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@@JELazarus believe me, I know, I watch his videos (which are great 👍). But I would love to see the history of the pre-Columbian Americas illustrated with their graphics quality. Besides it would be nice to see videos on that topic feature more prominently in general history channels, don't you think, I think that otherwise it will be more niche than history channels already are. PS: I want to study Ancient American Studies, understand my interest 😅
Hindu-Arabic numerals, set of 10 symbols-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0-that represent numbers in the decimal number system. They originated in India in the gupta empire and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians, especially al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi, about the 12th century.
@@roshanchachane142 They're called Arabic numerals because Europeans first knew about this numerical system from Arabs, despite the numerical system originating in India.
@@Eagler-yc7yx Yes, literally every aspect of traditional southeast asian culture has some sort of tamil/hindu/indian influence, from their very script to religion to language.
Love how the chanel is starting to focus on large historic lands that have different parallels than the mostly known histories. And also appreciate that it's adding Daynamic 2d animation
Skandagupta (Gupta ruler, 455-467 CE) was Known for his military campaigns against the Hephthalites and alliances with the Sassanid Empire. which made the Hephthalites empire lost forever.
@@Narrator_of_Tarikh07 No he had two invasions First one was in the near end of the reign of kumargupt by kidarites And a 2nd one by hepthalites in corporation with alchons which was much later. In his middle years of reign most probably
@@Alter_bihari.2If i remember correctly, the Alchon Huns invaded India after his death during the reign of Budhagupta. I also think that the Gupta Empire never fought the Hephtalites and that Skandagupta faced only one invasion from the Kidarites.
@@Narrator_of_Tarikh07 Well they are two invasions one by kidarites which failed and then they were devoured and again after a while he faced another invasion This might've been done by alchons or hepthalites
Guptas has great achievements in physics and especially Mathamatics, modern number system, decimal system, trigonometry, and much much more. Was invented in Gupta times, Brahamagupta and Aryabhatta.
@@aziz00lies taught in Islamic world - Numbers system was invented by them. First University was in middle east. In reality both are false, NALANDA was the first University on the planet in INDIA and it predates islam.
If I had a nickel for every time a king named Chandragupta emerged in the Magadha region of India and conquered vast swaths of land at the beginning of a strong and prosperous dynasty, I'd have 2 nickels which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.
Most probably chandragupta 2 was named chandragupta , since at that time legends od chandragupta maurya were popular af As we know it from vishakhadatta's mudrarakshasha
That's because we have more surviving records from Classical Greece and Rome than we do from Ancient or Classical India. Writing materials such as Parchment or large leaves don't really survive well in the humid environment of South Asia. If it's not put into stone or clay, it will be lost. Also South Asia is massive and spread out. Roman Peninsula and Greece are tiny places so there are fewer places you have to look for ancient records.
Westerners talk more about Classical Greece and Rome just like Indians will talk more about Classical India. West has much more influence today so Classical Greece and Rome would be more well known.
@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886You are 100% correct. I don't understand why these hindutva fools don't get it. Still there is oral tradition which amounts to something doesn't it. I mean the period b/w 8th century bce and 3rd century bce saw many philosophical texts grow such as upanishads and Brahmanas. Of whom shatapratha brahmana is the only text which the puranic rishis read and copied/distorted it's stories to make puranas
In kings and generals' last video i commented that i would get history classes if they uploads video on Gupta empire, and now here they are. You guys are great. Thanks..
With all due respects, 18 minutes is too less for Gupta Empire.....Iron pillar of Mehrauli, constructed during Gupta empire, and which hasn't rusted for 1600 years, itself will occupy 18 minutes...Such is the greatness of Gupta Empire !
@@KingsandGenerals Go into full depth like you do for Ottomons Macedonia and Romans. You will get more views. This will also help to get know about ancient India to westerners
@@riderchallenge4250You find sources for it man. How do you get to know of all battles and their tactics and strategies when there is no mention of it. What should he do,make up stories. Man use some brain.
@@AvgRigvedaEnjoyer there are many mentions if battles of Guptas and inscriptions. He can easily make 10 videos including their origins wirh each Emperor battles culture innovations
that's nothing out of the ordinary, before the industrial revolution, when most people were farmers, GDP is directly correlated to population size. thats why India and China with their fertile lands had large populations, and consequently a large GDP
@@starizard42I saw many graphs on Google showing share of World GDP. All of them show India having ≈40% from 0-1000 AD consistently and China having ≈30% consistently from 0-1000 AD. So rest of the world would be ≈30%. For the year 100 AD,the share of Population %: India: 25-37.5% China: 16-30% Roman Empire: 20-40% This seems very impressive to me. Even peak Roman Empire would likely be quite less in GDP than India and China,while probably having slightly larger population. This shows the fertility of Indian and Chinese soil,and profitable trade. This should also mean that the period of Gupta Empire was not that prosperous compared to other periods,having about the same GDP,in a period where places like Europe were not very prosperous compared to few centuries earlier. But this could also be wrong since I didn't do much research,my sources can be quite wrong.
@@starizard42not only in agrarian economy, you should learn about indo roman trade, trade deficit was huge af Even roman historian like Pliny the elder criticized the drain of gold into india ,china. And these exports were not only grains or anything They were mainly ivory goods
Gupta Empire was **literally** the orthodox Hindu Empire, with Hinduism being its state religion then why is there Buddha image in thumbnail? And before someone says other religions were also there. Yes, they were there but they were not the state religion. The state was officially the Hindu state, and it is academically accepted. Other religions like Buddhism and Jainism merely existed there and sometimes got donations by Hindu emperors as grants.
It's also futile trying to equate Western religious realities to those of South Asia. South Asian rulers patronized all the religions to different extents. It really depended on their private convictions, ideological goals or certain trends at the time. Hinduism in its entirety wasn't and couldn't be the state religion. Contemporary concept of Hinduism includes too many things, which were clearly differentiated back then. When Vaishnavism was central, Shaivism was in the same position as Buddhism and Jainism. And it makes sense to include Buddha in thumbnail, as Gupta era was one of the periods when Buddhism flourished. In that period, Buddha entered Vaishnava pantheon and Mahabodhi temple got its present shape. He was omnipresent in the cultural and religious landscape of the period.
Why we need historical and mythological movies when we have a great youtube channel called Kings & Generals ? The animation quality and narration is getting better and better each year. Iam regular viewer of your videos. Thankyou. Gouri Sankar. K Please do more videos related to Indian subcontinent. I have enjoyed your Indian videos on Indus Valley Civilization, Mauryan Empire Under Ashoka, Gupta Empire, Indo Greek Kingdom, Indo Roman Trade etc. My suggestions are given below. 1. Pre historic peoples of Indian sub continent: Ancient Ancestral South Indians (AASI) Basal East Eurasians From East Africa - Oldest Inhabitants In Indian Subcontinent. 2. Mehrgarh Civilization ( Zagrosian Iranian Pastoralists Mixed With AASI) 3. Indus Valley Civilization: ( Zagrosian Iranian Hunters Mixed With AASI) A detailed exploration based on archeaology and genetics. 4. Sintastha Culture (Southern Russia - Kazhaksthan Border. Ancestors Of Indo Aryans, Indo Iranians & Indo Mittanis) 5. Bactria & Margiana Archarological Complex (Mix Of Anatolian Farmers, Iranian Neolithic Farmers & Caucasus Hunters - Gatherers) 6. Rig Vedic Period : A Detailed Study On Early Vedic Society. 7. Later Vedic Period : Decline Of Rig Vedic Society, Composing Of Yajur Veda, Sama Veda & Atharva Veda Along With 13 Upanishads. 8. Rise Of 16 Mahajanapadas: Also Known As Second Urbanisation. (Epics Like Ramayana, Mahabharata & Puranas Were Written In This Period. Rise and Spread Of Jainism & Buddhism. Expansion Of Hinduism In South India, Odissa & Bengal.) 9. Sangam Age Literature & Society In Tamizhakam (Kerala & Tamilnadu) 10. History Of Sri Lanka 11. Kalabra Invasion : Dark Period Of Tamil History Which Led To Fall Of Chola, Chera & Pandya Kingdoms. 12. Rise & Expansion Of Pallavas In Southern India : Split Between Satavahanas & Pallavas, Sanskrit & Maharashtri Prakrit Inscriptions In Palm Leaves & Copper Plates. Defeated Kalabras, Chalukyas & Cholas. Introduction Of Grantha Script For Tamil, Khmer, Thai, Bahasa Indonesian, Malay etc. Large Scale Migration Of Apara Shikha Brahmins To Tamizhakam Encouraged By Pallavas. Construction Of Agamic Temples & Revival Of Hinduism From Jain Kalabra Onslaught. 13. Medieval Cholas : Largest Maritime Naval Empire In India. 14. Kannauj Tripatriate Struggle Between Gurjara Prathiharas, Rashtrakutas & Palas. 15. Malik Kafur's Invasion Of Kanchi, Madurai, Sri Rangam, Trichy, Tanjavur & Chidambaram. 16. Vijayanagara Empire 17. Cochin - Zamorin Wars 18. Travancore Kingdom Under Marthanda Varma & Ramayyan Dalawa. 19. Siege Of Palakkad Fort By British (Carnatic Wars Between Tippu Sultan With French On One Side v/s Zamorin With British On Other Side.) 20. India's Contribution To Two World Wars. Thankyou.
