History Summarized: Ancient India 

India: This is a huge subcontinent with a rich history and... Britain: LOOKS LIKE A NEAT GARDEN FOR OUR OPIUM CARTEL.

"Avengers Endgame is the biggest crossover in history" Indo-Greek Kingdom: *Allow me to introduce myself*

that "souce: im the universe" made me chuckle. as an indian i had never thought about Krishna as a memer but if you think about it, its on brand.

“People die when they’re killed” Mostly Everyone: “No shit” Ashoka: “Say WHAT??”

Blue’s chair is now missing, I don’t know how to feel about standing Blue.

Mahabharat is such an insane piece of writing. Just imagine writing about over 100 characters through generations,tying every character with the main arc through backstories & previous births without telling the reader who was "right". Then you have an extremely intricate philosophical discourse "Bhagvad Gita",which is just a part of this massive epic.

9:32 I can just imagine this General: Your Majesty we conquered Kalinga Ashoka: Yay General: Less soldiers died on our side than theirs but a significant number of- Ashoka: WAIT WDYM PEOPLE DIED???

I’m a Kurdish women and my family is from Syria, but it turns out my ancestry can be traced back all the way to the Indus valley civilization according to my mtDNA!! 😁 listening to this video, it makes sense that my ancestors might have migrated from the valley after the first or second options occurred (2:16), and then decided to settle in the Middle East. 😊

Great Britain was such a vibe killer “Oh nice civilization you have there. Would be a shame if someone colonized it”

As an Indian, I am pretty sure the first 30 seconds is the most accurate (non-indian) summary of Ancient India I've ever seen.

Blue: "As I have horribly mispronounced" Me: "yes"

I named my cat Ashoka and when you said “a cool cat named Ashoka” I screamed

Did Caesar burn Blue's library? Seems like he moved to Red's domain now.

0:10 I would totally watch a version of say Cinderella where Cthulhu showed up

As an Indian, I'm so so satisfied with the research and pronunciations! GREAT JOB BLUE!!

IIRC, the Indus Valley Civilization had water running through channels in the walls to not only provide indoor running water, but to also water-cool the walls! So if I *am* remembering correctly, it means the Indus Valley Civilization _invented air conditioning_ several millennia before anyone else! _Edit:_ I also got reminded a few months ago: The Indus Valley Civilization also had a version of flush-toilets. [Really, it was a sewer-system that had water constantly flowing through it and flushing it.]

Me: Ancient India Me as a historian: *sweats nervously*

The Indians are certainly very fortunate to have such a rich history and mythology. It's kind of amazing how old they really are, and the complex web of history which made them as they are now.

As an Indian guy I have to say your pronunciations aren't too bad. Almost good too.

Ashok was already a Buddhist when he invaded kalinga.

Alexander: gets a bunch of funny nicknames. Ashoka: is The Great.

Has blue had a redesign? His eyes somehow look more blue. Not hitting on you blue... Unless you want me to.

Actually you missed the part as to why despite ashoka giving up warfare was able to keep his kingdom but his successor weren't. That is bc even though he decided he'd never go to war he still was very brutal to anyone who'd try to attack his kingdom. His successor lacked this

I have always felt that culture and history are integral to each other, and should always be studied in conjunction.

I’m impressed, i tried doing research on india and I thought my head was going to explode

Blue: I'll be using this term in its correct historical context RU-vid: Wait, what term? Blue: Indo-Aryan RU-vid: DEMONETIZED!!!!!!!!!!

The very fact that Indus valley civilization was so advanced means they must have refined some prior system which was refined over long time. That means there were even older civilizations in India than Indus valley. Just that there's no mark left of them.

Me an Indian who had to learn all this in school: you just summarized 5 years into 12 mins, also your pronunciations are uh-

As an Indian and someone who watches OSP videos regularly, I love the fact that you took a look at Indian history. Thank you for that! But the country is vast (it's a subcontinent for a reason!) and the video barely scratched the surface of the diverse and complex history we have! I'd recommend breaking it down region wise and era wise for comprehensive videos because more important points were missed than covered.

I was wondering why this looked different, then I realized that Blue is standing in Red's Empty White Abyss of Nothingness Eternal, instead of sitting in his normal Fireside Comfy History Chair. Not sure which I prefer to be honest. Is Red okay with Blue using her Abyss of Nothingness?

