized our things that they have separate roots (..... don't believe in bhagwan but ...... They do) and all kinds of things.
So keep it yours
Yes they're all nothing but Hinduism minus all the evil practices of Hinduism for example casteism and sati
Someday invite Praveen Mohan to your channel to discuss Indian Architecture & ancient Indian technology.
Also discuss some day about sects of Jainism & Budhism , majority of people don't know about it
It would be a great collaboration
Praveen mohan is pure pseudoscience. Abhijit at least is speaking in the field of history, one can have different opinions and perceptions regarding history as nothing is 100% true, there is some amount of propaganda and myth. Whereas science is empirical.
Right bro
There is a temple in Patna devoted to Shitla Devi. In this temple complex, there is mysterious well known as the Well of Death as Ashok threw the dead bodies of his 100 brothers. It is known as Agam kauna( well).
Yupp she is right i am from patna n ik it
I am from Patna as well and that's true :)
100 brothers ???
I have heard this name many times whenever I went to Patna. I think it just in the end of Gandhi Setu bridge which connects Hazipur to Patna. But I never thought or knew about that.
Aaise he expose karte rho sir. For so long i used to believe that Ashoka was a grt guy.
If only fellow Indians paid attention to Kalinga's history then you all will know the reality. Puri - the bastion of Vaishnava tradition is in Kalinga ( Odisha). We were one of the most prosperous regions of India having maritime relations with Indonesia, Thailand etc.
@𝙸𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚌 𝙽𝚎𝚠𝚝𝚘𝚗 nope it was Chandragupta
After Ashoka, Pushyamitra Shunga kept the
Greeks invasion away from Bharat 🙏
But not end of his reign, atleast present Pak was occupied by Greeks
@@koteswar009 well at least greeks weren't destructive to indian culture like the turks, greeks embraced indian religion
Yes
Shunga was 100x better than Ashoka, He was the need of the time.
He has been unnecessarily shown in bad light by leftists.
And also stopped hindus from starting following buddhism
In Odisha ( Kalinga) We People Often Call Ashok As ( Mahachandi Ashok ) meaning Ruthless, Unstoppable and Feary.😏
Chandashoka kahu ame 😀
Nice I was thinking how can he be great after killing many people
Lag rha tha ke osama buddhist bn gya to acha ho gya lol😂
Mauryan empire was a hindu Empire whose "neev" or base was put by chanakya (hindu Brahmin) but Ashoka did. Converted to Buddhism later
well Ashoka was no great , yes he had huge army and strong empire,which was set up by chanakya but he spreaded Buddhism by force in subcontinent and across South Asia it is very well documented in Chinese,Greek travellers and indic scholars too, it is a fact he forced Brahmins and Hindus not to preach and propogated Buddhist missionaries, later to counter this acharyas such as adishacharkaraya travelled whole of Bharat re establishing dharma by debating those Buddhists scholars and teaching them bhakti ,adishankaryas talks and enlightenment impressed kings and Buddhists monks and they reverted,.
And not just Ashoka spreaded Buddhism by force but in Indonesia Cambodia srilanka too when sons of hindu kings used to convert to Buddhism they forcefully tried to propagate Buddhism, take in case ankorwat it was the largest hindu temple and city in the world but the kings son destroyed the idols of shiva Vishnu and Brahma and replaced them with those of Buddha stupas and removed all sanatan dharmics out of the city and temple forcefully,
@@kaushik-cy6vo odisha was majority jain powerhouse ashoka attacked kalinge and destroyed jain temple too. Than after 100 yrs when maurya became weak odia jain king kharabela took independence from maurya created very big empire. He also brought back kalinga jina which was sacred idol of odia jain people.
@@adash7841 i dont think odisha followed jainism because their king is jaggannath, their kings themselves say that they work under lord jaggannath, real king is jaggannath.
What one has read about his tyranny : Ashoka was a provincial governor under his father. He married (or had as consort) a Buddhist woman and that was apparently how he was drawn to Buddhist tenets; which did not influence him in how he dealt with his siblings or how he had thousands of Nirgranthi Jains massacred on account apparently of one monk's disrespectful behaviour. And his magnanimous edicts were put up in the far corners but not within Kalinga.
Dont believe all that you read. Lot of distorted stuff out there. It might be true that Asoka was cruel in earlier years, but he was a great reformer during his later reign.
@@human3213 he ki lled hindus in kalinga . 150K people
@@human3213 please ask us, the people of Kalinga rather than just assuming.
@@UU-ds5fb what does Kalinga literature says about Ashoka? I have heard Kalinga was a Jain majority province during Ashoka's expansion
@@SBH3356 No they followed Vainavism sect before Ashoka's Invasion
So basically he was like a Buddhist version of emperor Constantine, who used Buddhism as a soft power for his own political motives, and perhaps Buddhism was a bit more organized religion of those times..I guess
There were vaishnavism, shaivism, shaktism, Buddhism, jainism etc. at that time. No particular religion called Hinduism. It's believed that ashoka was a shaiva and he later on became a Buddhist.
@@prakharprabhat585 yes you are correct there were different "darshanas " and not one hindu religion
Yes. You are right.
@@prakharprabhat585 there was no Vaishnavism or Shaivism or Shaktism at that time. Vaishnav, Shaiva and Shakt are Medieval constructs. And they weren't "isms" until the British rule. There were no "isms" in Medieval or Ancient India. You had Panths, Sampradyas and Darashanas.
There were no Buddh - "ists", there were only followers of Siddharth Gautama. At that time there were thousands of Gurus in India and each had their own Sampradyas (disciplinic chain of succession via the Guru-Shishya tradition). Buddha (Siddharth Gautama) was one of these Gurus and he had his own following. Gautam Buddha also made his own Darshana (school of thought). Just like Vedanta or Samkhya are Darshanas, Buddha Darshana is also a Darshana.