@@aryaputram You do not understand what I meant mister Anindra dasyu putram. I meant that there are no details of the battles. There is no corroboration of sources
Yes, the marxist theory on urban decline proposed by the likes of RS sharma has been discredited by most modern historians today. The theory was that India's cities declined due to fall in West coast trade with the Roman Empire collapsing. However, the Gupta period indeed saw the rise of urbanisation in many regions like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh etc were urbanisation wasnt previosuly as high. Pataliputra remained a premier city during the Gupta period (with some modern population predictions to be aroun 800k-1 million people, up from the 700k during Mauryan era and up from the older less discredited theory of 400k). However, towards the end of the Gupta period, north-western cities like Purushapura and Takshashila were sacked by the Huns. Traditional epicentres like Kausambi, Shravasti, Ahichhatra, Pataliputra, Ayodhya, Pratisthanapura, Vaishali also declined in post-Gupta era to make way for new epic-centres like Kanyakubja, Prayag, Gauda, Vallabhipur, Kanchipuram, Mulasthanapura, Vatapi, Tattandapura, Pruthudaka etc
IK this is an old video, but i would like to point out some mistakes and add some points. 1. Sri Gupta's son wasn't Chandragupta 1, it was Ghatochcacha-Gupta, his son was Chandragupta 1. 2. The conquest wasn't done by Chandragupta 1, Rather it was done by his son Samudragupta ( Allahabad inscription and other sources tells us that he uprooted around 20+ kings in Northern and southern India, Chandragupta 1's main accomplishment was his marriage to the licchavi princess of Kingdom of licchavi, which controlled area around northern india and southern nepal, as she did not have any brother, the Kingdom was given to the Guptas as Dowry. 3. Chandragupta 2 annxed and completely destroyed the western Kshastraps, which gave Gupta's direct access to arabian sea, Chandragupta 2 also led an succesfull expedition in Balkh ( northern afghanistan ) against the Huns, most probably to aquire better and faster central asian horses. Chandragupta 2 might also have annexed the Gilit baltistan region, north of kashmir valley as indicated by Hunza rock inscription. 4. The Navratanas ( or Nine jewels ) of Chandragupta 2 werent poets rather 9 most important Ministers of Gupta administration, that controlled important ministeries like Finance, military, Infrastructure, art, music, science etc etc. 5. The Navratanas or nine jewels, was an revolutionary Administration tactic started by Chandragupta 2, which later was adopted by various Kings and emperors in Indian subcontinent, Most notable was the Navratanas of Akbar, the 3rd emperor of Mughal empire. Nonetheless nice video, bring more on indian history please
Hey man I have been following your channel for 2 years and would love to See more videos on Indian history if possible do a video on battles of Indian empires like gupta and mauryans... Thanks
I always understood that Ancient Indian kings used to keep different religious scholars in their court, some would have greater influence over one particular and visa versa... But overall kings court would not be mostly dominated by one ideology. Excellent example of this can be seen by ancient structure called Rani Ki Vav This +1000 years old building shows imagery of Hindu Gods and Godesses, Prince Siddhartha (Buddha) but was commissioned by a Jain Monk. It shows the importance of political inclusion that world seeks today that Ancient Indians practiced +1000 year ago....
I know so very little about Indian history. This was fascinating. Thank you! I look forward to future videos about India! God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
Yes they are underrated af , even an Arab historian named mawudi considered one of the global powers in the world Alongside with abbasids, Tang and franks
amogavarsha (lord of dakishanapath) ruled 64 years (most ruled king in india) govinda lll north indian conquest , struggle for kannuaj against contremperory prathihara empire & pala empire
This is great! We need more Indian videos! 😁 Maybe a video about how the different groups of "Huns" (as a result of Han defeating Xiongnu) attacked Rome, Sassanid Persia, and Gupta India.
@@Dheeraj-y4fguptas led the final victory against the huns with the maukharis as mentioned in gupta inscription at apsahad Unlike maukharis , aulikaras were hostile towards guptas that's why no gupta inscription mention aulikara support too😊
Would have been nice to mention stuff about Gupta era architectural marvels, which could be mentioned in future episodes. Things like the Nalanda University, Mahabodhi Temple, Imperial Palace at Pataliputra, Pravarapura Shiva Temple, Dhamek Stupa, Kesariya Stupa, Nandangarh Stupa, Ajanta and Elephanta Caves.
it's not obvious where the Gupta Empire originated from - whether Magadha or Prayagraj but yes, largely, we can say that they originated in the Gangetic plains and then went on conquests to expand their empire. Fun fact - Samudragupta I is known as "The Napoleon of India" for his all-conquering nature - he never lost a single battle.
@@hegantank6495 no in terms of prosperity and cultural achievement Guptas and Tang were like the best of India and China and Maurya and Han were the first imperial power to unite which acts like inspiration for other empires in their respective countries to look at. Like Chinese people are called as majority Han ethnicity. and India has Ashoka chakra in the flag and national emblem taken from the Maurya Empire.
@@riderchallenge4250I don't think it was that much prosperous (compared to other periods of India) as it is said to be though,as the video itself stated. I saw many graphs on Google showing share of World GDP. All of them show India having ≈40% from 0-1000 AD consistently and China having ≈30% consistently from 0-1000 AD. So rest of the world would be ≈30%. For the year 100 AD,the share of Population %: India: 25-37.5% China: 16-30% Roman Empire: 20-40% This seems very impressive to me. Even peak Roman Empire would likely be quite less in GDP than India and China,while probably having slightly larger population. This shows the fertility of Indian and Chinese soil,and how profitable trade was for India. This should also mean that the period of Gupta Empire was not that prosperous compared to other periods,having about the same GDP,in a period where places like Europe were not very prosperous compared to few centuries earlier. But this could also be very wrong since I didn't do much research,my sources can be quite wrong.
Lol, so many wrong infos! Buddha was a Hindu prince from the Kshatriya caste, and his disciples created Buddhism. Same for Mahavira Jain, a Hindu prince from the Kshatriya varna.
