Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
1) Beloved of the Gods: Ashoka Maurya in His Time and Ours
In the Season 3 Finale, we explore South Asia at the time of its most famous ancient figure: Ashoka Maurya
2) The Emperor is Naked: How History Forgot the Ajivikas and Remembered the Mauryas
The forgotten religion of the Ajivikas can tell us a great deal about the religions and empires of the early Gangetic Plains.
The Emperor is Naked: How History Forgot the Ajivikas and Remembered the Mauryas
31:20 | Sep 13th, 2021
3) Alexander the Brute: Building Empires in the Ancient World
The invasion of Alexander III of Macedon is a landmark event in South Asian history.
4) Thrones of Blood: Ajatashatru's Wars and the First Buddhist Council
How did the kingdom of Magadha lay the foundations for India's first empire?
5) The Great Extinguishing: Memories of the Death of Buddha and the Rise of Magadha
Death inevitably comes to us all. But how do memories of the dead shape our world
The Great Extinguishing: Memories of the Death of Buddha and the Rise of Magadha
34:44 | Aug 23rd, 2021
6) So I Have Heard From the Blessed One: Anirudh Speaks to the Buddha
What might Siddhartha Gotama, the Buddha, have actually thought of himself?
7) Nun of Your Business: Women, Society, and the Sangha in Early Buddhism
Witness the burgeoning power of the Buddhist Sangha in the early Gangetic Plains
8) Buddha the Prophet: The Republics, Slaves and Ethics of Early India
In Episode 3 of Echoes of India, we'll begin to follow the extraordinary career of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.
9) Gargi's Fires: Gender, Caste, Rebirth, and the Metaphysics of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
The Episode 2 of Echoes of India brings us to the 8th century BCE, where we will see the origins of many of the ideas that shape India today.
10) Buddha Goes to Sarnath: How Cities and Civilisations are Born
The Season 3 premiere for Echoes of India returns us to the vibrant world of ancient India.