Ashoka was not a Shaiva. No such sect existed in his time. He was a Bharati/Hindu man who prayed to all of the Roops (deities/forms) of Ishwara (God). His favourite deity was Lord Shiva. At a point in his later he became a follower of Buddha. He did not cease to pray to deities. He continued to pray to God. And Shivji continued to be his favourite deity. There are records of this. But he was now also a follower of Gautam Buddha's philosophy and teachings.
he killed 13000 hindus because someone from that hindu community made bad depiction of buddha. ashoka was already buddhist by that time.
our text books always defamed Sanatan Dharma and we are the product of that mindset but now i'm happy things are starting to changed , i've also hated most of my school life hating our culture for its problems thinking other religions are better but in reality that was never the case
Please, Tell me exactly where our textbook defamed Sanatan Dharma…?
@@sairajburewar i can recall the most famous example "the Indian Cast System" the whole world talks about it and in our books it is explained in very detail that how it is bad , but there never were any cast's that's the misinterpretation of the west , What is is actually called in Sanatan Dharma is "Varna" which is Relate to ones duty's not any hierarchy
@@girikg8571 From ICSE board.
History textbook taught about BOTH pre Vedic period and post Vedic period. Pre Vedic period was good, gracious, equal, with flexible Varna system whereas in Post Vedic period human greed turned Varna toxic and inflexible. People weren't allowed to practise occupations other than their Varna and the Brahman atrocities started.
We had a long chapter talking about the pros and sanctity of Pre Vedic Period, our Gods, forces of nature, Varnas.
So, with all due respect I don't know what books you're taught.
@@girikg8571 Being proud of one's religion doesn't mean you'll ignore it's wrong. One can never improve if one doesn't learn from mistakes.
@@anshikagoel._ its good to hear that now days books are teaching our culture more in depth. sorry i don't know about ICSE Board but i've studied cbse board and my 10th in 2006 so i don't know the changes have made to the course or not .
Gonna binge watch all of your videos, damnn man
@@RajveerSingh-yu9ed ye@h
Just imagine if Ashoka ruled around 60-70 years before his actual time ....he would've fought Alexander . That would've been a war to witness 🔥🔥🔥
Personal opinion : Ashoka would've grilled Alexander like a chicken , his power was immense in the Indian subcontinent
Alexander was before ashoka
@@dhruvbose1687 what else did I say then ?? I just said if Ashoka ruled 60-70 before his actual time , that is the time of Alexander
@@trevorphilips3793 Alexander ruled about 100 or 120 years before him
Wtf bro alezander was existed more than 100 years before ashoka ..and that time nanda dynasty was ruling northern part of india. And mauryan empire was yet to found by chanakya. I think you got confused with bc and ad timeline...
@@Aakashputtur no... Alexander came to India when Nanda Dynasty was in power and the ruler was Dhanananda , just after the rule of dhanananda , Chandragupta Maurya came into power . And Ashoka is the grandson of chandragupta .
Ashoka became ruler in 268 bc and Alexander left India in 325 bc . The difference is 57 years .
Now tell me , where am I wrong ?
Ashoka basically killed his siblings for position
History is interesting 😑
@@arjunsinha4015 invasion ke baad ki history sad hai 🥲
@@aniruddh732 Kaun sa invasion? Aryan Invasion ?
@@arjunsinha4015 aryan invasion is a myth, I'm talking about islamic invasion
yes that's how stuff was back then....it was pretty normal for princes to kill their siblings and relatives to consolidate power
The convenience of doing one thing with one sword and then become saint and blame the same one...
#AskAbhijit
I have a few questions:
1. Who were the Ajvaikas and Charvakas, what were these schools of Philosophy?
2. Many historians indicate that Ajvaikas and Jains are the same people, is it true?
3. Could you shed some light on the empires and emperors that existed before the rise of Mahapadma Nanda particularly Bimbisar and Ajatshatru?
4. Did Chandragupta Maurya started practicing Jain traditions by the end of his life as indicated probably in the shravanbelgola inscriptions?
5. There is a theory called 'Two Buddha Theory', could you shed some light on that too?
Sorry to dump it all out like this but I couldn't stop myself from asking these questions.
No, Ajivikas were different than Jains, even Jain texts mention them as others (i.e. not Jain), Ashoka had major role in genocide of Ajivikas and to some extent the Jains too.
No, they both are different, Chandragupta Maurya was a Hindu and disciple of Kautilya Chanakya , other was Chandra Gupta who converted to Jainism.
Yes, One Buddha was a Vishnu avatar and other was Siddharth Gautama as stated by Puri Shankaracharya.
Regarding the ajivika and carvaka philosophies its accessible on internet.
Ajvikas belief on destiny and charvakyas belief on matrelstic things they do not belive in God . They always live in present scenario .
There are 16 mahajanpad in India before bimbisara the founder first dynasty in India called haryak dynasty
Ajivak and Jain's totally different
Chandragupta is follower of Jain when famine come in magadha empire a Jain monk called stulbadhra they both in moved south where chandragupta died by sahlekhan vidhi (it's means he gave up food and water)
Ashok had a title "Priyadarshi". Found in one notable of the hundreds of stone inscriptions found in his name all across India. Found in 1915 in Maski, Raichur district, Karnataka with the inscription reading "DevanamPriya Priyadarshi Ashok... " . This "Priyadarshi" has an interesting background which literally means "one who is lovely " or "one who looks good". Actually, Ashok was not so good looking as he had scars all over his face & body, average build and looked ugly. Possibly due to multiple battles he faught, family quarrels and wounds he had received. He was so hell bent on changing this and made a royal decree and got these inscriptions carved so that people call him "handsome". So, what people back then called "Chandashok" became "Priyadarshi" in these present day archeological evidences. Our Sickular historians picked up "Priyadarshi" as it suited their narrative :-)
Once I watch sanjeev sanyal he too describe all this perfectly.