I appreciate the attempt, but to be honest, this was a bit underwhelming, and could use improvements. I'll give some suggestions and corrections that could be incorporated in some later video about the Guptas. 1. So basic chronology is important, we first have Sri Gupta, then Ghatotkacha and then Chandragupta I. 2. Chandragupta I created a regional kingdom covering roughly modern day Bihar and Eastern UP, though he mostly did it by his marriage alliance with the powerful Lichhavi republic which ruled North Bihar. 3. The real conquest was done by Samudragupta, son of Chandragupta I. His Prayaga/Allahabad Inscription gives us a very good idea of his conquests. He defeated and even exterminated several Indo-Gagnetic kings (Aryavarta wars), and later led a southern campaign. In the course of these campaigns he also seems to have defeated the Sakas of Western India, and gained the submission of either the Indo-Sassanians or the Indo-Kushans of Gandhara, possibly with the help of the Kidarite Huns. 4. He was succeeded by his eldest son Ramagupta, but he proved to be a weak ruler, and was overthrown by Chandragupta II, also called Vikaramaditya, the dynasty's greatest ruler. Chandragupta II attacked the Gandhara region where he again vassalized the local rulers and possibly annexed some parts, and later he made a marital alliance with the Vakatakas of the Deccan to secure his southern flank, before moving west and defeating the Sakas. 4. Chandragupta II was succeeded by his son Kumaragupta I, under which the empire reached its zenith. He finished the remnants of the Sakas and finished the conquest of Gujarat, and also later in his life waged a war against his step sister's family, the Vakatakas, defeating them and for a time expanding the Gupta power into the Northern Deccan. However, his death was followed by a major civil war in around 447. 5. Kumaragupta's legitimate successors seemed to have been weak since right after his death, his illegimtate son Skandagupta, and his step brother Ghatotkachagupta contended for the throne. This was a long civil war, from 447 to 455, with Ghatotkacha being backed by the Vakatakas and another ally, the Pushyamitras of Mekala. Eventually Skandagupta emerged victorious, though at a great cost. 6. The Kidararite Huns, taking advantage of the Gupta civil war, attacked the empire's North West frontier, overrunning it, and threatened the Indo-Gangetic plains itself. Skandagupta had barely won the civil war when he had to rush to stop the Kidarites. This he achieved decisively as mentioned in his Bhitari inscription dated 456. However, the long civil war, the Vakataka and Pushyamitra incursions from the South, and the Kidarite war, all had taken toll, and Skandagupta had to debase currency to cover the expenditures. 7. Skandagupta is regarded as the last great Gupta, he died in 467, having restored Gupta power but he was followed by his weaker step brothers and their successors. Most of these successors were old and feeble, ruling only for a few years. Buddhagupta was the last emperor to rule the Empire at nearly it's full extent, reigning from 476 to 495. We have found his inscriptions and seals from Western India to Gandhara in the North West, making the last true 'Emperor'. 8. Buddhagupta's death led to another civil war, and a simultaneous Hunnic invasion, this time by the Alchons Huns. The Gupta Empire's northern outposts fell quickly, and the empire mustered a defence only at Eran, in Central India, but while the battle was hard fought, it resulted in a crushing defeat for the Guptas, opening up the empire's core to the Hunnic attacks. 9. The city of Kausambhi, a major city, just west of Pataliputra, the Gupta Capital, was sacked and destroyed by the Huns, and soon the Huns even reached the Gupta capital. The Hunnic ruler Toramana tried to appropriate Gupta symbols and religious iconography to gain legitimacy, and even seems to have vassalzied the Emperor rather than outright ending the Gupta dynasty. But this did not work, as Indian resistance against the Huns continued. Bhanugupta, possibly a Gupta scion from Malwa, fought another battle with the Huns, though was killed. However, the battle inspired more resistance and another former Gupta vassal, the Aulikaras of Dasapura challenged the Huns. 10. Around 514-15, the Hunnic King Toramana was defeated by Prakashadharman Aulikara, finally breaking the Hunnic power in Malwa and the Eastern Indo Gangetic. The Huns retreated to Gwalior, with it becoming their main fort in Northern India. Toramana's son, Mihirakula had to go back to Punjab and Gandhara to reassert his family's authority before again attacking Central India and the Eastern Indo-Gangetic. However, Prakasadharman's son, Yashodharman, in alliance with another former Gupta vassal, the Maukharis of Kannauj, defeated the Huns decidedly, finally expelling them in around 534 from India. 11. The Guptas faded out, meanwhile new dynasties such as the Maukharis of Kannauj, Pushyabhutis of Thanesar, Kalachuris of Mahismati and Maitrakas of Vallabi etc came to prominence. The Hunnic threat continued in the North West, but was stemmed by the Pushyabhutis, and finally ended during the reign of Prabhakaravardhana, the father of the famous Harsavarshana in the early 7th century. This is the basic history of the period. As for the Gupta empire's achievements, you can start with the development of the number system, Aryabhatta's advancements in maths and astrology such as the value of 0, the calculation of Pi, the theory of relativity of motion etc. This Gupta period scholarship would seve as the foundation for Brahmagupta, who in early 7th century would build upon it to properly establish the function of zero, the decimal system, negative numbers, and the beginning of algebra, and even understanding the idea of gravity. In the realm of statecraft and religion, most of the great literary texts, epics and poltical treatises and manuals, from Ramayana and Mahabharata to Arthashastra, were given their final form during the Gupta period. In the realm or art and architecture, the modern styles of stone temple building descend mostly from the Gupta architecture, prior to this Hindu worship was not always temple based. The sculptures and pillars from the Gupta period show high refinement and polish as well. Industries such as metallurgy and cotton production reached new prominence. Finally, the Gupta administrative system remained the ideal gold standard for the many kingdoms and empires that came after it, all attempting to some extent replicate its imperial structure. The Gupta administration also seemed to have been fairly benevolent compared to most other empires, with low taxes around 16% or about 1/6th from the agricultural produce, though depending upon the land quality, this could be reduced to 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/12th, in addition the tolls and irregular indirect taxes were also light, so as to not burden the people. Fa Hien describes the Gupta Enpire to have light taxes and affording freedom to peasants to move about without being attached to the land as serf labour. Furthermore, the Guptas also provided a lot of representation and self government to the people, with cities being administered by independent municipal boards with the regional industrial and merchant guilds being important part of the local government. Not only that, independent councils were established in villages, and even the Royal court had an Assembly that consisted of grandees, clergy, guild masters and merchants, and other notables to exert check on the Royal authority. These measures contributed greatly the empire's growth and stability. The following are the sources that can be referred to for information on the Guptas: The Imperial Guptas Vols 1 and 2 by P. L. Gupta The Imperial Guptas and their times by DK Ganguly Treasures of the Gupta Empire by Sanjeev Kumar The Gupta Empire by RK Mukherjee Moments of Hope, Gloom and Glory: In the Age of Hunnic Wars by Hans Bakker A History of Vakataka-Gupta relation by SR Goyal
It states that Samudragupta fought a hundred battles, acquired a hundred wounds that looked like marks of glory, and earned the title Prakrama (valourous).
Phenomenally accurate video, could you please make a video of the south Indian CHOLA Empire in 11th century under Emperor RAJENDRA CHOLA 1 which dominated the entire Indian Ocean, southern India and south east Asia monopolizing trade customs. Chinese accounts say that they had 60000 war elephants, 80000 cavalry and 2 million soldiers and one of the world's first navy with something sort of Greek fire (saw in odd compass channel). Thanks in advance, keep up the great work. ❤ Edit - sonofindia99 and others request it too.
I am very happy when K&G address places and cultures that are far from being much addressed and studied in the West. I feel honored and accumulate more knowledge of details and information about my favorite part of the world, Asia, and even more so with these animations and effects that they put in the video, they could use this extra budget in the others as well. As a true fan of yours, taking advantage of this, we hope for a video rich in details and information like this one, this time about the golden age of China during the Tang dynasty, in the development of arts, printing, gunpowder, sciences, etc.
Hailing my lineage from the golden era of the Gupta Empire, as ROYAL PHYSICIANS and bearing the surname as "GUPTA" too. The empire just didn't witnessed great literary sources on astronomy/astrology & literature... Guptas too were keenly active on medical sciences of those time and one of the most advanced medical science knowledge of that time.
I am a Muslim from subcontinent (Pakistan) , I consider myself as an Indian through DNA. I wonder why were our old kingdoms couldn't stop islamic invasion into India??? If that happened I wonder I would still be a Buddhist, Jain or a Hindu maybe 😊
Comfort brings laziness and muslims were living in harsh climate so selection of best among them brings ruthless rulers. Same like attack on Titan story
Glad you realized your roots... Muslims invaded due to infighting amongst the Hindus... When Hindus had a single Hindu empire... No one dared to enter India... For eg. Maurya... Guptas... And Turks mostly came in when the empires were weak...
They stopped the first round of Islamic invasion i.e Arabs and kept them west of Indus. The later invasions from Central Asia were not stopped by anybody. Turks and then Mongols conquered pretty much all of ancient civilisations. China, India, Middle East were all conquered by nomadic tribes from Central Asia. China got lucky because they were conquered by Mongols which assimilated in Chinese culture. India was unlucky in that sense because Muslim Turks didn't assimilate and created a Muslim population which is still creating problems for the subcontinent to this day.
The real issue is not Islam as such, but the sad fact that mainstream South Asian muslims stubbornly reject their pre-islamic heritage in all of its entirety. Take Indonesian muslims. They still see Hindu gods and epics as part of their heritage. They give their children names in Sanskrit, they enact scenes from Ramayana in their theatres, they construct statues of ancient Hindu heroes. It's similar to how European Christians preserve their pre-Christian heritage. Meanwhile, South Asian muslims act as if pre-islamic culture of their ancestors had nothing to do with them. You don't have to believe in Hinduism or Buddhism for them to be part of your cultural landscape. These are things created by your ancestors. It's your culture.
they actually stopped....initial attempts had all failed. after the first successful conquest of Sindh(which is considered an area on outskirts of india)...it took 3-4 centuries to reach mainland india. Arabs were largely stopped but central asian horse riders with more experience of invasions....and india of 11th century turning decadent (with many kingdoms not even keeping standing military) led to the fall
Finally U made a Video on Golden period of India! When Hinduism 🕉 was in safe hand under Gupta Empire! When Art and culture as well as in business too... India was termed as "Golden Bird" By western countries. When Eastern Countries praise India as "Vishwa Guru." Thanks ❤🌹❤🌹 for making this Glorious Video!
