I had medieval maps of Germany in school. There is nothing left to fear

@OverlySarcasticProductions

4 жыл бұрын

There is exactly one reason that I have yet to cover the HRE. That is the reason.

@fluffydruid3082

4 жыл бұрын

@@OverlySarcasticProductions pretty please?

@likealightning4139

4 жыл бұрын

Overly Sarcastic Productions I think the best way to cover HRE history would be along the ruling dynasties. The Ottones, the Salians, the Hohenstaufen, and after the Golden Bull rolled around the Habsburgs. There are many kings of the HRE, but the most important ones are found there. And when it comes to the map to show, you could tell people to imagine the bag full of smaller states in between while pointing out the outline of the empire and the most important players of the time. Less of a nightmare to draw that way. I don’t want to interfere on your productive ways, I love your content. Just a little advice from someone who studied history in Germany and that’s how our Professors usually did it. I found it the most practical way. And after you are done you can recap it visually like you did here. Yes there are the occasional kings between the dynasties that didn’t belong to one. Luxemburgians, Wittelsbachs and even one Plantagenet. But they were usually small time and to weak to muscle (or bribe) the plethora of big and small nobles to do anything they wanted (except Karl IV., but that’s easy to point out. He‘s the one that created the whole elective monarchy nonsense, so he‘s kinda important, but ironically all his families people after him were not and soon replaced by the Habsburg gang) Truly, the HRE is the prime example why elective monarchy is a bad idea. Looking at you, Game of Thrones.

@chunkychew6995

4 жыл бұрын

Use eu4 maps? Maaaaybe

@nirupamakumar3917

4 жыл бұрын

@@OverlySarcasticProductions Great video but most of the maps are wrong. All those small kingdoms you talked about were not independent kingdoms. You see, in India, there wasn't the same concept of a state with a single ruler like in Europe, Persia or China. India had a system called the mandala system in which regional kings (zamindars or feudatories) had to accept the overlordship of an Emperor, similar to a vassal state system, except these feudatories had to participate in the central government and follow the commands of the Emperor. So all those small Rajput kingdoms in Rajasthan were never independent, the Cholas for a long time were under the rule of the Pallavas, the Pandyans were under the rule of the Cholas during the Chola Empire etc. These feudatories called themselves kings as ceremonial titles but they were really just local administrators or zamindars. Hence, a lot of the maps you showed with India being divided in to hundreds of kingdoms is inaccurate. Furthermore, some of the maps of Empires you showed were also quite inaccurate. For example, the Satvahana Empire extended much further in to southern india and extended north up until and beyond the Vindhya mountain ranges. There is a lot of new and old evidence to suggest that the Gupta Empire was much bigger than common internet maps suggest. Evidence shows that the Gupta Empire likely would have extended further into South India with the Vakakta kingdom in Maharashtra province not being independent but feudatories and the Empire went further beyond the Indus river into Afghanistan, also making to old Kushan Empire its vassal. Also, I think you skipped over a huge important period of India history (the era between the collapse of the Guptas and the start of the Delhi Sultanate). 50 years after the Gupta Empire collapsed, Emperor Harshavardhana united northern India (internet maps are wrong) and the Badami Chalukyas majority of the Deccan and Southern india. Harsha ruled for 45 years, developing the massively wealthy city of Kannauj. After his death, India entered the period of the Kannauj Triangle. Here, the three superpowers of the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan and South, Palas of the Gangetic plains and the Gurjara Pratiharas of the Indus fought to control the wealthy city of Kannauj. Each Empire would try to control Kannauj and north india for a few decades before losing it to another power. Despite the warfare, it was time of prosperity but after 3 centuries, the militaries became exhausted and so all three collapsed.

In the Immortal Words of Bill Wurtz: "There's the Gupta empire, not Chandragupta, just Gupta. First name Chandra. The first."

@670HP-Package-NOW

4 жыл бұрын

ok got it

@merrittanimation7721

4 жыл бұрын

*Makes sense

@oversized_beans6940

4 жыл бұрын

Also in the immortal words of Bill Wurtz, “ that’s the Tamil kings. Nobody conquers the Tamil kings”.

@asdrubalvect6328

4 жыл бұрын

@@oversized_beans6940 Who were the Tamil Kings?

@dankpepe2110

4 жыл бұрын

@@asdrubalvect6328 probably merchants.

"These two communities got a along really well" *Sobs in Post Partition India*

@saptakshatriya

3 жыл бұрын

Pre Partition too tbh. When talks of separate countries were rolling.

@savioblanc

3 жыл бұрын

Meh... that's a bit of a stretch tbh. Yes, they got along at various periods but it was more a "we're both tired of war and we can use each other to our own benefits" kind of getting along rather than actually getting along as equals.

@saptakshatriya

3 жыл бұрын

There was lot of violence going on. Demand for separate nation. The League inciting violence forcing a partition in a hurry.

@mubmakes6977

3 жыл бұрын

@@savioblanc really?? I was always told british came in and intentionally divided us

@savioblanc

3 жыл бұрын

@@mubmakes6977 no doubt they did their part and made tensions worse but to act like Hindus and Muslims were living in peace and harmony is just plain silly. There were very pronounced ethnic/cultural/religious and caste divisions within the Indian subcontinent that made the region ripe for a power that could take advantage of that

Something you do not hear often or at all in history, "They repelled the Mongols." [Whistles admiringly]

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi

4 жыл бұрын

*Are you telling me the Delhi Sultanate is the exception!!!* SOMEONE, CUE THAT ANTI-MONGOLTAGE!

@festethephule7553

4 жыл бұрын

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi I'm sorry, there's an ANTI-MONGALTAGE!? I'll believe it when I see it.

@Gboy86ify

4 жыл бұрын

It helped a lot that their damp climate pretty much fucked over the Mongols whose weaponry and tactics were much better suited for the steppe.