@@TheMalllu you are tamil?
Ocean of churn right? Yeah I have read that too
@@abhinavupadhyay3978 me too 🤟🤟🤟
Name of the then king of Kalinga was Anantha Verman which was in Utkal region present day Orissa..
I am not satisfied because some also speculate it as Raja Suratha or Raja Padmanabhan.
@@jyotirmayamohanty5723 You get different last name in different history books. Both the names that you have mentioned has their first name Raja Anantha
Why hindus are not good at making lobbies and global network like jews? #Askabhijit
@@TheMalllu nobody asked u , u better watch ur Islamic state Kerala.
Most of the Hindus yet are not aware what has happened in past and even what is happening now because of the leftist narratives.
@@TheMalllu unity can only happen thourgh cultural nationalism
Even buddhist are better at propaganda than hindus
@Aman main reason is our leaders and our country, think western countries flourished due to loot, Gulf is well to do due to oil , but isn't Japan, south Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, china and many more small countries are far better then us, they were also suppressed, looted for many years, may be out time line is around same when we all got freedom, but what our leaders did, जातिवाद, धार्मिक वाद, and what not, even Abhijeet sir said once, if the government wants they can start developing India, just from tomorrow, and can make it stand in frst world countries, but they lack desire, or our politics is designed like that, in a very evil way. So if a person is CEO in USA wants to takes India's side, but if some problem occurs in his life our government will do nothing, so why they will risk their life, u can see what's happening in Bengal.
Ashoka also had a torture chamber called Ashoka's Hell.
Kantaksodhanagar
Sir is trying to be a professional editor😁.Sir your really creating great thumbnails these days.Appreciate ur creativity!!
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABHIJIT SIR. HE TURNED INTO A BUDDHIST 3 YEARS BEFORE THE KALINGA WAR.
There was no "Hinduism" or "Conversion out of Hinduism" at that time
You are doing a good job Abhijit. getting to know a lot of new things. May I submit a few things: Ashoka did not just spread in north west, we have found Ashoka Edicts in Karnataka, Andhra, Tamilnadu, Srilanka etc,. The specific term used is Edicts.
These edicts dictate the life pattern to be followed, quite buddhist. But, it would also caution of dire consequences on defaulting. Even I have been searching for the Kalinga ruler's name.
Please follow Sankrit pronunciations so that the correct details are passed on to the young generation. Otherwise, Shaatavaahana.... शातवाहन (not शात्वाहन् ) is invariably pronounced as Satvahans as Sa is pronounced as sha in many places in the country like in Andhra, Bengal etc. Some one built a narrative that they had seven vehicles and hence called Saat Vahanas. Please please extend your search to get correct pronunciation and meaning if you please.
God bless you🙏🙏🙏
Yes you are write .
#AskAbhijit
I've been asking this question for a long time but you're neglecting it.
Was br Ambedkar against Hinduism?
Why did he burnt manusmriti?
because he read the books which were translated by Britishers. He himself didn't know Sanskrit.
Ambedkar was brainwashed by Max Muller translation of Manu Smriti
So, his followers are also brainwashed
@@taruna8440 yes he wrote in introduction that he doesn't know Sanskrit
@Badass guy whatever the version of manusmriti he read, true fact is that he did faced severe amount of discrimination from childhood till his death. Denying his suffering which he faced in real life just because he may have read some twisted version of a book is bad.
Education minister please let him write our social book!
And also physics books
We Sri Lankans are forever grateful for King Ashoka for sending Buddhism to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan king at the time even adopted the Title "Devanapriya" . We venerate king Ashoka, his son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitta. There are temples and schools dedicated for them. Most details about Ashoka comes from Sri Lankan history chronicle Mahavamsa
Bhuddsim is copy of hindusim
He is not worthy of your veneration
You people know nothing about him.
Even after embracing Buddhism why black july happened in srilanka then?
Chandragupta maurya actually build the great mauryan empire not ashoka
You are True indology - CZcams Version. Keep it up ur Good work bro.
I stumbled across this video. I donot mean to offend anyone. So some perspective before we go into this question. What we know about Ashoka is primarily based on these sources : 1. Literature of Heterodox sects i.e Buddhism, Jainism and Ajeevikas who were the most influential in this period. 2. Archaeological remains 3. Epigraphic evidence from 14 Major Ashokan Edicts, 2 Kalinga edicts, 7 Pillar edicts and some Minor Rock Edicts. So First Source i.e Literature forms the basis of almost everything Mr. Chavda is claiming in this video. The issue with it is the style of writing that was contemporary to that period. Ashoka was potrayed extremely tyrannical by both Buddhists and Non Buddhists. Buddhists because they wanted to stress on Ashoka being an Evil Chanda Ashoka and his consequent transformation into Dhamma Ashoka, as a pure result of Buddhism, thereby proving that Buddhism was the only true religion. The non Buddhists wrote against Ashoka just to contest his Buddhist beliefs. So this competition between various religious factions has often led to several exaggerations in the descriptions.
Coming to solid facts, here are a few :
1. Ashoka was an able military commander and had successfully doused revolts at Ujjain and Taxila prior to ascending the throne.
2. He was not the eldest son, and hence must have killed his brothers.
3. Kalinga had ceded from Magadha during the rule of Nanda dynasty. Due to this history, the war was particularly spiteful.
4. Kalinga had active naval trade routes that were of interest to Ashoka.
5. Once the Kalinga war ended in 261 BCE, the expansion of Mauryan empire was stopped. This often leads historians to believe that Kalinga war was a turning point.
6. The philosophy of Ashoka was remarkable. Ex : In his Major Rock Edicts 7 and 12, he propounded secularism openly. In his Major Rock Edict 2, he established hospitals for both animals and humans in his provinces which were completely funded by the state.