Undoubtedly indian empires like : Mauryan empire Gupta empire Chola empire are top 3 greatest of indian history because of them our indian roots becomes more stronger and feel proud for what they contributed to our mother land
@@Dheeraj-y4fThose were Turks. They did not symbolise indian culture. It's like saying the Ottoman wallachia or hungaria is native culture of that land
@@aryamansrinivas2297 bro There is no verified evidence or documentation in ancient texts, archaeological findings, or reputable historical research that supports the existence of an empire specifically known as the "Karthikeya Empire."but Karthikeya is an deity predominantly know as Murugan so please don't spread misinformation (correct me your referring something else )
lol before brits came to india, india's share in world gdp was 25-35%. They came for their profits to run a island nation with no resources. If the are so keen to develop and create education then why not do work in africa now? they want development and UK can give that now
Magadh/bihar people face so much discrimination in India in the present but a considerable amount of indian culture was built by rulers of Pataliputra. I hope indians will stop this discrimination 😢 BIHAR 🇮🇳
@@riderchallenge4250 MAGADH = BIHAR Many indians try to deny the greatness of Pataliputra and Nalanda to justify theit ill will towards the region. Magahi was king no one can change it.
i'm south indian truely pataliputra was one of the greatest cities in history . Bihar as got greatest history in india. sidhartha,mahavira got enlightened in modern bihar, capital of mauryas,magadha,gupta,shunga. glad that it didnt go to pakistan during partition .
Source for my claim- mehraulli pillar inscription (contemporary source) Chandragupta ii also led a successful invasion into balkh (northern Afghanistan)against huns A passage mentioning this invasion mentions that Guptas were heavily relied upon horse archers and heavy cavalry equipped with scale armour Hunnic women to show sorrow for their dead husbands used to tear up their face with knives (a ritual that is mentioned in chinese sources as well)
Hey, can you guys make a video on the Satavahana Empire, which existed in between the fall of the Mauryan Empire and the rise of the Gupta Empire and encompasses large parts of what is now South, Central and Western India.
Hey Dude Really Appreciate Your Efforts Indian History Is Super Fascinating Please Make Videos On Other Dynasties Such As Nandas,Satvahanas,Kushan, Chalukya,Chera,Pandyas,Paramars,Yadavas, Eastern Gangas,Cholas,Vakatak,Paramar 🕉️🗡️✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
This is why when people say Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world. Yes, the Pre Gupta version... its interesting to see how they changed the religion so much and invented new gods to replaced those in the vedas
They didn’t invent new gods you fool😂,they just prioritised trimurty worship over Vedic gods.Also Hinduism is the oldest continuous religion in the world.
It would be great if some of the political history of India in the first millennium is covered too. Especially the aftermath of Gupta Empire and the rise of empires like Rashtrakutas. Finally the empire I would love to see the most about is the Maratha Empire in the modern era (17th and 18th century).
I am very happy you guys are making videos about India. In the future don't forget to mention the Mughals, bro tHR Mughals had such a huge cultural impact that it will be a real challenge to fit all of it in just 1 video.
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Make videos about Africa too.
Please change thumbnail
Definitely would like to see more on India as it’s kind of a blindspot in my knowledge of history.
Same
And if possible, also from the pre-Columbian cultures, especially the Mesoamerican and Andean Civilisations
Yes damn true, no one literally talk about that history@@marcgarcia1673
@@marcgarcia1673 there's a channel called Ancient Americas that's really good for that. . .
@@JELazarus believe me, I know, I watch his videos (which are great 👍). But I would love to see the history of the pre-Columbian Americas illustrated with their graphics quality. Besides it would be nice to see videos on that topic feature more prominently in general history channels, don't you think, I think that otherwise it will be more niche than history channels already are.
PS: I want to study Ancient American Studies, understand my interest 😅
Hindu-Arabic numerals, set of 10 symbols-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0-that represent numbers in the decimal number system. They originated in India in the gupta empire and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians, especially al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi, about the 12th century.
Aryabhatt
There is nothing Arabic about the modern numbers.
@@roshanchachane142 They're called Arabic numerals because Europeans first knew about this numerical system from Arabs, despite the numerical system originating in India.
The system should not be called Arabic in the first place , Arabs had no contribution in anything lol
Dont you love indian@@Zubair-Khan
Some other suggestions for indian history
1. Chola
2. Rashtrakuta
3. Maratha
4. Chalukya
5. Pala
6. Gurjar Pratihar
7. Vijayanagara
8. Pushyabhuti
maurya, chouhan, maharana pratap, Ahom
Chola would be nice...didn't they have like a massive colonial empire across South Eastern Asia?
@@Eagler-yc7yx Yes, literally every aspect of traditional southeast asian culture has some sort of tamil/hindu/indian influence, from their very script to religion to language.
The Cholas would be an excellent starting point!!
Def North eastern guys too especially ahoms
I thank the whole Kings and Generals team for making video on ancient indian history.
Next video suggestion:- Chola Empire.
Love from 🇮🇳
As i understarnd you have the right guy for reserching this, would love more indian history content!
Love how the chanel is starting to focus on large historic lands that have different parallels than the mostly known histories. And also appreciate that it's adding Daynamic 2d animation
Skandagupta (Gupta ruler, 455-467 CE) was Known for his military campaigns against the Hephthalites and alliances with the Sassanid Empire. which made the Hephthalites empire lost forever.
Correction : Skandagupta fought the Kidarites, not the Hephtalites.
@@Narrator_of_Tarikh07
No he had two invasions
First one was in the near end of the reign of kumargupt by kidarites
And a 2nd one by hepthalites in corporation with alchons which was much later. In his middle years of reign most probably
@@Alter_bihari.2If i remember correctly, the Alchon Huns invaded India after his death during the reign of Budhagupta. I also think that the Gupta Empire never fought the Hephtalites and that Skandagupta faced only one invasion from the Kidarites.
@@Narrator_of_Tarikh07
Well they are two invasions one by kidarites which failed and then they were devoured and again after a while he faced another invasion
This might've been done by alchons or hepthalites
@@Narrator_of_Tarikh07 actually during Narsimhagupta
Guptas has great achievements in physics and especially Mathamatics, modern number system, decimal system, trigonometry, and much much more. Was invented in Gupta times, Brahamagupta and Aryabhatta.
That is a straight up lie. No it wasn’t
@@aziz00We don’t have a concept of Taqiya don’t worry
@@aziz00 cope harder mujeet
@@aziz00
"It's a lie because it's not written in the Qur'an"
@@aziz00lies taught in Islamic world -
Numbers system was invented by them.
First University was in middle east.
In reality both are false, NALANDA was the first University on the planet in INDIA and it predates islam.
Man, I wish this video came out while I was teaching my students about Ancient India
If I had a nickel for every time a king named Chandragupta emerged in the Magadha region of India and conquered vast swaths of land at the beginning of a strong and prosperous dynasty, I'd have 2 nickels which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.
Make it 3.
Two Chandragupta in Gupta Empire
😂
Most probably chandragupta 2 was named chandragupta , since at that time legends od chandragupta maurya were popular af
As we know it from vishakhadatta's mudrarakshasha
@@INDIAN_HISTORY0976 I bet the first one didn't enjoy being called "the first" -
😒 First!? gives his wife a dirty look...
People talk a lot about Classical Greece and Rome, but sadly Classical India doesn't get as much spotlight as it should..
That's because we have more surviving records from Classical Greece and Rome than we do from Ancient or Classical India. Writing materials such as Parchment or large leaves don't really survive well in the humid environment of South Asia.
If it's not put into stone or clay, it will be lost.
Also South Asia is massive and spread out. Roman Peninsula and Greece are tiny places so there are fewer places you have to look for ancient records.
@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 Yeah for sure
Westerners talk more about Classical Greece and Rome just like Indians will talk more about Classical India. West has much more influence today so Classical Greece and Rome would be more well known.
@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 There is a lot of Indian history of classical period
@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886You are 100% correct. I don't understand why these hindutva fools don't get it. Still there is oral tradition which amounts to something doesn't it. I mean the period b/w 8th century bce and 3rd century bce saw many philosophical texts grow such as upanishads and Brahmanas. Of whom shatapratha brahmana is the only text which the puranic rishis read and copied/distorted it's stories to make puranas
It's great to have the public version available!
In kings and generals' last video i commented that i would get history classes if they uploads video on Gupta empire, and now here they are. You guys are great. Thanks..
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Muito Obrigado Amigo !
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With all due respects, 18 minutes is too less for Gupta Empire.....Iron pillar of Mehrauli, constructed during Gupta empire, and which hasn't rusted for 1600 years, itself will occupy 18 minutes...Such is the greatness of Gupta Empire !
It is a summary. If the video is interesting to the viewers, we will dive deeper.