@utkarshdubey3435

4 жыл бұрын

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi I mean they were kinda of the same mostly horse based culture and Mongols only tried twice which was kinda half assed since they didn't even send some famous general while Genghis Khan was long dead and Mongols were also having infightings so .........

@Healermain15

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gboy86ify The massive mountain range probably helped too.

"Mongol-ish... Persian-ish... Turkish-ish"....haha love that very accurate description of the Timurids

@nafismubashir2479

4 жыл бұрын

Epimetheus they were ethnically Turkish but they acted Persian and later married into remnant dynasties of the mongol empire but there bloodline stayed heavily Turkish

@Sumit-dn6ls

4 жыл бұрын

Persianised Turko-Mongols

@MerkhVision

4 жыл бұрын

Nafis Mubashir Turkic, not Turkish. There’s an important difference.

@julianmitchell3035

3 жыл бұрын

@@MerkhVision Mongol enough to conquer India I suppose.

@nafismubashir2479

3 жыл бұрын

@Dragonblood Timur was an original Turk his family was into mixing with other tribes and Mongols

India: Diverse local cultures, languages, value sets, ways of life, etc. British Empire: *no.*

@dinil5566

3 жыл бұрын

India was not a big country back then. That's why. If British was never to reach India, it will still be a collection of 100 countries like Africa or Europe.

@sakshampandey7342

3 жыл бұрын

@@dinil5566 that's not exactly true, in fact that's an exaggeration. Most of India was ruled by around 6 political entities, at the time the British established a foothold in the subcontinent in 1757. North India: Nawab of Awadh, Maharaja of Benares, Mughal Emperor, Rajputs. South India : Maratha Empire, Nizam of Hyderabad, Mysore. Collectively these states controlled around 90% of India. And the Marathas were the dominant power in the subcontinent, their power by the 1800s or 1820s would have grown strong enough to either conquer everyone else or unite everyone in a Federation of sorts. Suffice to say, the situation in India was not nearly as screwed as the one in Africa.

@dinil5566

3 жыл бұрын

@@sakshampandey7342 nice try though. Being from Kerala, that was definitely not the case here. Learn the history a bit more deeply. Especially about Southern states.

@sakshampandey7342

3 жыл бұрын

@@dinil5566 would you argue with me on the fact that most of India was ruled by a handful of dynasties? I'm not saying that the South was a monolithic entity ruled by one ruler, but most southern states were so small and insignificant that they simply don't stand out in a map of India from that period. Most of the south was covered by 3 states. The Marathas, The Nizam and Mysore under Hyder Ali. Most of North India was ruled by the Nawab of Awadh, Maharaja of Benares, Nawab of Bengal, The Rajputs and post 1800, the Sikhs under Ranjit Singh. That's less than 10 dynasties. The only reason why a few smaller southern states were not subjugated by Mysore or Nizam or Marathas was because they had alliances or treaties with foreign powers such as the French or the British.

@dinil5566

3 жыл бұрын

@@sakshampandey7342 do you have any idea how Europe was back then and how Tiny it's state countries are? I was relating India to Europe based on the 100s of tiny country it was. It still is culturally and linguistically. Many kingdoms came and ruled everywhere. Not just in India. Even any Europeans country we know now used to be under large kingdoms till WW2.

Holy Roman Empire: I'm waaaaay too subdivided. Classical India: Hold my tea.

@seneca983

4 жыл бұрын

Though Classical India didn't pretend to be a single state.

@medievalogic

4 жыл бұрын

Tea didn't arrive until the brits

@studentofthegr8art

4 жыл бұрын

The warring states period China: "Amatures"

@samyak9592

4 жыл бұрын

Madira (alcohol) not tea

@uselesshero.official

4 жыл бұрын

@@medievalogic Actually tea was found by the Chinese people. Britishers just started cultivating and manufacturing it on a large scale.

“But, History be like that.” Best way to sum up the world

@jasonblalock4429

4 жыл бұрын

"And that is how history do." -Zefrank

@Chad_Eldridge

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblalock4429 I was not expecting a Zefrank reference on this channel of all places.

@dagkyco8152

4 жыл бұрын

Deuce Moncura and neither did I

@Sean-no3zv

4 жыл бұрын

Ahh, gotta love it when rabid liberals get caught using AAVE. How very culturally insensitive this channel is. I’m telling a black person on you

@dagkyco8152

4 жыл бұрын

Sean. What happened?

"This actually makes India the second civilazation to stab Emperor Nero."

@thaddeuskyle572

4 жыл бұрын

Nero: **sad Padoru noises**

@xuanathan

4 жыл бұрын

Thaddeus Kyle When the defence buff misses

@weldonwin

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Nero stabbed himself, since it was apparently that or get led through the streets naked with his head in a yoke and then be stoned to death

@KeacePeeper

4 жыл бұрын

"What an Artist dies with him, umu?"

@kartik5876

4 жыл бұрын

I know of only one Nero... The one who makes edm tracks.

As an archeological student, I really love the similarity between classical greece and india in representing wooden architectural elements in stone buildings, an old connection to nature and simplest times!

@mageshpandian6449

4 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of Pompei-Lakshmi? Greeks were known throughout India because of the Indo-Greek empires and extensive trade between them.

@IlleScrutator

4 жыл бұрын

@@mageshpandian6449 Well of course, but this is not something that one culture teached the other as a new thing, it's something that both of them developed by their own

@kartik5876

4 жыл бұрын

All this interesting history stuff makes the question ....."would you like to go in the past or the future if you had a time machine?" Even harder.

@anujagarwal7992

3 жыл бұрын

@@kartik5876 go?sure.Stay?No.