7. Mauryan Empire was truly huge. And that comes with 2 implications : A. It is 268 to 231 BCE. During this period there were no evolved means of communication or transport. Thus Ashokan Edicts are not merely a political/religious statement but contains clear and explicit instructions to his officials including Yuktas (Officials), Rajjukas (Rural Admin.) and Pradesikas (District heads). He asks them to be impartial and says that all his subjects are like his own children to him. For more insight you can look up Kalinga Edict 1 translations.
B. This was the second stage of urbanisation which indian subcontinent saw after the harrapans. Irrespective of everything, the administration of mauryans was efficient enough to consolidate such a huge empire and propel people towards prosperity.
8. Last but not least, Ashoka started the 3rd Buddhist Council, where it was decided that Buddhism should be spread across regions. Ashoka started a massive campaign in that front, and drained out the Mauryan Treasury. This is accredited as a cause for collapse of Mauryan Dynasty just 50 years after Ashoka's death.
The truth is that Ashokan Administration because of it's pacifist nature failed since they didnot resonate with the reality of those times. Ashoka was an imperialist, no doubt. But calling him a tyrant would be a stretch. He has contributed immensely to Indian culture, starting from welfare states, not killing of animals on specific days, beautiful stupas till the Lion capital which is the Indian emblem today. And Buddhism at that point in history when Vedic orthodoxy focused all attention on expensive rituals, untouchability and social exclusion, must have played a huge role in imbibing a violent war lord with compassion for every human and animal in his kingdom alike.
Nice explanation. Are you scholar of history?
@@mysterious5678 No no...just an enthusiast
@@niladrimishra4208 OK ok 👍
With all his follies he was probably the greatest emperor of India , exporting dharmic tradition, culture and philosophy through out Asia making Bharat the ultimate soft power whose benefit we are still reaping.
And no person is perfect saint incarnate. One can dig dirt about shivaji or maurya Gupta too if one wants.
Want is is your fear of the truth,
We are not like demeaning Ashoka. The point is that we have been taught lies
@@RohitSharma-vj1sw same religion with his own version. Ashoka didn't divide Indian society, caste system did and is still doing. If I compared Ashoka with Aurangzeb and Buddhism ( basically Hinduism ) with Islam then shows how clueless and brainwashed U R .
@@pacewalk7396 Ashoka and Buddhism both in long run were harmful for indic society.
It was cultural effects of Buddhism and Ahimsa was ploy to disarm the masses so they can't revolt against ruler. There are many suttas which condemn violence even in self-defense.
Just look at the scoundrels who promoted so called non violent religions like Buddhism Ashoka, duttagamini,sakas and yuezhis all were butchers. In their ahimsa only state had rights for violence. Not only kashmir just look at Sindh,upgansthan,wast Punjab,indonesia,east Bengal. All had Buddhist majority. The sangha system has systematically disarmed entire nations and when ruling class collapsed natives were sitting ducks in front of Islamists.
@@RohitSharma-vj1sw Becoming unable to fight wasn't a result of Buddhism. Kanishka and his empire which stretched upto Syria was a Buddhist empire. Japan which was on the verge of ruling whole Asia was culturally Buddhist. Same for Vietnam which made the greatest super power on earth run away in defeat.
Hindu scriptures and upanishads emphasis non-violence to same degree as Buddhism.
It's caste system and oppressing lower caste which caused weakness within our society as the lower caste had no reason to fight Islamist cuz to them they were no more Oppressive the original rulers.
And don't forget Buddha is the 9th Avatar of Vishnu , so he and his teachings are as much ours as the vedas
🙏Jai sri Jagannath
Ashok didn't won kalinga war he just took some people from Kalinga to magadha to show off. Because there no mention about which Kalinga king faught against Ashok.
No, He butchered kalingans under pretext of calling kalingans as filthy people without Buddhism, Read ashokavadhana written by Buddhist monks of his time
@@suyogchavan7484 well Kalinga was a huge prosperous kingdom at that time. It is the only region which is a mix of south and North India and still has its distinct eastern Indian culture. Yes, he did come and kill people. The problem is that Kalinga had kind of democratic system that time so he didn't fight the whole of it.A small portion of it was destroyed and people were captured and taken.
Calm down guys,he defeated us(kalingas) im a kalinga,our grandparents always told us about that tyrant
@@dilipkumar-hc5kqHE DEFEATED KALINGA FOR CREATING AKHAND BHARAT
@@veenasinha8161 what?lol🤣😂,do u even know who created akhand bharat and who destroyed akhand bharat?
Just because he went to war, does not mean he was not a pacifist. A king can be born into a harsh world, face that harsh world and still fight towards a better safer more familial world. A king can be at odds with a portion of religious groups when those religious groups take political force or actual military force. Sometimes we need to kill to create stability. Life is harsh. And life is on a broad spectrum.
You even said it wasn't a religious persecution, but was because the Jains made a group taking actions against his throne
Ashoka's rock edicts could very well be one of India's kickstarters towards peace. India is one of the most peaceful countries, with a peace family loving culture, and innately peaceful people. It is a fact that Ashoka, as a king that ruled over much of the subcontinent (whether you want to say unified or not is up to you), and then spread words of peace. That's a fact.
#AskAbhjit,what your think on
"Samarat pushyaputra sumb", many people doesn't know this great warrior who save the Vedic dhrama🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Shunga was 100x better than Ashoka, He was the need of the time.
He has been unnecessarily shown in bad light by leftists.
@@suyogchavan7484 Ashok would have destroyed him completely if he would have done the same thing in his reign
I like to differ after Kalinga war he did really changed .he did not again go war with another country .he bulid road viharas for monks and travellers .he did many welfare activities after Kalinga war .in starting he was very brutal but after Kalinga war he really became nice emperor.