@@KingsandGenerals u got a whole 1 billion indian people here
@@KingsandGenerals Go into full depth like you do for Ottomons Macedonia and Romans. You will get more views. This will also help to get know about ancient India to westerners
@@riderchallenge4250You find sources for it man. How do you get to know of all battles and their tactics and strategies when there is no mention of it. What should he do,make up stories. Man use some brain.
@@AvgRigvedaEnjoyer there are many mentions if battles of Guptas and inscriptions. He can easily make 10 videos including their origins wirh each Emperor battles culture innovations
Modern numerals of the Hindu Arabic numerals (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) were created in india during this period too.
0 too, the decimal system we use today was created with the creation of the numeral.
It is only hindu numeral number Arabic people just copied and translated
It's Indian numerals not Arabic numerals
@@hirenahir76200 Hindu with Arabic influence
@@hirenahir76200 They're called Arabic numerals because Europeans were introduced to this numerical system by Arabs.
Love the variety of content!
Gupta empire contributed 32% to 35% share of world gdp that's why india called golden sparrow that time
I forgot the source which estimated this figure
that's nothing out of the ordinary, before the industrial revolution, when most people were farmers, GDP is directly correlated to population size.
thats why India and China with their fertile lands had large populations, and consequently a large GDP
@@starizard42 not only in terms of agricultural output but iron, gold, KNOWLEDGE
@@starizard42I saw many graphs on Google showing share of World GDP. All of them show India having ≈40% from 0-1000 AD consistently and China having ≈30% consistently from 0-1000 AD.
So rest of the world would be ≈30%.
For the year 100 AD,the share of Population %:
India: 25-37.5%
China: 16-30%
Roman Empire: 20-40%
This seems very impressive to me. Even peak Roman Empire would likely be quite less in GDP than India and China,while probably having slightly larger population.
This shows the fertility of Indian and Chinese soil,and profitable trade.
This should also mean that the period of Gupta Empire was not that prosperous compared to other periods,having about the same GDP,in a period where places like Europe were not very prosperous compared to few centuries earlier.
But this could also be wrong since I didn't do much research,my sources can be quite wrong.
@@starizard42not only in agrarian economy, you should learn about indo roman trade, trade deficit was huge af
Even roman historian like Pliny the elder criticized the drain of gold into india ,china.
And these exports were not only grains or anything
They were mainly ivory goods
8:43 indian kings accepted secularism even before secularism was known in west
Gupta Empire was **literally** the orthodox Hindu Empire, with Hinduism being its state religion then why is there Buddha image in thumbnail? And before someone says other religions were also there. Yes, they were there but they were not the state religion. The state was officially the Hindu state, and it is academically accepted. Other religions like Buddhism and Jainism merely existed there and sometimes got donations by Hindu emperors as grants.
Yes gupta rulers encourages buddhism and jainism
But they were hindus
That's a fact
Jai bhim jai mim
U r nt Buddhist, cut the crap sudra.
Because there is no Reservation that time😆😆😆
It's also futile trying to equate Western religious realities to those of South Asia. South Asian rulers patronized all the religions to different extents. It really depended on their private convictions, ideological goals or certain trends at the time. Hinduism in its entirety wasn't and couldn't be the state religion. Contemporary concept of Hinduism includes too many things, which were clearly differentiated back then. When Vaishnavism was central, Shaivism was in the same position as Buddhism and Jainism. And it makes sense to include Buddha in thumbnail, as Gupta era was one of the periods when Buddhism flourished. In that period, Buddha entered Vaishnava pantheon and Mahabodhi temple got its present shape. He was omnipresent in the cultural and religious landscape of the period.
05:40 As far as i remember, Sri Gupta had a son named Ghatotkach Gupta, whose son was ChandraGupta-I.
u r right bro, is video me bhot mistake h, guptas magadh se nhi purvanchal se rule kiye they
@@Shubhamkumar-fr9hl disputed hai lmao* lekin ya toh veh purvanchal, magadha ya fir murshidabad se thei
@@INDIAN_HISTORY0976 bhai according to most recent books of sanjeev kumar & kk thaplyal vo Purvanchal se they
@@Shubhamkumar-fr9hl still lmao decisive nhi hai , tumhe bangal or bihar wali theories ke liye bhi bhar bhar ke sources mil jayenge
@@INDIAN_HISTORY0976 bhai recent book ki mani jayegi naa, tum aryaputram k dost ho naa, aaj usey ek nyi chiz bheji h mene
History isn’t just numbers and dates; through your video, I can understand the people and events behind them!
Why we need historical and mythological movies when we have a great youtube channel called Kings & Generals ? The animation quality and narration is getting better and better each year. Iam regular viewer of your videos. Thankyou. Gouri Sankar. K
Please do more videos related to Indian subcontinent. I have enjoyed your Indian videos on Indus Valley Civilization, Mauryan Empire Under Ashoka, Gupta Empire, Indo Greek Kingdom, Indo Roman Trade etc. My suggestions are given below.
1. Pre historic peoples of Indian sub continent: Ancient Ancestral South Indians (AASI) Basal East Eurasians From East Africa - Oldest Inhabitants In Indian Subcontinent.
2. Mehrgarh Civilization ( Zagrosian Iranian Pastoralists Mixed With AASI)
3. Indus Valley Civilization: ( Zagrosian Iranian Hunters Mixed With AASI) A detailed exploration based on archeaology and genetics.
4. Sintastha Culture (Southern Russia - Kazhaksthan Border. Ancestors Of Indo Aryans, Indo Iranians & Indo Mittanis)
5. Bactria & Margiana Archarological Complex (Mix Of Anatolian Farmers, Iranian Neolithic Farmers & Caucasus Hunters - Gatherers)
6. Rig Vedic Period : A Detailed Study On Early Vedic Society.
7. Later Vedic Period : Decline Of Rig Vedic Society, Composing Of Yajur Veda, Sama Veda & Atharva Veda Along With 13 Upanishads.
8. Rise Of 16 Mahajanapadas: Also Known As Second Urbanisation. (Epics Like Ramayana, Mahabharata & Puranas Were Written In This Period. Rise and Spread Of Jainism & Buddhism. Expansion Of Hinduism In South India, Odissa & Bengal.)
9. Sangam Age Literature & Society In Tamizhakam (Kerala & Tamilnadu)
10. History Of Sri Lanka
11. Kalabra Invasion : Dark Period Of Tamil History Which Led To Fall Of Chola, Chera & Pandya Kingdoms.
12. Rise & Expansion Of Pallavas In Southern India : Split Between Satavahanas & Pallavas, Sanskrit & Maharashtri Prakrit Inscriptions In Palm Leaves & Copper Plates. Defeated Kalabras, Chalukyas & Cholas. Introduction Of Grantha Script For Tamil, Khmer, Thai, Bahasa Indonesian, Malay etc. Large Scale Migration Of Apara Shikha Brahmins To Tamizhakam Encouraged By Pallavas. Construction Of Agamic Temples & Revival Of Hinduism From Jain Kalabra Onslaught.
13. Medieval Cholas : Largest Maritime Naval Empire In India.
14. Kannauj Tripatriate Struggle Between Gurjara Prathiharas, Rashtrakutas & Palas.
15. Malik Kafur's Invasion Of Kanchi, Madurai, Sri Rangam, Trichy, Tanjavur & Chidambaram.
16. Vijayanagara Empire
17. Cochin - Zamorin Wars
18. Travancore Kingdom Under Marthanda Varma & Ramayyan Dalawa.
19. Siege Of Palakkad Fort By British (Carnatic Wars Between Tippu Sultan With French On One Side v/s Zamorin With British On Other Side.)
20. India's Contribution To Two World Wars.
Thankyou.
A video on Chandragupta's II campaign in Oxus valley to secure horse trade would be interesting
@@AmbujSharma-xv4ct india needs good map maker for our history
@@AmbujSharma-xv4ct we need a video of Chandragupta conquest of greater Bactria not just Oxus valley.
@@aryan.2384Yeah Whatever. He is going to make up stories so you can enjoy 😂😂😂.
@@AvgRigvedaEnjoyerIt's nothing to be funny, If you need sources regarding the Oxus campaign of CG2 then ask me bud
@@aryaputram You do not understand what I meant mister Anindra dasyu putram. I meant that there are no details of the battles. There is no corroboration of sources
I searched golden age of India in you tube
And you uploaded this video just 3 min before that
What a coincidence !