@maya-cc2sx

2 жыл бұрын

@@anujagarwal7992 I mean I'd stay, it could be fun

The first video in this series: ancient India, is basically 6th grade history for Indian students in a nutshell. This video about classical India roughly summarises the syllabi for 7th grade and the video on colonial India does the same for 8th grade. I am currently in 9th grade, where we are taught world history. This video worked as a great refresher and made me realise how I didn't appreciate Indian history enough while in middle school.

@puuoyevigannogreven8781

2 жыл бұрын

Ncert?

@sargamsharma9870

Жыл бұрын

you'll be studying all of indian history again in 12th. Its really interesting.

@raghunathb402

Жыл бұрын

@@sargamsharma9870 that is assuming you take history, and since most people usually take only science or commerce, there is a very low chance he will take history

@Mili0713

Жыл бұрын

@@raghunathb402 yea sadly. I took science because that is my comfort zone but i really miss history. It was one of my favourite subject. I simply hated the fact that our teacher required us to write everything line by line from the book.....there were like 11 chapters

@kratosasura5875

Жыл бұрын

@@sargamsharma9870 fr just finished the exam today XD

"Oh, hey Portugal... Is it colony time?" History and comedy gold.

@warrcoww6717

4 жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing you on the... other side of Africa...

@thevoidlookspretty7079

4 жыл бұрын

Knock knock. It’s colonialists. And they’ve got boats. With guns. Gunboats.

@mateusmundstock8225

4 жыл бұрын

@@thevoidlookspretty7079 *And they believe in god*

@lorddeus805

4 жыл бұрын

@@mateusmundstock8225 which God?

@mariapp4825

4 жыл бұрын

@@warrcoww6717 !!! Portugal wants to battle 😂

india: *breaks* india: oh geeze this is bad china: you get used to it

@sharada7111

3 жыл бұрын

you have no idea how underrated this comment is

Delhi: exists Babur: It's free real estate

@mahimvg

4 жыл бұрын

This is accurate

@sh11death

4 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@parthbonde2106

4 жыл бұрын

Man I'm tired of this meme

@eliteevildarkness5830

4 жыл бұрын

Every invader* - it's free real estate

@ShahanshahShahin

4 жыл бұрын

Mughal empire: exists Maratha empire: It's free real estate

"1700 years of television static." you have the best ways of putting things.

@stevenjlovelace

4 жыл бұрын

Television static is also a good description for the Holy Roman Empire.

@pRahvi0

3 жыл бұрын

As far as I've come to understand, that applies to quite a many places, especially those that were well populated and in the middle of things.

“Southern India, does, in fact, exist” Aw, sweet, sweet music to my Telugu ears. Edit: The Hindu nationalist discussion in the replies is not at all warranted by my comment what the hell is wrong with you guys

@mahimvg

4 жыл бұрын

Mee too

@katheebjalal

4 жыл бұрын

My tamil ears too

@siver110

4 жыл бұрын

Where do the telegu people live, I understand its southern India but not to familiar with that region nor that population.

@meghand8682

4 жыл бұрын

siver110 Most of my family in India lives in either Andhra Pradesh or Telangana-which are predominantly Telugu. But I also have a couple aunts in Bangalore-which is basically a cultural melting pot. I also have a few Telugu relatives here in the US.

@siver110

4 жыл бұрын

@@meghand8682 thanks for the explanation, did not mean to draw out familial details. I hope the recent politicking are not hurting your family.

The Delhi Sultanate never had a constant map for more than a decade. They would continously face resistance from different local Hindu kingdoms throughout. Vijaynagar Empire being most famous.

@RynerLTech

2 жыл бұрын

oh yup

@mihirm3632

2 жыл бұрын

Delhi sultanate was finished by the time Hakka bukka declared independence. The kakitiyas fought the sultante for long

@pavanyadav750

2 жыл бұрын

@@mihirm3632 yes

@fjordsiekl1492

2 жыл бұрын

Vijaynagar, Mewar and the Marathas dear. All three of them are famous for fighting and making a huge problem for the Mughals. Proud of Maharan Pratap, Shivaji Maharaj and Vijaynagari Royals etc who kept our culture, language and religion intact from foreigners.

@pavanyadav750

2 жыл бұрын

@@fjordsiekl1492 ahoms too And rajputs too , they stopped Islam for very long time. It was only after 300 yrs that Islam was able to enter India

You know what these videos make me appreciate? The fact that people have always been connected, in both positive and negative ways. It does make one think how blindsighted people are when they think of monocultures. Though I understand that it is really hard to imagine because of the scope of it. Humanity has shared influences of their history, religion and of stories among each other with just the power of their two feet, or some floating wood and a piece of cloth propelled by the wind. Insert death stranding joke about building bridges and connections *here*

@farmerboy916

4 жыл бұрын

I blame the frankly horrendously nationalistic and stupid (not just one or the other) way history class standards are set basically everywhere (and in a way, an intrinsic issue with publicly funded education) for this. Back in the victorian era and before when this shit wasn't really even known and biases that had existed since the beginning of time (racism and out-group misunderstandings that had always existed in basically every group of people ever) it was at least somewhat excusable, combined with a general lack of info and a smaller number of people traveling around encountering what to them must have seemed like distinct monocultures telling other people about that. At this point it's really not, and history is still seen as some unimportant drudgery subject by most.

@into_the_void

4 жыл бұрын

True ... Living in india I can see the hatred the government breeds amongst the population against Pakistan... Even though we have been connected for thousands of years prior to the partition..