No, He fought many wars even after winning Kalinga and also fought against rebels.
He did not freed the captured tribals of kalinga , Rather chose to enslave them,
No he wasn't, he had declare bounty to anyone who bring Jain head even after kalinga war, later he brutally defeated by southern india king (forgot his name) after that ashoka's empire downfall start, even kalinga regain (regain not given) his independence very shortly.
See even I’m Hindu but i learn from buddhist culture a lot bcz i believe knowledge should not be categorised and what i feels as long as I know human side when any king who is have lots of empathy for people and kind from heart but at some point when he has to perform his duties as king he does that but after that every human feels somewhat guilty and sorrow inside him bcz no one wants to kill the people at first place specially the person like Ashoka or Karna so after performing his duties he took retirement bcz he couldn’t find himself competable as a king so he chose to serve people in different way and sometimes even socio political circumstances force them to do such thing there is nothing like Hinduism or Buddhism it’s just about circumstances,time and personal choices.
This is my personal belief.
I agree with you that what faith one follows depends totally on them. But Ashoka INTENTIONALLY did what he did. He never did anything for his people. It was all for power
Hinduism=Bhudhism=Jainism=Sikhism I can't see any any difference
@@shivangsingh5834 Well U R blind
Buddhism and Sikhism were founded against the practices of Sanatan.
If u don't know that much
U R blind
@@VY-zt3ph I thought I should explain myself then left it , well! Good 🙂 luck
But we can't ignore the fact that Buddhism in many South Asian kingdoms was forcefully spreaded in srilanka ,Indonesia Cambodia Thailand china and india by emperors and Buddhists missionaries Mauryan empire was a hindu Empire whose "neev" or base was put by chanakya (hindu Brahmin) but Ashoka did. Converted to Buddhism later
well Ashoka was no great , yes he had huge army and strong empire,which was set up by chanakya but he spreaded Buddhism by force in subcontinent and across South Asia it is very well documented in Chinese,Greek travellers and indic scholars too, it is a fact he forced Brahmins and Hindus not to preach and propogated Buddhist missionaries, later to counter this acharyas such as adishacharkaraya travelled whole of Bharat re establishing dharma by debating those Buddhists scholars and teaching them bhakti ,adishankaryas talks and enlightenment impressed kings and Buddhists monks and they reverted,.
And not just Ashoka spreaded Buddhism by force but in Indonesia Cambodia srilanka too when sons of hindu kings used to convert to Buddhism they forcefully tried to propagate Buddhism, take in case ankorwat it was the largest hindu temple and city in the world but the kings son destroyed the idols of shiva Vishnu and Brahma and replaced them with those of Buddha stupas and removed all sanatan dharmics out of the city and temple forcefully,
You don’t even admit how great the ashoka is, one of the kings who unified India 🇮🇳 simply because he practiced Buddhism and admired it.
Yes from animosity against muslims slowly it is creeping into hatred against Buddhism as well.
Unified india by massacre fellow citizens.
By that logic even khilji and aurangzeb are greater
By your logic British also united India by conquering it...ignore the fact they subjugated Indians for 200 years, plundered our wealth, curbed development of India and Indians and that our forefathers had to sacrifice their blood to gain independence from the tyrants.
You should not just appreciate military might, humanity and good governance are critical aspects of human society.
Ashok destroyed 95% of jain manuscripts. He hated us like Hitler hated Jews. Both chandragupta maurya and bindusara were Jain's and because of them Jainism got spread throughout India. Chandragupta himself came to south india as jain monk. It was mainly Jainism vs Buddhism in those days. Buddhist monks helped askoka clinch throne and in return he helped Buddhism by killing Jain's , it's evident today as 90% Jain's are found on north-west-south region.
Yes, ashoka had declare bounty on Jain head even after kalinga war or unifying empire but karma bite him back shortly afterward he was brutally defated by Jain king.
Finally someone talking truth.....why do we glorify wrong people
@@tanmay6207 yes 👍
I am cleared now, thank you so much
What if he had been ruling India at the the time ghori ghaznavi invasion 😂 he surely killed brutally ghori at the first time and ghaznavi never ever dared to loot India wealth. Evil for evil chanda ashok 😂😁
We have reached a point where we have to start doubting everything we were taught as children. Indian Natonal Congress did more harm to hindu society in 70 years than the harm done by thousands of years of invasions and hundreds of years of foreign rule. It's a crying shame that we still let them carry on.
Totally agree 👍 It's the sad truth that politicians will sell their souls for wealth fame and power. Some historians distort history for their skewed agendas. Bharathyas wake up before other religions hijack your culture.
The main reason for Ashoka to attack Kalinga was the lucrative Maritime trade which yielded rich profits.
Even recently, the Bihar government has asked Central Government for a sea port in Odisha coast somewhere North of PARADEEP port. One can check the news.
Sir, the point is not whether while massacring people Ashoka was a Hindu or a Buddhist ...the important point is that once he experienced inner transformation through Biddhas teachings, he spread the words of Buddha or Dhamma to the different parts of India and the world....he then never went for bloodshed and he infact became a pacifist.
Dharma is universal and applies to all beings.....the 'isms' do not matter at all
Bro budha is not only budha in india there was more than lacks of budhas because who will rise above their intellect people called them budha. Gautam only marketed his teaching awareness very well which later destroyed by adi shankaracharya when he presented sanatan advaiyte philosophy or teaching and debate all over the bharat.
Kalinga was one of the patronage centres of Jainism since time of Nandas.
#Askabhijit what was the games of ancient bharat
Chess
Snakes and ladders. 🐍
Saw you in TRS channel and become admirer of your intellect.
Your interpretation of complex subjects and sharing them in crisp, precise and layman terms is just commendable.