Yes, the marxist theory on urban decline proposed by the likes of RS sharma has been discredited by most modern historians today. The theory was that India's cities declined due to fall in West coast trade with the Roman Empire collapsing. However, the Gupta period indeed saw the rise of urbanisation in many regions like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh etc were urbanisation wasnt previosuly as high. Pataliputra remained a premier city during the Gupta period (with some modern population predictions to be aroun 800k-1 million people, up from the 700k during Mauryan era and up from the older less discredited theory of 400k). However, towards the end of the Gupta period, north-western cities like Purushapura and Takshashila were sacked by the Huns. Traditional epicentres like Kausambi, Shravasti, Ahichhatra, Pataliputra, Ayodhya, Pratisthanapura, Vaishali also declined in post-Gupta era to make way for new epic-centres like Kanyakubja, Prayag, Gauda, Vallabhipur, Kanchipuram, Mulasthanapura, Vatapi, Tattandapura, Pruthudaka etc
IK this is an old video, but i would like to point out some mistakes and add some points.
1. Sri Gupta's son wasn't Chandragupta 1, it was Ghatochcacha-Gupta, his son was Chandragupta 1.
2. The conquest wasn't done by Chandragupta 1, Rather it was done by his son Samudragupta ( Allahabad inscription and other sources tells us that he uprooted around 20+ kings in Northern and southern India, Chandragupta 1's main accomplishment was his marriage to the licchavi princess of Kingdom of licchavi, which controlled area around northern india and southern nepal, as she did not have any brother, the Kingdom was given to the Guptas as Dowry.
3. Chandragupta 2 annxed and completely destroyed the western Kshastraps, which gave Gupta's direct access to arabian sea, Chandragupta 2 also led an succesfull expedition in Balkh ( northern afghanistan ) against the Huns, most probably to aquire better and faster central asian horses. Chandragupta 2 might also have annexed the Gilit baltistan region, north of kashmir valley as indicated by Hunza rock inscription.
4. The Navratanas ( or Nine jewels ) of Chandragupta 2 werent poets rather 9 most important Ministers of Gupta administration, that controlled important ministeries like Finance, military, Infrastructure, art, music, science etc etc.
5. The Navratanas or nine jewels, was an revolutionary Administration tactic started by Chandragupta 2, which later was adopted by various Kings and emperors in Indian subcontinent, Most notable was the Navratanas of Akbar, the 3rd emperor of Mughal empire.
Nonetheless nice video, bring more on indian history please
Hey man I have been following your channel for 2 years and would love to See more videos on Indian history if possible do a video on battles of Indian empires like gupta and mauryans... Thanks
I always understood that Ancient Indian kings used to keep different religious scholars in their court, some would have greater influence over one particular and visa versa... But overall kings court would not be mostly dominated by one ideology.
Excellent example of this can be seen by ancient structure called Rani Ki Vav
This +1000 years old building shows imagery of Hindu Gods and Godesses, Prince Siddhartha (Buddha) but was commissioned by a Jain Monk.
It shows the importance of political inclusion that world seeks today that Ancient Indians practiced +1000 year ago....
more indian history please!!!
I know so very little about Indian history. This was fascinating. Thank you! I look forward to future videos about India!
God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
Jai shree Ram ❤
Thx for the content as always! the best channel ever !
Make a video on Rashtrakuta Empire which emerged from the Plateaus of Peninsular India.
Yes they are underrated af , even an Arab historian named mawudi considered one of the global powers in the world
Alongside with abbasids, Tang and franks
amogavarsha (lord of dakishanapath) ruled 64 years (most ruled king in india)
govinda lll north indian conquest , struggle for kannuaj against contremperory prathihara empire & pala empire
trio of Dhruva Govind 3 and Amoghvarsha is one best eras in India's History
Military campaign of some indian rulers would be extremely appreciated.
Great video though 🙌
This is great! We need more Indian videos! 😁 Maybe a video about how the different groups of "Huns" (as a result of Han defeating Xiongnu) attacked Rome, Sassanid Persia, and Gupta India.
auliakaras and maukris defeated huns in India
@@Dheeraj-y4fguptas led the final victory against the huns with the maukharis as mentioned in gupta inscription at apsahad
Unlike maukharis , aulikaras were hostile towards guptas that's why no gupta inscription mention aulikara support too😊
Would have been nice to mention stuff about Gupta era architectural marvels, which could be mentioned in future episodes. Things like the Nalanda University, Mahabodhi Temple, Imperial Palace at Pataliputra, Pravarapura Shiva Temple, Dhamek Stupa, Kesariya Stupa, Nandangarh Stupa, Ajanta and Elephanta Caves.
it's not obvious where the Gupta Empire originated from - whether Magadha or Prayagraj but yes, largely, we can say that they originated in the Gangetic plains and then went on conquests to expand their empire.
Fun fact - Samudragupta I is known as "The Napoleon of India" for his all-conquering nature - he never lost a single battle.
Napolean is Samudragupta of France.
PATALIPUTRA 🔱 ONLY
Prayagraj🐵 my foot
Dont try to steal the history of pataliputra.
Allahabad/prayagraj is not even 1% as glorious as pataliputra.
Prayagraj 😂😂 lol
we have mauryan empire at home
mauryan empire at home:
What does this mean?
Maurya were to India what Han were to China and Guptas were to India what Tang was to China.
@@riderchallenge4250 tbh the tang were actually larger than the han ever got in terms of territory, more like roman empire 555 vs 117
@@hegantank6495 no in terms of prosperity and cultural achievement Guptas and Tang were like the best of India and China and Maurya and Han were the first imperial power to unite which acts like inspiration for other empires in their respective countries to look at. Like Chinese people are called as majority Han ethnicity. and India has Ashoka chakra in the flag and national emblem taken from the Maurya Empire.
@@riderchallenge4250I don't think it was that much prosperous (compared to other periods of India) as it is said to be though,as the video itself stated.
I saw many graphs on Google showing share of World GDP. All of them show India having ≈40% from 0-1000 AD consistently and China having ≈30% consistently from 0-1000 AD.
So rest of the world would be ≈30%.
For the year 100 AD,the share of Population %:
India: 25-37.5%
China: 16-30%
Roman Empire: 20-40%
This seems very impressive to me. Even peak Roman Empire would likely be quite less in GDP than India and China,while probably having slightly larger population.
This shows the fertility of Indian and Chinese soil,and how profitable trade was for India.
This should also mean that the period of Gupta Empire was not that prosperous compared to other periods,having about the same GDP,in a period where places like Europe were not very prosperous compared to few centuries earlier.
But this could also be very wrong since I didn't do much research,my sources can be quite wrong.
Lol, so many wrong infos! Buddha was a Hindu prince from the Kshatriya caste, and his disciples created Buddhism. Same for Mahavira Jain, a Hindu prince from the Kshatriya varna.
I appreciate the attempt, but to be honest, this was a bit underwhelming, and could use improvements. I'll give some suggestions and corrections that could be incorporated in some later video about the Guptas.
1. So basic chronology is important, we first have Sri Gupta, then Ghatotkacha and then Chandragupta I.
2. Chandragupta I created a regional kingdom covering roughly modern day Bihar and Eastern UP, though he mostly did it by his marriage alliance with the powerful Lichhavi republic which ruled North Bihar.
3. The real conquest was done by Samudragupta, son of Chandragupta I. His Prayaga/Allahabad Inscription gives us a very good idea of his conquests. He defeated and even exterminated several Indo-Gagnetic kings (Aryavarta wars), and later led a southern campaign. In the course of these campaigns he also seems to have defeated the Sakas of Western India, and gained the submission of either the Indo-Sassanians or the Indo-Kushans of Gandhara, possibly with the help of the Kidarite Huns.
4. He was succeeded by his eldest son Ramagupta, but he proved to be a weak ruler, and was overthrown by Chandragupta II, also called Vikaramaditya, the dynasty's greatest ruler. Chandragupta II attacked the Gandhara region where he again vassalized the local rulers and possibly annexed some parts, and later he made a marital alliance with the Vakatakas of the Deccan to secure his southern flank, before moving west and defeating the Sakas.
4. Chandragupta II was succeeded by his son Kumaragupta I, under which the empire reached its zenith. He finished the remnants of the Sakas and finished the conquest of Gujarat, and also later in his life waged a war against his step sister's family, the Vakatakas, defeating them and for a time expanding the Gupta power into the Northern Deccan. However, his death was followed by a major civil war in around 447.
5. Kumaragupta's legitimate successors seemed to have been weak since right after his death, his illegimtate son Skandagupta, and his step brother Ghatotkachagupta contended for the throne. This was a long civil war, from 447 to 455, with Ghatotkacha being backed by the Vakatakas and another ally, the Pushyamitras of Mekala. Eventually Skandagupta emerged victorious, though at a great cost.