Random Fact of the Day: Ashoka the Great was the eponymous inspiration for Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars, with the similar narrative link of being a young military leader who eventually learns to temper their anger and use their ability to protect those who can't defend themselves.

Amazing research work. Keep it up. I have never seen anyone explaining indian history with in a broader sense

"Hey Blue, you studying Indian history?" Blue: "Yah-mahn." I'll leave

Blue: If I seriously tried to summarize that all at once, I may actually burst. Red: Hold my Mahabharata. *Giant inhale-*

I kept seeing this video pop up for like two days or so n my curiosity was killed!!! Even if I want to, I may never be able to summarise my own country's rich history like the way it has been done in this video- all the major pon its and events mentioned without taking you years to learn about it! Just in love with this video!! I hope to learn more from this channel as I can see it covers other countries as well!!! Thank you for this lovely video!

Britain was able to colonize India not because it was powerful but because it was united and while Indians were divided based on religion and caste

"Everything feels temporal and and Lovecraftian, but hey, that's the Bronze Age for you" Meanwhile, Dagon sticks his head up from his clay tablet, not knowing why.

Cthulhu-Ashoka fanfiction when?

Thank you as a Indian theres so little content about the history of india any were and its always good to see something about it's history as even im still learning of our past and how rich it is.

Absolutely loved it! It was mainly an overview but it was very well researched.

You forgot about Chanakya, Taksshila(Taxila) and Nalanda

Ashoka the "no even by today's standards he's actually pretty" Great

You did a better job than most history teachers. Great job.

This is amazing. Brilliant narration.

Could this be a continuing series? You know, like China. I don’t know enough about India and my favorite way to learn history is OSP.

I love how nobody in the comments seem to mention how interesting the content was. Thanks for making this video!

This is really well done. You explained the principles of the Upanishads (and the whole philosophy of Hinduism) so understandably and in like 5 seconds. Keep up the good work!

So much fascinating history honestly!

Blue outside of the library chair?! This is new! Either that or he seldom gets up from the chair like letting red sit there for her trope talk

It's a tragedy that we don't talk about adivasi and Himalayan kingdoms' history as a part of Indian history. We don't even talk about it in our schools here in India!

This was fascinating, thank you very much!

*Great video, looking forward to your next videos❣❣*

"Forget this, I'm gonna go drink." -Alexander the great. Blue your genius is underappreciated.

"We could make a religion out of this"

Very informative and entertaining video ! Thank youu

Great video mate!

6:36 Blue falling to his temptations again, even if only for a few seconds *Blue stares at Roman and Venice with heart eyes*

The Caste System wasn't intended to be an oppressive hierarchical structure. There was no "above" or "below" in it, and you weren't stuck in your caste of birth. Your caste was based on your skills, and you could move through castes. All the Caste System did was categorize people, and depending on your category, you a unique set of dharma/duties to follow. It was still expected to keep your father's job, remaining in the same caste, so you keep honing the skills passed down your family, but it was not _required_ as the only option. Then came The Laws of Manu, made it so the priest caste were the highest, while physical laborers were the lowest. Made it a hierarchy. And also forbade people from moving castes, for good measure. So a peasant is forever a peasant, while those born in upper classes are forever upper class. As you can see, it's an obvious play by the religious and noble classes so that they're deemed superior. So while it is true that the Caste System has almost entirely been used for oppression for most of history, it wasn't made with that in mind. It's akin to taking a good statement, like "all men are created equal," and then using that for oppressive purposes by just labeling those who you want to target as "subhuman" and therefore not equal. Bad actors taking control of a not-so-bad system.

Tiny correction about Ashoka. He did not become Buddhist after the Kalinga war. He became a buddhist 'before' the war.

This is one of the most informative, accurate, well balanced videos on the topic! Although considering how much time you spent on the religious texts, I would have liked to have seen you go into more details on certain aspects, especially South India.

8:46 I love that Blue still refuses to refer to Alexander the You-Know-What by his common honorific. Yay continuity!