@Sean-no3zv

4 жыл бұрын

*yawn*

@RubelliteFae

3 жыл бұрын

I've had so many of these aha moments. If you look at the number systems (I think it was in his previous Indian history video) you'll notice that the Brahmi 1, 2, & 3 are the same as the Chinese. Another one I discovered last year was that anthropomorphic statues of deities didn't exist in Greece and Rome until they had been influences by Indian ones. You can also see similarities between the East Asian _bagua_ and the indigenous American medicine wheel. There's so much shared cultural heritage and it makes sense. If a subset of people migrate somewhere the most useful ideas will survive. If you are regularly trading goods with other people, you're going to form enough of a relationship to trade ideas, too. Useful ideas prosper. This is the foundation of memetics.

The thing i love most about Tamil kings is that *they got spices!*

@papazataklaattiranimam

4 жыл бұрын

Bilimin Sırları hindistanı epey uzun bir süre biz yönettik

@nirupamakumar3917

4 жыл бұрын

The Tamils weren't the only ones with spices though and Tamil does not equal south india. The Kannada Empires and the Telugu Empires were also really rich and the cities here like Amaravati, Vijayangara(Hampi), Manyakheta, Chandragiri etc tended to be the political centres of south India, ruling over Tamil Nadu.

@biliminsrlar5752

4 жыл бұрын

@@nirupamakumar3917 I didn't say only they got spices.Also it was a bill wurtz referance.

@mageshpandian6449

4 жыл бұрын

@@nirupamakumar3917 You do realise Kannada directly split from Tamil right? Besides there were Telugu kingdoms but none big enough to be empires on their own. They did rule huge empires like Rashrakuta but it was because of marriage alliances. Kulothunga Chola I who also ruled SriVijaya kingdom in Indonesia and Malaysia, was half Tamil and half Telugu.

@user-jw8yk9ki1r

3 жыл бұрын

Nirupama Kumar lol tamils kings were older than kannda and telgus brother

"Ho ho, I've got a map problem." You're not alone. I've spent an inordinate amount of time on Google Maps when not even needing directions.

@dennisburgner6237

4 жыл бұрын

I play Dungeons and Dragons, and the first thing I get is a map

@reachthroughreality

4 жыл бұрын

I'm going there now, because that ! in the middle of the ocean has me curious. And also Pakistan.

@gododoof

4 жыл бұрын

I thought everyone did this

@0subscribers4life13

4 жыл бұрын

@@dennisburgner6237 i play eu4. all i do is look at a map. religious maps, cultural maps, terrain maps, all kinds of maps. i like maps

@Scarletraven87

4 жыл бұрын

Geography is a passion. Maps will tell a lot of how a world develops. But D&D DMs are so bad at them. If a map exists D&D it has to be perfect, and very small. The REAL problem with them is that nobody wants to know about the empires you made, it is the stories that are important.

Well done! It’s a major challenge to cover such a diverse place over so many centuries. One of my favorite stories is of how the Portuguese arrived in India and sent missionaries, only to realize that they had already known Christianity for a thousand years!

@savioblanc

3 жыл бұрын

Then they got angry that they were the wrong kind of Christian 🤣

@Illuminandi_

2 жыл бұрын

Nasrani gang be here since first century AD 💥

@baldwinivofjerusalem47

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaigracejjoy Nasrani here lesgoo

"Southern India does infact exist" Me a guy from Tamil nadu: Thanks blue glad you noticed 😅

@anshnanavati

4 жыл бұрын

Ay same😂

@amithabraham2224

4 жыл бұрын

From Kerala, it got a silent cameo in the video. XD

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi

4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure, I'm pretty sure Southern India is a myth.

@anshnanavati

4 жыл бұрын

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi it's true, I was the spices

@mahimvg

4 жыл бұрын

This Blue Macha is cool man

Ancient Egyptians: We've made large burial structures such as the Pyramids. Large third dimensional triangles that stand in the deadly sands. Meso-Americans: Oh yeah? We've built large temples as sacrificial altars to our gods, we've even carved the faces of our gods on here but mostly the Feathered Serpent. India: We built temples with *ALL* of our gods along with epics carved into the very walls. We even have statues of both the Buddha and Hindu gods. Ancient Egyptians and Meso-Americans: GASP. Meanwhile in Ancient Mesopotamia: *Sigh* No one wants to join the Ziggurat club.

@ThomasSimkins

4 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in Japan: “Hey, do you think the shrine is getting a bit rundown?” “Yea. We should tear the whole site down and rebuild an exact replica somewhere else.” “Great idea!” (Repeat every few decades)

@akatoshslayer7599

4 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in England: "We have moved these massive stones and stacked them in a circle that aligns with the summer and winter solstices." "Should we build a roof?" "Why would you need a roof if no one lives in it?"

@HVLLOWS1999

4 жыл бұрын

Mean while in pre-historic France: Man dropes dead on side of road due to starvation. His kin takes his valuables and leaves the corpse to freeze for the next few millennia.

@weldonwin

4 жыл бұрын

Thousands of years later... Dumb Pseudo Intellectuals: Aliens obviously came down and built those big incredible structures. No way those poor, dumb, backwards savages could build them

@HVLLOWS1999

4 жыл бұрын

@@weldonwin Well ancient astronaut theorist believe...

South Indian history is so often ignored. Thank you for including it.

Man. The Chola Empire's Patreon system sure was weird. At least you could physically see the tiers, though.

@Ananta9817

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, I shouldn't be surprised to see you anymore.

@uselesshero.official

4 жыл бұрын

Lol didn't know so many weebs are also history nerds.

@subhadramahanta452

4 жыл бұрын

Saw you after such a long time. How are you?

@culturedvulture2015

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus never though I would find you on a video about Indian history.

@subhadramahanta452

4 жыл бұрын

@@culturedvulture2015 neither did I🤭

My favorite fact about the Delhi Sultanate is that it produced one of the few medieval queens of the Islamicate world that ruled in their own right - Razia Sultana. She had to battle her half-brother Ruknuddin Firuz for the right to rule and spent most of her reign wailing on Möngke's Mongols.