6. The Kidararite Huns, taking advantage of the Gupta civil war, attacked the empire's North West frontier, overrunning it, and threatened the Indo-Gangetic plains itself. Skandagupta had barely won the civil war when he had to rush to stop the Kidarites. This he achieved decisively as mentioned in his Bhitari inscription dated 456. However, the long civil war, the Vakataka and Pushyamitra incursions from the South, and the Kidarite war, all had taken toll, and Skandagupta had to debase currency to cover the expenditures.
7. Skandagupta is regarded as the last great Gupta, he died in 467, having restored Gupta power but he was followed by his weaker step brothers and their successors. Most of these successors were old and feeble, ruling only for a few years. Buddhagupta was the last emperor to rule the Empire at nearly it's full extent, reigning from 476 to 495. We have found his inscriptions and seals from Western India to Gandhara in the North West, making the last true 'Emperor'.
8. Buddhagupta's death led to another civil war, and a simultaneous Hunnic invasion, this time by the Alchons Huns. The Gupta Empire's northern outposts fell quickly, and the empire mustered a defence only at Eran, in Central India, but while the battle was hard fought, it resulted in a crushing defeat for the Guptas, opening up the empire's core to the Hunnic attacks.
9. The city of Kausambhi, a major city, just west of Pataliputra, the Gupta Capital, was sacked and destroyed by the Huns, and soon the Huns even reached the Gupta capital. The Hunnic ruler Toramana tried to appropriate Gupta symbols and religious iconography to gain legitimacy, and even seems to have vassalzied the Emperor rather than outright ending the Gupta dynasty. But this did not work, as Indian resistance against the Huns continued. Bhanugupta, possibly a Gupta scion from Malwa, fought another battle with the Huns, though was killed. However, the battle inspired more resistance and another former Gupta vassal, the Aulikaras of Dasapura challenged the Huns.
10. Around 514-15, the Hunnic King Toramana was defeated by Prakashadharman Aulikara, finally breaking the Hunnic power in Malwa and the Eastern Indo Gangetic. The Huns retreated to Gwalior, with it becoming their main fort in Northern India. Toramana's son, Mihirakula had to go back to Punjab and Gandhara to reassert his family's authority before again attacking Central India and the Eastern Indo-Gangetic. However, Prakasadharman's son, Yashodharman, in alliance with another former Gupta vassal, the Maukharis of Kannauj, defeated the Huns decidedly, finally expelling them in around 534 from India.
11. The Guptas faded out, meanwhile new dynasties such as the Maukharis of Kannauj, Pushyabhutis of Thanesar, Kalachuris of Mahismati and Maitrakas of Vallabi etc came to prominence. The Hunnic threat continued in the North West, but was stemmed by the Pushyabhutis, and finally ended during the reign of Prabhakaravardhana, the father of the famous Harsavarshana in the early 7th century.
This is the basic history of the period.
As for the Gupta empire's achievements, you can start with the development of the number system, Aryabhatta's advancements in maths and astrology such as the value of 0, the calculation of Pi, the theory of relativity of motion etc. This Gupta period scholarship would seve as the foundation for Brahmagupta, who in early 7th century would build upon it to properly establish the function of zero, the decimal system, negative numbers, and the beginning of algebra, and even understanding the idea of gravity.
In the realm of statecraft and religion, most of the great literary texts, epics and poltical treatises and manuals, from Ramayana and Mahabharata to Arthashastra, were given their final form during the Gupta period. In the realm or art and architecture, the modern styles of stone temple building descend mostly from the Gupta architecture, prior to this Hindu worship was not always temple based. The sculptures and pillars from the Gupta period show high refinement and polish as well. Industries such as metallurgy and cotton production reached new prominence.
Finally, the Gupta administrative system remained the ideal gold standard for the many kingdoms and empires that came after it, all attempting to some extent replicate its imperial structure. The Gupta administration also seemed to have been fairly benevolent compared to most other empires, with low taxes around 16% or about 1/6th from the agricultural produce, though depending upon the land quality, this could be reduced to 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/12th, in addition the tolls and irregular indirect taxes were also light, so as to not burden the people. Fa Hien describes the Gupta Enpire to have light taxes and affording freedom to peasants to move about without being attached to the land as serf labour. Furthermore, the Guptas also provided a lot of representation and self government to the people, with cities being administered by independent municipal boards with the regional industrial and merchant guilds being important part of the local government. Not only that, independent councils were established in villages, and even the Royal court had an Assembly that consisted of grandees, clergy, guild masters and merchants, and other notables to exert check on the Royal authority. These measures contributed greatly the empire's growth and stability.
The following are the sources that can be referred to for information on the Guptas:
The Imperial Guptas Vols 1 and 2 by P. L. Gupta
The Imperial Guptas and their times by DK Ganguly
Treasures of the Gupta Empire by Sanjeev Kumar
The Gupta Empire by RK Mukherjee
Moments of Hope, Gloom and Glory: In the Age of Hunnic Wars by Hans Bakker
A History of Vakataka-Gupta relation by SR Goyal
It states that Samudragupta fought a hundred battles, acquired a hundred wounds that looked like marks of glory, and earned the title Prakrama (valourous).
Please Make a video on Indo aryan tribes, vedic religion, battle of 10 kings, these are crucial points before the second urbanisation of the country.
200 BC - 200 AD was a crazy time
Amazing video as always!
Phenomenally accurate video, could you please make a video of the south Indian CHOLA Empire in 11th century under Emperor RAJENDRA CHOLA 1 which dominated the entire Indian Ocean, southern India and south east Asia monopolizing trade customs. Chinese accounts say that they had 60000 war elephants, 80000 cavalry and 2 million soldiers and one of the world's first navy with something sort of Greek fire (saw in odd compass channel). Thanks in advance, keep up the great work. ❤
Edit - sonofindia99 and others request it too.
Finally a "larger" video about the mighty Guptas🙏
Awesome work
I am very happy when K&G address places and cultures that are far from being much addressed and studied in the West. I feel honored and accumulate more knowledge of details and information about my favorite part of the world, Asia, and even more so with these animations and effects that they put in the video, they could use this extra budget in the others as well. As a true fan of yours, taking advantage of this, we hope for a video rich in details and information like this one, this time about the golden age of China during the Tang dynasty, in the development of arts, printing, gunpowder, sciences, etc.
Please make a video on Maratha Empire
they are not that important like Mauriyans, Guptas, Cholas, Palas , Mughals...
Yes
They were one of the most important in the Indian history and culture
Mughals aren't indigenous
So no need foreign
You should definately make a video on Chola Empire
I second this.
The Indian maritime superpower.
Yeah sure 🎉... Cholas for sure
Absolutely!
Hailing my lineage from the golden era of the Gupta Empire, as ROYAL PHYSICIANS and bearing the surname as "GUPTA" too.
The empire just didn't witnessed great literary sources on astronomy/astrology & literature... Guptas too were keenly active on medical sciences of those time and one of the most advanced medical science knowledge of that time.
Abw chl
We wuzz kangz
Only if you are from bihar as gupta surname is used by kshatriya in bihar unlike rest of india.
Magahi 🔱
Gupta Empire is my favourite empire
& i live where Emperor samudragupta once walked & took interest in our terracota sculptures
Kindly create a video focusing on the Kabul Shahi Kingdoms (Turk Shahi & Hindu Shahi). As always an impressive video.
mahmud of ganzni finished them
At 11:16, did you remove the swastika from the Jain symbol? 😶🥲
Swastika is used in Jainism z Buddhism and hinduism all
I am a Muslim from subcontinent (Pakistan) , I consider myself as an Indian through DNA. I wonder why were our old kingdoms couldn't stop islamic invasion into India??? If that happened I wonder I would still be a Buddhist, Jain or a Hindu maybe 😊
Comfort brings laziness and muslims were living in harsh climate so selection of best among them brings ruthless rulers.
Same like attack on Titan story
Glad you realized your roots... Muslims invaded due to infighting amongst the Hindus... When Hindus had a single Hindu empire... No one dared to enter India... For eg. Maurya... Guptas... And Turks mostly came in when the empires were weak...
They stopped the first round of Islamic invasion i.e Arabs and kept them west of Indus.
The later invasions from Central Asia were not stopped by anybody. Turks and then Mongols conquered pretty much all of ancient civilisations. China, India, Middle East were all conquered by nomadic tribes from Central Asia. China got lucky because they were conquered by Mongols which assimilated in Chinese culture. India was unlucky in that sense because Muslim Turks didn't assimilate and created a Muslim population which is still creating problems for the subcontinent to this day.