Take a bow Mr. Chavda!!🙌🙌
Asoka was known as 'Chand-Ashoka' due to his cruelty in his earlier life. He was no hero then.
But he became Great because of his transformation from cruelty to a peace loving king.
No he became great because that's the truth that we have been peddled with by some historian
No evidence of it. Just some stories built by left historians
You are just a boon to our Nation
Great salute from bottom of the heart
1:24 killed it sir
But sir, magesthenese briefly described that Kalinga was a independent state during chandragupta's reign too he describes that Kalinga has a very strong army and well developed navy.
And during Kalinga war kalinga's ruler was Raja ananta padmanabha.
Yes this 100 percent true.
Actually history is different.reference
During kalinga war both army was equally powerful,so war last for very long time than ashoka expected . On the other hand paika of odisha were fighting gorila warfare .during long stretch war ashoka s asset and soilder were decreasing rapidly .at that that time he and his senapati discussed and found a way to deal with situation.
Actually ashoka didnot defeated kalinga ,he was won on diplomatically .
When he feel he couldnot win odisha in war he ,propagate fake news that ashoka has been severely affected by the result of warcrime.so he made many rock architecture in odisha alot of place .as a diplomacy .and said he would join boudha and sent his son daughter for its prachar .
Prrof -1 on his rock sculpture every unnecessary thing has written ,and glorifyied his life but 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙?
2 other than odisha why he didnot made any rock sculpture in his state?
3 if he was converted to dharmashok then why he have written about killing of peackock and eating them in house.,. Yes this is written in that rock in near bhubaneswar khandagirikhandagiri and dhouli.
Refrence - many big writters of india .
One of those was nandini satpathi. From prose kala ra kapola tale
No . name of king of kalinga was removed from history diplomaticaly by ashoka,like britishers rmove indian history from textbook you will notice rock architecture only found arround bhubaneswar, why not in his total empire if he had won the battle.
I don’t know your information is correct or wrong but from my personal life experience people do change. If Ashoka kept on expanding he would have broke Alexander’s record, what kept him from doing that? I saw people use two type of logic when opposing Ashoka 1st he was Tyrant etc 2nd same people talk about how he did damage to India’s strength after adopting Buddhist religion, we should have been aggressive but we became soft after adopting Buddhist religion (why Japan, china did not become soft?). But I think they just don’t like buddhism and try to harm Ashoka and buddhism. No one can convert his/her religion in one day it’s slow process your half life will be gone in that process, same with philosophy ideology etc, maybe Kalinga was breakpoint for him or maybe it was best cover up for what he did? But why would he need cover up? Maybe he felt ashamed about what he did. Maybe he wanted to change? If i was Tyrant like Ashoka (like you said) then I don’t need any coverup I think I would have become 2nd Alexander or greater than him. And come on guys I don’t understand why all our story have king with 100 sons it’s unrealistic.
Yeah It kinda make sense
Wow, Abhijit. I really dont know now what to think nor whether I should thank you for taking off the shine from one of my favourite historical figures! Anyhow, I think Ill reserve my decision until I can make my own independent verification of your submission. Any which way, an enlightening video as always.
What Abhijit sir said are all hypothesis. They aren't not proven.
Most of the Pillers, structures, monuments were destroyed in the east by Brahmins after the death of Ashoka. That's why you don't find them today. As we all know Brahmins hated Ashoka as he has took away the uncontrollable power they had over societies.
Lastly, Unlike other emperors Ashoka actually apologized for what he did and never tried to justify his past actions.
And why did Abhijit sir try to portray a dark image of Buddhism? Buddhism is also a Dharmic religion.
I recommend to read the book "Ashoka the Ungreat" by Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay. It has all the proves of how bad Ashoka was.
@@yeagerist4979
1) "Most of the Pillers, structures, monuments were destroyed in the east by Brahmins after the death of Ashoka":
a) Can you please provide primary source proof for your claim ?
2) "As we all know Brahmins hated Ashoka as he has took away the uncontrollable power they had over societies":
a) Can you please name at least one Brahmin who was behind this act as per your claim?
b) Also let me know why Ashoka did not killed Brahmins if your claim is true because Ashoka is known to kill his opponents before Kalinga war and so called peaceful transition.
3) "Unlike other emperors Ashoka actually apologized for what he did and never tried to justify his past actions".
a) Can you please provide photos or some evidence of Ashoka apologizing on East India. Destroyed/fragmented proof will also be acceptable
Clarification
And why did Abhijit sir try to portray a dark image of Buddhism? Buddhism is also a Dharmic religion?
a) Abhijit sir is not portray dark image of Buddhism.
b) He is shedding light on how British & socialist/communist historians used Buddhism as a tool to De-fame Hinduism.
How he was hindu if his grandfather become jain?
I think in earlier india , it was free for anyone to choose any faith.The child does not necessarily follow his parents faith ,
Please correct if I m wrong
He already explain at start of video.
Brilliant work, mate. 👍👏
BTW, most of the Buddhists I've worked with: aggressive, covert meat-eaters, militant and violent. I'm talkin' internationally... especially ones from SL. Fact.
I love their basic philosophy, though. LOL. 🙏🕉
Basically anti. Buddha In nature
Give examples of aggressive, violent and militant. Like how did they display these tendencies and traits??
Ashoka embraced buddhism because his father and elder brothers were followers of jainism and the jainas did not support ashoka's usurpation of power.buddha never said he is starting a new religion so there is no question of conversion as today's neo buddhists and hindu baiters have mislead us into believing.
So what should we do now of our ashoka Chakra.
Should we only call it the dharma chakra
Exactly.
Now, we should called it dharma chakra.
#AskAbhijit why we have Animal Sacrifices(Bali) in some of our cultures....does't it go against the fundamentals of Hindus to not hurt Bezubaan?