@shivanshna7618

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly she lost

@kshina3624

4 жыл бұрын

She ruled for a short time although there is a mention of another ruling Queen in India (ps not talking bout Rani Lakshmi Bhai)

@papazataklaattiranimam

4 жыл бұрын

The Young Ottoman Razia Sultana is Turkish

@leaveme3559

4 жыл бұрын

@@kshina3624 dude she was no queen just controlled jhansi

@Raky2427

4 жыл бұрын

@@leaveme3559 bruv, as you well know, Rani means Queen. She ruled for a short time, true, and was basically just a leader of a rather small army as her small nation was all but conquered before she came into power. But she did fight back leading a famous last stand. Even though she was uncussesful, I would still call her a queen.

You forgot to mention a pretty major historical event. The Kannauj struggle between the Hindu Gurjara-Praitharas, the Buddhist Palas, and the Jain Rashrakutras, fighting for control for all of India taking place from the 750s to the 1000s CE.

@eyuin5716

4 жыл бұрын

You also forgot to mention the Empire of Harsha and talk more about the Hunas.

@leaveme3559

4 жыл бұрын

@@eyuin5716 we know so little of that era tho it sucks

@sakshampandey7342

4 жыл бұрын

Looking at the thumbnail I was expecting to see it.

@nafismubashir2479

4 жыл бұрын

Ęÿūį Æßñ Jains are allowed to fight!?!?!?

@leaveme3559

4 жыл бұрын

@@nafismubashir2479 lol dude when has that stopped people from killing each other

"South India does, in fact, exist." Me, a shocked Malayalee and Kannadiga: I am genuinely grateful you remembered us, blue

@gaunterodimm6370

2 жыл бұрын

Freedom from India is the only way forward for us. South must unite and vie for independence

@LoyaltL

Жыл бұрын

@@gaunterodimm6370 The economies of the entire subcontinent is too intertwined for that. You also have zero understanding about South Indian dynamics if you think a South Indian Federation can even exist. Malayali btw.

@Naveen-tq7cg

Жыл бұрын

@@LoyaltL Completely agree as a Tamil. There are complex challenges towards autonomy and centralization, but there really is not any significant movement for partition. Our histories and cultures are deeply intertwined

My god, it feels so strange to actually have been to the places Blue talks about in a video.

@Pari-eu4th

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@bloodfiredrake7259

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine living in them

@chilli555

4 жыл бұрын

@Cleo Thesis think about being born here- historical laugh

@ravenxrgaming4672

2 жыл бұрын

How about a AC game

"Surprisingly they didn't have much of cavalry, mainly elephants." You mean to tell me that numerous states have been capable of the logistics feat that are war elephants, but horses were an innovation?

@shivanshna7618

4 жыл бұрын

Well priorities

@OverlySarcasticProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Hilariously, yes, in the (not super common) instances of pre-horse cavalry, it was usually elephants. Poor Scipio Africanus would be sweating javelins if he ever visited India -B

@joshuahunt3032

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe horses are easier to control and more maneuverable than elephants? I don’t know if that’s actually the case.

@vakarthi4

4 жыл бұрын

@@OverlySarcasticProductions Are we sure about this though? Ancient India certainly used horse-driven chariots. Why would Horses go out of use by the medieval era? I think it was more of a political void in the north that the Delhi Sultanate was able to make use of. The Kannauj Triangle that you missed out could explain the major kingdoms exhausting themselves, making it perfect for extry of outsiders.

@seneca983

4 жыл бұрын

@@OverlySarcasticProductions: I might add to the previous comment that in your earlier Ancient India video you showed illustrations of scenes from Mahabharata with horse-drawn chariots, though I guess those could be anachronistic. Btw, you say instances of pre-horse cavalry were *usually* elephants. If it was only usually and not always, does that mean that non-horse, non-elephant cavalry existed somewhere at some time?

Horses were definitely a "thing" in ancient India. That was a major aspect of Aryan culture and even in the images you showed from Sri Bhagavad Gita the chariots were pulled by horses. A particularly important and rare ritual involved the sacrifice of 100 horses-not something you can even do if horses are rare. I don't know classical & medieval Indian history well, but my guess would be that horses lost their importance over time.

@LoyaltL

Жыл бұрын

Right. Horses were definitely important in ancient times but later on they lost relevance for some time.

@riderchallenge4250

9 ай бұрын

yep there are literal coins of gupta emperors wtih horses specially chandragupta samudrahupta and vikramditya

Imagine having to learn this stuff in detail as a 7th grader. Man oh man that was *traumatic*.

@sugar-and-stardust

3 жыл бұрын

OH, IT WAS

@umararif7966

2 жыл бұрын

fr it was

@mvalthegamer2450

2 жыл бұрын

And this is the simplified version, which leaves out the Empire of Harsha, the Tripartite struggle for Kannauj, The Chola's attempts at a colonial Empire and so much more

@user-fb3kn1kq7j

2 жыл бұрын

@@mvalthegamer2450 If I remember correctly, all that was 6th grade stuff of Ancient India. 7th grade focused on Delhi Sultanate and Mughals only

@pandawan4

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Sri Lankan and I still had to study all this in grade 11😭 we had Japanese, Indian and European mediveal history in addition to our own. Fun

As a Punjabi person I've really enjoyed these videos. I hope you talk about Sikhs soon since we're also a small religion but we're from India.

Being a South African and knowing that there was a Gupta empire at once, really makes me wonder WTF.

@medievalogic

4 жыл бұрын

elaborate

@60ritikanand69

4 жыл бұрын

How?

@saurabhsingh-lx4wz

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha! Underrated comment bro:) Explainer: Gupta family was a corrupt a.f. bunch of businessmen who had Jacob Zuma, South African president in their pockets. Gupta’s robbed the South African nation and are now enjoying their ill-gotten gains in UAE.