The real issue is not Islam as such, but the sad fact that mainstream South Asian muslims stubbornly reject their pre-islamic heritage in all of its entirety. Take Indonesian muslims. They still see Hindu gods and epics as part of their heritage. They give their children names in Sanskrit, they enact scenes from Ramayana in their theatres, they construct statues of ancient Hindu heroes. It's similar to how European Christians preserve their pre-Christian heritage. Meanwhile, South Asian muslims act as if pre-islamic culture of their ancestors had nothing to do with them. You don't have to believe in Hinduism or Buddhism for them to be part of your cultural landscape. These are things created by your ancestors. It's your culture.
they actually stopped....initial attempts had all failed.
after the first successful conquest of Sindh(which is considered an area on outskirts of india)...it took 3-4 centuries to reach mainland india.
Arabs were largely stopped but central asian horse riders with more experience of invasions....and india of 11th century turning decadent (with many kingdoms not even keeping standing military) led to the fall
This is definitely an interesting topic to learn. A civilization I’d also love to know more about is the Kingdom of Aksum.
Finally U made a Video on Golden period of India!
When Hinduism 🕉 was in safe hand under Gupta Empire!
When Art and culture as well as in business too... India was termed as "Golden Bird" By western countries.
When Eastern Countries praise India as "Vishwa Guru."
Thanks ❤🌹❤🌹 for making this Glorious Video!
But today modi calls our country vishwa guru😂😂😂
Western also.
Hinduism was raising by erasing Buddhism during that time. Read history in books not on WhatsApp 😂
The no. System, Algebra, Trigonometry all were discovered in India. So without Indians contribution the world don't look like today's world.
@@superboy3633But today nobody misses India.😂😂😂
Please consider making videos on rashtrakutas and tripatite struggle
@gopalrout4409 triptatie struggle is good idea but it has limited records
The Saddest Thing is That India is a Lost and Forgotten Civilization!
Indian History is Completely Forgotten!
No
@@Dheeraj-y4f we only read about Delhi Sultanate and Mughals
Only like 1200-1700 ( 500 years of Indian history)
We have 5000 year old history
Very interesting. There´s so much to learn about history that i feel i´ll die without knowing 0.0001%
Undoubtedly indian empires like :
Mauryan empire
Gupta empire
Chola empire are top 3 greatest of indian history because of them our indian roots becomes more stronger and feel proud for what they contributed to our mother land
mughal sulthanate??
delhi sulthanate??
@@Dheeraj-y4f not Indian enough. Similar to yuan and qing of china.
@@gameruleworld.1889 Rashtrakuta and Pratihara are too much underrated
@@gameruleworld.1889 Kushans, satvahana and shungas too
@@Dheeraj-y4fThose were Turks. They did not symbolise indian culture. It's like saying the Ottoman wallachia or hungaria is native culture of that land
Yo u re doing quite a lot of Indian history recently.Amazing content.Great work.Keep it up mate
Oldest astronomical text written in india named - vedang jyotisha in 1400 bce
Which language is it written in?
@San-b3t1d sanskrit
@@HINDU-t7v pls show how vedang jyotisha's 1400 BCE Sanskrit script looked like?
@@San-b3t1d sankrit is a language, script is devansgari
As a descendant of Gupta bloodline....The video is mostly accurate and well researched
Please do a video next on chola empire.❤
@KingsandGenerals Why have u removed swastika from the jain emblem at 3:14 ??
Why do you think moron so they can post it on TH-cam without it being flagged
Fascinating, thank you!
I'm a Korean subscriber who has been watching the "kings and general" channel for a long time. Do you have any plans for the Anglo-Dutch war?
Yay I’ve been waiting for this for so long
can we get a video on the maratha empire
Plzz continue covering India,most don't cover this place,don't know why.... would like to learn more about the history of my homeland, love it❤❤
Talk about south india and its legacy and by the way this is great video and unbiased
I hope they do one on the Cholas & their maritime prowess.
One video on rajendra chola's Empire
And some other suggestions
1. Vijayanagara
2. Pala
3. Gurjar Pratihar
4. Rashtrakuta
5. Chalukya
6. Pushyabhuti
Karthikeya empire too or focus on one two kings. Also Culture of vijayanagar during Tuluva dynasty
@@aryamansrinivas2297 bro There is no verified evidence or documentation in ancient texts, archaeological findings, or reputable historical research that supports the existence of an empire specifically known as the "Karthikeya Empire."but Karthikeya is an deity predominantly know as Murugan so please don't spread misinformation (correct me your referring something else )
Nope
I love how the thumbnail shows a statue from the khmer empire (Cambodia) when the video is about the Gupta empire (India)
And some extreme right-wing Brits tell us it was them who made us civilised & created education institutes.
You aren't civilized 🤣 Y'all still use the caste system, one of the least civilized systems in history.
@kawipsycho1448 no lol.
lol before brits came to india, india's share in world gdp was 25-35%. They came for their profits to run a island nation with no resources. If the are so keen to develop and create education then why not do work in africa now? they want development and UK can give that now
India isn't civilized 🤣🤣🤣 they still use the caste system 🤦
Dude right wing Indians covered themselves in cow 💩 to stop Covid. Plus attack minorities Muslims and Christians.
Thanks!
Keep up the good work. Love your videos.
Magadh/bihar people face so much discrimination in India in the present but a considerable amount of indian culture was built by rulers of Pataliputra.
I hope indians will stop this discrimination 😢
BIHAR 🇮🇳
there is huge difference between Magadha and Bihar.
@@riderchallenge4250magdh is southern bihar
@@riderchallenge4250
Magahi/magadhi is still spoken in Bihar(Nalanda and bodh gaya)
@@riderchallenge4250
MAGADH = BIHAR
Many indians try to deny the greatness of Pataliputra and Nalanda to justify theit ill will towards the region.
Magahi was king no one can change it.
i'm south indian truely pataliputra was one of the greatest cities in history . Bihar as got greatest history in india. sidhartha,mahavira got enlightened in modern bihar,
capital of mauryas,magadha,gupta,shunga. glad that it didnt go to pakistan during partition .
Awesome another video from Members only to watch as non-members.
Plz cover Kargil War and War of 1971
kuch logo ki toh jalegi
Source for my claim- mehraulli pillar inscription (contemporary source)
Chandragupta ii also led a successful invasion into balkh (northern Afghanistan)against huns
A passage mentioning this invasion mentions that
Guptas were heavily relied upon horse archers and heavy cavalry equipped with scale armour
Hunnic women to show sorrow for their dead husbands used to tear up their face with knives (a ritual that is mentioned in chinese sources as well)
I’m so happy Kings and Generals took the time to make a video on the Gupta empire ❤❤❤. Bharat Mata ki Jai ✊🏽🔥🇮🇳
Thank you for your great historical videos!
Could you make a video on the chola empire next?
Not next, but at some point
Much awaited, Very informative❤❤
Hey, can you guys make a video on the Satavahana Empire, which existed in between the fall of the Mauryan Empire and the rise of the Gupta Empire and encompasses large parts of what is now South, Central and Western India.
Hey Dude Really Appreciate Your Efforts Indian History Is Super Fascinating Please Make Videos On Other Dynasties Such As Nandas,Satvahanas,Kushan, Chalukya,Chera,Pandyas,Paramars,Yadavas, Eastern Gangas,Cholas,Vakatak,Paramar 🕉️🗡️✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
time to make india dharmic again
Yes ❤😊
Is it not possible to add real images from Wiki sources for temples, etc
Do one on the earliest contact i$lam and its earliest expansion. There seems to be a lot of debate on the expansion of islam in bengal
Can you discuss gupta campaign in Bactria next time?
This is why when people say Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world. Yes, the Pre Gupta version... its interesting to see how they changed the religion so much and invented new gods to replaced those in the vedas
They didn’t invent new gods you fool😂,they just prioritised trimurty worship over Vedic gods.Also Hinduism is the oldest continuous religion in the world.
Do for Pala
Nanda
Kuru
Chalukya
Chola
Vijayanagar
It would be great if some of the political history of India in the first millennium is covered too. Especially the aftermath of Gupta Empire and the rise of empires like Rashtrakutas.
Finally the empire I would love to see the most about is the Maratha Empire in the modern era (17th and 18th century).
I am very happy you guys are making videos about India. In the future don't forget to mention the Mughals, bro tHR Mughals had such a huge cultural impact that it will be a real challenge to fit all of it in just 1 video.
Indian sage Pingala discovered the numerical pattern. Fibonacci introduced it to European mathematics. Hence, they are called Fibonacci numbers now :)
And people who say Vasco da Gama discovered India😂😂
Do you have videos of ancient western Europe? The religion, the tribes, the godesses? I wanna know more about the ancient Germanic, Celtics etc.
Indus saraswati valley Civilization
Mahajanpad Era
vedic era
Maurayan
Guptas
Marathas
Ahom empire
Vijaynagar empire
Cholas
Pandayas
Nice transformation of our history ❤😊
Been waiting for this!