Bali is for animal like behaviours not animals. It was misinterpreted by many greedy people and fed to masses.
Around 200 million animals are killed for food everyday even in today's generation...why aren't you trying to stop that if you care about animals
From my point of view, what I feel is because of Samrat Ashoka practiced and promoted Buddhism, foreign powers ruled India for centuries later on. Everybody became sanyasin, India became weak and forgot how to fight war.
Buddhism is a silent missionary religion , Even cunning than Christian missionaries.
it's not a western religion d*mbf*cks. it's just a part of hindu philosophy which Ambedkar accepted and portrayed as it's a separate religion.
@@johanliebert2601 Buddha was 100% Hindu, But not this present day cultists , Be it Mahayana or Navayana Buddhism
Ur point is exactly my point
Thank you for shedding some light and correcting the history on ashoka .
The greatest Irony by historians and politicians of India by calling Chand Ashoka as Ashoka the great. 😏. By the ways who was the cause of the decline of Ajivikas and Jainism? Kalinga war was the first biggest genocide which was committed by the so called self proclaimed emperor and mass murderer.
"Ashok" literally means ine who is devoid of feelings. Because of his personality he was also called Chand Ashok. He not only killed his siblings and those who were pretender to throne before him but many others too. He killed many Ajivikas and Jains. He also declared bounty on Jains by ordering that a person who brings heads of Jain monks will be rewarded.. This royal order will taken back when someone killed his only brother by identifying him as Jain in order to get such reward.
Bro, your talking about pushmitrashung he declared bounty on Buddhist monk don’t mix both. He may have killed Jains but it was political move not religious.
@@Knight-v1e bhimtu it is literally mentioned in ashokvandana
@@noob749 he not may have he did and same pushyamitra shungla did to buddhist because of aligning with indo greeks and Ashoka did to them for not following orders
The reality is Ashoka was a broken disillusioned man after he realised the blood on his hands after the Kalinga war. I believe he may have sincerely wanted to change himself after the war.
ASHOKA was Is And Will Be Great.
No matter what Andh BAGHAT say
TRUE
@@veenasinha8161True
There is an ancient well in patna near mauryan site. People say that in this well he killed his 99 brothers. This well is very famous and is in the compound of sheetla mata mandir, agamkuan.
Even the name of place is related to this well
Agam kuwa
You can tell the hidden motives behind popularizing Ashoka in historical context. Have you ever noticed this zeal of post independence historians of country to push this narrative of greatness of Ashoka. You will never hear much about Ashoka in pre independence history writing. In Nehru's socialism utopia he wanted a king (not from invaders) who is not that "much" Hindu. But its hard to find a Hindu king who can fit in socialist Marxist agenda of not to look so "communal". Because every king is unapologetic and unabashedly proud Hindu. Like Vikramaditya, Rajendra Chola, Shivaji etc.
So , they manufactured this story of a king who is not so "communal" because he crossed sides to Buddhism.
Taadaaa !! your perfect Marxist agenda fitting king is here, who left the evil communal Hinduism for sake of great Buddhism.
Notice that every school going child mugs up his name in very detailed manner. But they hardly taught about his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya. The one who established this vast kingdom.
Remember Buddhism is also a missionary religion,
All missionary religions are cunning and deceit, Buddhism does silent missionary works by peddling false history alike every missionary religion.
Chandragupta Maurya is deliberately omitted because he was disciple of Kautilya Chanakya who was a brilliant Hindu strategist .
Yes, it is fake history. World history has to be rewritten.
Thank You Sir For Making Us Realise the true History
Dr subramanyam Swamy remarked that ashoka was created, because every new nation needed a hero!
Ashoka never existed, true.
@@kirankcn8632 What he mean by after independence how congress have glorified him , of course with lies where hindu demonised perfect agenda Hero.
Me who just realised that Great Ashok was probably vicious:- don't do that don't taint my heros 😭😭 don't please 🥺 don't.
@2 Nep8id6 Y tho, was Einstein bad or vicious?
I think we need a leader like ashoka who is cruel for his enemies ATM.
#AskAbhijit- Sir, can you say something about Netaji and INA's contribution in India's so called Independence?
Reading Gandhi bhakt paranjape ?
@@DattaMusics What do you mean?
Ashoka never became a buddhist.he just followed Buddha's Dhamma because in that he leaned Vipassana meditation.dhamma in Pali means Dharma very similar to Hinduism.meditation,yoga, enlightenment were the sanatana concepts.like in the ancient times of sanatana Dharma the enlightenment or moksha was attained by different methods like bhakti,yagna, yoga.the latest addition to the list was Vipassana meditation.so this Dhamma or Dharma is actually a subsect of sanatana Dharma 😎
Yeah modern day Hinduism is a sub sect of sanatan dharm too
If Hinduism during Ashoka. Why there is no evidence of Hinduism we found at present day, while we found the evidence of Buddhism, Jainism.
Hi abhijeet , interesting take, you can also find ashoka pillars inscriptions in Nepal (where i am from) , he is depicted as a great pacifist and emperor in these pillars. Infact his pillars found in lumbini confirmed the birthplace of Buddha. (Which were discovered by a british hunting expedition in the jungles of terai very close to the indian border) . His daughter also made a vihar in kathmandu called the charumati vihar. I hope this information is interesting to you as yours was to mine. Good luck brother
tv serials show that Ashoka was in love with the princess from kalinga but he didn't knew that she was a princess or she was from kalinga.
What's the historical proof that Ashok was a buddhist before Kalinga war?
Ashok is often described as “Devanam Priy”means favourite of Hindu Gods,how this is possible as he already adopted Buddha tenets & renounced Hinduism..