@60ritikanand69

4 жыл бұрын

@@saurabhsingh-lx4wz My family name is Gupta too. Lol. 😂😂

@rnk1734

3 жыл бұрын

Chandra gupta mourya was one of best kings we had

I went to school in India. This entire period was completely glossed over in school. We went straight from Mauryans/Ashoka to the Ghurids and The Sultanate. And as a huge history nerd it pissed me off to no end. It also didn't help that our textbooks were utter trash. I want to thank the OSP team for this opportunity to help me fill in the gaps!

Speaking of Tamerlane / Timur, he had possibly my all time favorite psychotic wartime gambit. When trying to conquer Delhi, and faced with a seemingly-insurmountable lineup of Indian war elephants, his solution was simple: He covered his camels with hay... and set them on fire. With a little prodding, the screaming flaming camels ran straight for the elephants, causing them to panic, and trample their own army. He won the battle with no significant losses. Except the camels. (I keep waiting for Sid Meier's Civilization to add this as a specialty unit.)

@preetikushwa7032

4 жыл бұрын

and after winning he went on and massacred 10% of the world's population , that's some record man.

@papulrocks794

4 жыл бұрын

@@preetikushwa7032 Most of them were muslims though.

@kartik5876

4 жыл бұрын

Hey... This is something maybe the romans did .... But instead of camels they set pigs on fire. Cause they make those creepy noises.

@samanvithveeravelli7512

4 жыл бұрын

Schrödinger's Cat not really when he sacked Delhi he killed solely the cities hindu and Jain populations and spared Muslims. He repeated this everywhere he conquered in India such as in Sindh,Peshawar, Lahore, etc....

@ShubhamMishrabro

4 жыл бұрын

@@papulrocks794 lol no read your history most of Delhi's people killed were hindus still whoever people were he killed many of them

What I find interesting is how even so long ago in antiquity how connected the world was through trade. Just shows you what people are willing to do to make a buck.

@alexbattaglia8297

4 жыл бұрын

In the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean trade was necessary as the materials required to make bronze (copper and tin) was so rare, trade was necessary for those civilizations to be able to make bronze for weapons and tools

@IdToaster

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexbattaglia8297 The Bronze Age was absolutely nuts. I wish we had more records from those times, both before and during the collapse.

@curiouskid1547

2 жыл бұрын

This guy has hit upon a solid truth.

Nobody: Blue: These temples are t a l l b o i s

"For the sake of the comments section, I'm gonna leave it at that" LOL Well played

History. The single most confusing academic field outside of Quantum Physics.

@ibnbattuta7031

4 жыл бұрын

@Tecla Spruit have you heard of genetics

@tereziamarkova2822

4 жыл бұрын

HAVE YOU TRIED THE ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE THAT IS ALGAE TAXONOMY?!

@nicholaswalsh4462

4 жыл бұрын

@@tereziamarkova2822 that's simple: Is it food or is it supposed to be extinct?

@seneca983

4 жыл бұрын

Quantum physics has the upside that in a sense you don't have to understand what's *really* happening in the quantum world to perform calculations. You can just calculate eigenvalues and eigenstates for a Hamiltonian and not consider what superposition "really" means metaphysically. On the other hand, all the calculations are super heavy. Everything usually scales at least to O(n³) even with some serious approximations.

@GreenGoblinCoryintheHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Fluid Dynamics is a mess too. Try explaining turbulence and vortexes.

I am unimaginably impressed that the linguistics map of Europe left Hungary as a blank space, actually knowing that Hungarian is not in fact a slavic language (nor is it latin or german btw). This is like 100% more than what I'd have expected anyone that lives west of Germany. Nice one, Blue, I appreciate it a lot.

Last time I was this early Rome was a small village that just met some people called Greeks

@jmurray1110

4 жыл бұрын

Grecas

@paulwills781

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, couldn’t think of the actual name off the top of my head

@jmurray1110

4 жыл бұрын

Well technically we are both wrong that was just the name Rome have them because they somewhat knew of that kingdom and used it despite the locals protests

@Doralga

4 жыл бұрын

They we're called Helas actually due to the battle of Troy the Romans came and called them Grecas Wich later became Greece

@creatressanna8714

4 жыл бұрын

@@Doralga The Greeks that Rome first met though, who settled in Italy, were actually called "Graioi" though. They came there back before the Greeks started to call themselves any one single thing.

Honestly, I love watching these guys. They're genuinely passionate bout what they do and what they discuss, I love that

Hi Blue! It's so great to see you cover Indian history and not just northern India but Southern India too! Geeking out big time over this video. Love, a south Indian history nerd who feels south Indian history gets overlooked far too often. 💖

"Let's address that right now by" (here it comes) "Taking a look at the Tamilakam at the tip of the peninsula." I love it.

OSP back at again with the history. I love this so much!!

"I made 70 maps for this video" Blue is your maps problem ballooning to dome-sized proportions?

@hannahjudd8873

4 жыл бұрын

Haha DOME sized. That was funny.

@carmacksanderson3937

4 жыл бұрын

More like DUOMO-sized proportions, eh?

@NIHIL_EGO

4 жыл бұрын

Inflation fetishist: *Heavy sweating*

@sh11death

4 жыл бұрын

Don't enable him.

As a tamilian and a South Indian history enthusiast, this video and the thumbnail brings me joy

India is such a gorgeous country for art and architecture. Went on holiday to Kerla (a State on the south-west coast of India) and I visited Madurai which has an incredible temple, like the one you showed at 3:37 (in fact I think it is that one). It is an incredible country to visit for Culture and I want to go back asap

@melodicnostalgic3823

4 жыл бұрын

Try Rajasthan in North India next time, something completely different.

9:18 For the sake of my comments section, I will leave it at that xD You have clearly done your research

Thank you for this series! I have always found India fascinating, and this series helps put into perspective the major regional variations in culture.

Blue I at 9:20 you did the right thing There could have been hellstorm in the comment section

@sh11death

4 жыл бұрын

As an Indian I am ashamed to say it, but you're right. It would've been hellstorm.

@kumarankush8615

4 жыл бұрын

@@sh11death Hm. Ashamed to say the truth, aren't we all.

@LittleSirBoy

3 жыл бұрын

@Nikithaa Subburaj i agree,last video someone was blaming us muslims for stealing the indus river,which pissed me off since its one of my favourite things of my country. They even INSULTED Jinnah and i was ready to stab them but i tried to be calm. Why do people think we should keep fighting?i just want peace with neighbouring countries

Blue I have an exam over this in 20 minutes THANK YOU

@kartik5876

4 жыл бұрын

I have a physics exam a day after tomorrow and I m watching this. I don't even like history.

Thanks Blue for another incredible history lesson. I feel myself becoming a little more cultured with each video both of y'all produce.

we always read stuff like, "india's cultural diversity is supported by the diversity in its terrain" in our school books from a relatively young age but it doesn't actually mean anything to most of us till we actually study Indian history in detail. Anyhow, thank you for talking about history Blue.

The Portuguese rule in Goa _(an Indian State)_ lasted for as long as 450 years. The history of the Portuguese in Goa was similar to the British in India. It is interesting to know that while the Portuguese ruled Goa, their country itself was ruled by Spain from the late 16th century for a period of 60 years.

You missed the Maratha Empire, which was one of the most prominent empires in Indian history...Also, immense respect for the amount of effort you have put into making Indian history so palatable for people to understand, great work ✌️

bruhhh you skipped so much stuff, you missed four of my favourite empires! I'll give a brief overview of them, but I really hope you'll cover them in a future video After the Guptas collapsed, Harshavardhana of Thanesar's Pushyabhuti empire conquered most of it, unifying north India and making their imperial capital, Kannauj, into one of the largest cities in the world. At the same time, the Chalukyas of Badami unified most of south-central india, except the tamil regions and fought off an attempted arabic naval invasion. Then, the Pushyabhuti collapsed and their empire was divided by the the Palas of Gaud in the gangetic delta and the Gurjara-Pratihara of Avanti, an empire of Rajputs, descendants of indianized Hephtalites and kidarites who'd migrated from central asia, in the west. THe Chalukya empire was also slowly eaten up by the Rashtrakutas of Malkhed. Thus began the Tripartite Struggle, where the three empires that had conquered their thirds of India, the Pratihara, Pala and Rasthrakuta, fought each other for control of the subcontinent in general and Harsha's imperial capital of Kannauj in particular. Over the centuries, each of them would have their time of glory where they would subjugate the others and rule the nation from Kannauj. The Pratihara created many military outposts along the Indus and defended against the Caliphate for 400 years, preventing its expansion into India, but at the end of the three kingdoms era, they were all weak and a new enemy had arisen- The Central Asians who used to be Buddhists had now converted to Islam and were sweeping into Afghanistan, Persia and India for conquests. The Ghaznavids were the first to invade India, sacking its temples and palaces, and were followed by the Ghurids, Tughluqs and Khalji dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate. Meanwhile, in south India, the Rashtrakuta lands had been retaken by the Chalukyas of Kalyani, but they again lost their lands to the Yadavas of Devgiri, Kalachuris of Warangal, Ummaturs of Mysore, Keladis of Malnad and Hoysalas of Belore. The Hoysala in particular triumphed over the others to unify the carnatic and form the Karnata empire( the origin of that name) and started invading the tamil kingdoms. However, while the Hoysalas used a Pandyan absence due to their invasion of the Cholas to invade their capital, Madurai, The Tughluq sultanate used their absence to capture Belore and turned the Hoysala into a puppet state. However, the Tughluq appointed administrator in the region, Harihara Sangama decided to rise up against the islamic invaders and founded the city of Vijayanagara on the banks of the river Tungabhadra, conquering the southern half of India and making the other kingdoms his Nayakas. Vijayanagara quickly became one of the largest cities in the world, and was in that state when the Portuguese arrived and petitioned the Emperor to allow them to lease the port of Goa, their first colony in the East.

@suhassreehari876

4 жыл бұрын

There is no proof that rajputs were descended of hepthalites

@samuelnathan312

4 жыл бұрын

@@suhassreehari876 Even though they are called White Huns, they are another Indo-European group. They wouldn't look too different and its not hard to imagine such people becoming entirely Indian in a few generations. This happens in other places too. I read that Japan has many clans with origins in Korea and China, people who wouldn't look too different in their new homes. Europe obviously is full of such examples.

@walterwhite8229

3 жыл бұрын

This was awesome! Ty bruddah.

@keshavsrivastav8499

3 жыл бұрын

micce work dude

4:47 I love when that happens, the fake farm at versailles had painted 'wood beams'

I love this new format. Clear, intuitive, specific and easier to follow. It allows to explain much more complicatd concepts easier. Albeit I miss the Blue's and Red's office. I feel like saying actual "people" during the talk helped me to resonate with the text and understand it better

-im INDIAN- *I actually studied this in school , like last year*

@instantregret7858

4 жыл бұрын

Good on ya to stay in school!

@Pari-eu4th

4 жыл бұрын

@@instantregret7858 Agreed , I plan on finishing my studies unlike famous kid youtubers XD

@Pari-eu4th

4 жыл бұрын

@Cleo Thesis Hey~nicw to meet you!

@Pari-eu4th

4 жыл бұрын

@Cleo Thesis oh Same XD , I'm also from there!~

@sh11death

4 жыл бұрын

@Cleo Thesis A random Rajasthani appears.