Ashoka never "renounced Hinduism". The term "Hinduism" did not exist back then. What we refer to as Hinduism today was simply Bharatiya Sanskriti. Bharatiya Sanskriti = Hinduism. Now of course today, modern Indian Culture does not equal Hinduism. This is because various communities either migrated to or were formed in India who became apart of Indian culture. So the definition of Indian culture broadened to include these communities who became an integral part of Indian culture . These communities include Parsis, St Thomas Malabar Christians, Mappila Muslims, Bohras etc. And this is how "Indian Culture" or rather, Hindustani Culture developed. Bharatiya Sanskriti =/ Hindustani Sanskriti.
"Buddhism" was not a religion. It was simply a Darshana (school of thought) in Ancient India. Just like Vedanta or Ajivika or Samkhya etc. These are not religions but rather schools of thought in Hinduism. Just like in Ancient Greek Philosophy there was the Platonist, Aristotlean or Stoic schools of thought.
There are 10 Darshanas of Hindu Philosophy. 6 of these are Astika (Vedic) and 4 are Nastika (rejects the authority of the Vedas). Buddha Darshana is among the Nastik philosophies. Out of the Nastik Darshanas, two are Hindu Darshanas (Ajivika and Charvaka) and the other two (Buddha Darshana and Jain Darshana) are not regarded as apart of Hinduism. In reality, only one of the Darshanas is really seperate from Hinduism and that is the Jain Darshana. This is because Jains regard their tradition to be older than Bharatiya Sanskriti (Hinduism) itself. Buddha Darshana is very much a Hindu Darshana. The only difference was the Buddha Darshana expanded out of Hinduism and was adopted by other religions/cultures (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean etc). But Buddhism is still very much apart of Hinduism. It just also became apart of the Chinese religion, Japanese religion etc. When Buddhism came to these peoples, they never stopped practising their religion or praying to their gods. In Japan, they still pray to Kami (Japanese spirits) and in China they still venerate their gods (despite Communist suppression).
In a similar way, Ashoka never renounced Hinduism when he decided to follow the Buddha Darshana (which is apart of Hindu Philosophy anyway). As a follower of Buddha, Ashoka still prayed to Hindu Deities such as Lord Shiva. There are historical records. In fact, all Hindu "Buddhists" prayed to Hindu deities. Even non Hindu Buddhists in Thailand, pray to Ganeshji.
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There were two Asoka and historian have mixed two Asoka and painted two's history with Mauryan Ashoka. Another ashoka was Kalashoka, so maybe that term used for Kalashoka.
@@mitzavor8468 Just because Jain's claim their thought is older doesn't prove it actually is. In reality Jainism is older than Buddhism, but still younger than what we call Hinduism these days
@@mitzavor8468 jains claim thy are older than sanatan is false.bec their gurus were kshatriyas of sanatan dharma who became monks.jain temples are allmost exactly like hindu temples ,with lot of hindu gods
Whenever you hear the words for a king ”….The Great”, they weren’t great.
ASHOKA THE GREAT
We Southern Odias(Kalingans), have never known him as our ruler. There's no cultural similarities between their and our cultures. 🤔
He wasn't a ruler. He was a pathetic King who massacred so many people just for his ego. I am Odia too and hate him. Odisha was so prosperous and rich. We used to have maritime relations with big countries of south Asia. Look where e are now.
@@UU-ds5fb Yes. Also.. I think he's the reason why poverty is high in Odisha.
Cultural similarities. Haven't you seen so many similar surnames between these two ethnic groups ??? You are racially one at least
@@sai8498 it's been 2000 years plus
@@sai8498 im a kalinga too from srikakulam,andhra pradesh
Fun fact: "Great" kings or emperors are only those who are not great actually
#AskAbhijit
Q. Did *Milankovitch cycle/Precession/Earth's wobble* affect the *migration of Indians towards West Asia and Europe* since summer insolation has only started favoring monsoon to become more wetter now and in some years this will peak. So maybe in the other or reverse part of the cycle , when the rain/monsoon was getting drier, it might have resulted into famines in North-Western India and led to more migrations to higher latitudes and nearer to other water sources.
I am asking this because Sahara was a savannah once and India lies in the same Latitude and might have been affected in a similar way (Video for reference: czcams.com/video/CM_QS984JKI/video.html)
#AskAbhijit I have clubbed 3 similar & related questions on Indian History together, Kindly have a look. Dhanyawaad in advance.
Q.
1. What do you think about the *similarity of RongoRongo script found in Polynesia* with the *Indus Script* ?
2. The *Indian Pariah dogs are genetically the source of Australian Dingos dog breed* and suggest *Indian sea-farers came to Australia* around five to six thousand years ago. What is your take on this? *Especially with the 1st question in mind.*
3. How *The Lady of the Spiked Throne* connects Indus Valley Civilization with Vedic Arya Civilization or perhaps *shows the continuity of the same culture* ?
I always thought of Ashoka as my role model. Truth is often very bitter
Chandragupta maurya the great hindu king
Ashoka was a great king that today there a major super congested road and with major Bangkok Metro station BTS named after him. In Thai language his name is "Asok". BTS E5 station.
Sir you said Ashoka was a mass murderer and tyrant but what about Ashoka planted trees on the sides of roads,he introduced free lunch for children,he strictly granted justice,... these are the things I learned.
Exactly what I'm thinking
Ohh
The thing is that Indian history is greatly wraped up by liberals and westerners but yeah Ashoka planted trees only that to aid his journey better not for others
@Jitendra Singh hitler loved his pet blondi😀
Ye sab kaam jab wo real me hi peaceful ho gaya hoga tab usne ye kaam kiye honge.
Why this truth not known to masses. This violent guy is on our emblem!
#AskAbhijit Sir, please tell us about emperor Gautamiputra Satakarni and his conquests including against the Yavanas.
Did Chanakya actually see potential in Ashok of forming 'अखंड भारत'? or this is a myth as well?
No ashoka did conqured mass land of India, check his territory on google