I really wish you would've covered 1 major & 2 relatively minor chapters: (a) Buddhism's decline & near-extinction in the land of its birth, partly facilitated by Hinduism coopting the Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu (b) Hinduism's (& Sanskrit's) eastward progress into Southeast Asia & (c) the Chola Empire's expeditions into modern Malaysia/Indonesia: the only time India successfully mounted a naval conquest

@the_fabulous_p14

3 жыл бұрын

Well the chola empire was India's only naval conquest. no king had done it before or after that.

@adityagupta8697

2 жыл бұрын

the only time classical india EVER mounted any kind of invasion

Okay as some one who studied indology this series is actually really well informed and nuance A+

This is really amazing. Well explained, I remember learning all this in my history book over about a period of two years and you've somehow bottled it into 12 minutes.

The last time o was this early, Minerva was still athena

@gamingdemigodxiii5630

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! I was here when Metis was still Zeus's wife.

@Healermain15

4 жыл бұрын

When I was here, Venus was still Ishtar.

The last time I was this early [something about the Indus River Valley civilization.]

I’ve been looking for a good Indian History summary video for so long!

Finally a source that easily explains Indian history! this is some interesting stuff

“For the sake of the comment section” That was golden 😂

*shrieks in pls quit posting during school hours when I can’t watch the whole thing at once*

@magoswes3588

4 жыл бұрын

Just say it’s educational

@callianr6980

4 жыл бұрын

I can't listen to my history teacher right now! I'm busy learning about history!

@finner_1415

4 жыл бұрын

I was in health class 😔

@RubelliteFae

3 жыл бұрын

Or just learn some delayed gratification...

Nice to see another video from you! Thanks for uploading!

Was waiting for this for a long time. Worth it!

If I ever visit India in the future, I would love to see its temples. 🎶 *And they've got SPICES!* 🎶

@preetikushwa7032

4 жыл бұрын

Yo please come to Odisha , we have got a sun temple here , thousands of years old . 1 of the 2 surviving sun temples of India . There were 12 of them originally.

Thx to Civ 4 I know who Ashoka was! SEE MOM?! I AM LEARNING THINGS!

@greekmyths8804

4 жыл бұрын

thx to the clone wars i know who Ahsoka is! SEE MUM?! I'M NOT!

You make the stuff in history classes interesting. And I respect that!

2:57 same. Glad to know there's others out there who feel so strongly about maps.

8:10 Over a thousand years later, the Persian Indians gave us Freddy Mercury.

@arunseigell7361

4 жыл бұрын

Yes the Persiams werenotoriousbum bandits&mercury lived up to his heritage

@stereokuuji

Жыл бұрын

This is why I love history Brings out the stupidity in some people 😂

As a native tamil i can say that you pronounced chloas and pandiya correctly

Honestly it's impressive how this video the previous one actually covers most of my history textbooks of last year and this year, kudos to you! Indian history especially after the fall of the Mauryan empire isn't the easiest to keep track of.. there were two main events though missed out here though, the struggle for Magadha around the Gupta Empire period (I think? I learnt it last year damn I should remember) and the tripartite struggle for Kanauj. But otherwise, you summed up ancient and medieval India very well for a non-Indian tbh!

Btw, just wanted to say that as a fellow map nerd, I both really appreciate people actually considering geography when talking about history, but I'm also constantly impressed by the maps that go into these videos. Like, wow! That's a LOT of work

I've always had an interest in non-western history and culture, India being one of the top 3! Also, congrats on a new map record!

Should have mentioned about Vijayanagara Empire in South India.

really good job dude in presenting a very complicated time period and place in a fun way

Guess I have another reason to rewatch the best video on KZread, thanks Blue 😁

Thanks for bringing the South in this. Love ya!

And now for a joke I'd be surprised any of you get. "Spice, you got spice?"

@sh11death

4 жыл бұрын

Prepare to be surprised. Critters for life.

@Ajehy

3 жыл бұрын

Scanlan... I will still not let you live down using the ancient, magical flute of J’mon Sa Ord as a freaking crack pipe.

These videos are always excellent. Please keep up the good work.

Great video Blue. As an Indian, I must comment again as I have done once before with the Classical India video, having a western narrator who doesn't mangle the pronunciation is truly refreshing. Great job as always.

@nafismubashir2479

4 жыл бұрын

John 117 you don’t have any videos

@AM-kf2zt

4 жыл бұрын

@@nafismubashir2479 I was referring to THEIR previous video on Classical India

Alternate title: “A Slower History Of India...I guess..”

Portugal: "Oh Blue, don't you know? It's *always* colony time.

Always a better day when OSP uploads

Thanks for making video on india, without any bias and from an outsider perspective.

I feel like if you only went to one place in india and ate that food you can't say that's how india is because north, south and each and every state feels like a different country my grandfather travelled throughout india, every corner even went to India-Pakistan border and he would tell me stories and each time he had different reactions, stories and experience so iam really interested in travelling

The amount of references to “history of the entire world I guess” in this video is beautiful❤️😂🤣

woowww, ive been waiting for a good video on indian history from a western channel and this is it, I admire the research you put in mate, hope your channel keeps growing

You really too much effort doing this! Thank you so much!

Hey blue, I was wondering for a video idea in the future you could make a video on Ibn Khaldun: history of Historiography

@OverlySarcasticProductions

4 жыл бұрын

hey no fair reading my mind

@mylesjude233

4 жыл бұрын

@@OverlySarcasticProductions Woah, that would be an awesome video/ just finished watching your Classical India video and I gotta say keep up the good work.

Finally, the lesson continues! P.S. Hey Blue, are you going to do more on African civilizations. I'm just saying that civilizations like the Kingdom of Benin and the Ashanti Empire would make for awesome videos.

Awesome video and series man, congrats

Your maps are awesome and deserve to be appreciated