The rest of the world: England: HiPpiTy HoPpiTy your entire country is now my colony

The caste system wasn't always so Actually in Ancient India times a Man Ought to have 4or 5 children; 1. A brahmin ( knowledgeable and educated) 2. A kshtriya ( a strong one) 3. A Vaishya( a smart and bussiness minded one) 4. A shudra( an obedient one) Other kids were asked to be obedient and good to their parents and elder siblings ❤️

2:03 Poor Andaman and nicobar ilands🤣🤣

Well, I know Indian mythology has some pretty gnarly monsters in it like Ravana, but I wouldn't call it Lovecraftian. I mean, its not like Aztec mythology, where the world is made from the body of a planet size monster that is entirely made of teeth and isn't completely dead, necessitating frequent blood sacrifice to keep it placated.

*Finally,some delicious history and culture.*

I love how you explain it but also make jokes, you made my studying much more fun, thank you!

"Historian says Indias' whole history is one of wrongness, due to being a caste system." So easy to condemn, using todays US moral standards. In fact, India stands up very well, In contrast the rest of the world. Its not just fine, it stands with the best you can compare it to in many, many ways.

The development of ancient India is beyond the imagination of all of us, no less than the Sumerian civilization. And, I have to say, this video is really good.

Until now, I hadn't yet seen a western channel on RU-vid which doesn't mispronounce Indian names. This might be the only time that I've heard a westerner utter the names without butchering and making it sound like nails on a board. Blue's isn't perfect but it's close enough. Thank you, for that.

Yayyy I was waiting for this

You did great, but I'll have to correct you at 2 points at least 1. Hinduism wasn't made based on Vedas, Vedas and Upanishads were created to spread the knowledge gathered by "rishi" Basically Indian scientists who get info just by meditating Hinduism was a religion made based on Bhagwad Gita, hence, all the rules and laws followed by Hindus mainly circles around what's said in Bhagwad Gita 2. Caste system doesn't belong from Hindusim at all What Hindusim states is known as "Varna system" It stays that a guy is titled based on what deeds he does, not what caste he is born into AND lord Krishna also said that life is a survival game, nothing is wrong as long as the deed is done for survival purpose, so ACCORSING TO LORD KRISHNA, being a Shudra is also as good as being a Brahman cuz they both are surviving and causing nothing wrong Now to the point of Varna system If someone prays to God, dedicates their life to God, Vedas, Upanishads and other those king of things, he's Brahman (they seek for knowledge and achieving God) Those who dedicate their lives to their mother land, their country amd fight to defend their country are Kshatriyas (fun fact, it's said that if a Kshatriya dies fighting, he DIRECTLY achieves God meaning goes to heaven) Those who try to sell something or have business or earn money by any ways are Vaishyas (I believe it literally means a trader), so basically, majority of us are factually Vaishyas And those who look for cleanliness of roads, streets, clothes, houses and other things are classified as Shudras (you see, people at that time had a great unity, so there were Brahmans who gathered knowledge and spread it to enitee society consisting pf all kinds of Varnas, there were Kshatriyas who defended the country, there were Vaishyas who earned money and they were mainly those who donates Brahmans some food, cuz Brahmans never earned money, they had this as a spurce of food, and there were Shudras who cleaned the society and they were the farmers too) So if we follow the religion, it clearly points that Shudraas were as important as Brahmans were The thing was that people miss interpreted it and never understood the true meaning of it

Everyone is talking about Blue not being in his chair, & yet no one's mentioned that his hair isn't slicked back. Looks good on you Blue

Fun fact: some of thailand culture is adapt mostly from ancient india.

India refer to to South Asia, but since the country India use the word India as their name, many forget that Indian neighbours are also India.

I really liked this!

This is really great stuff, and personally pretty meaningful to me. I'm a converted buddhist from South America, so seeing more views about the birth and early history of the religion is of tremendous value. Thank you for the bravery to take on a challenging subject, and for the dilligence to push through the hard work involved.

Yay! A non-biased and faithful retelling of ancient indian! Thank you! My culture has always been side sweeped in history classes so it's nice for someone to give a some what faithful telling.

World : about Aryan invasion in india . North indians : it's debunked ! it's debunked ! Others : where ,?? North indian : in north indian media 😂

As a message to viewers, Aryan theory is being rethought today due to large amount of inaccuracies. Caste system was originally intended to be just a categorization of professions, and there was much equality and flexibility. Later on, it was corrupted with untouchability and all, as prophesized in our religious texts (humanity is said to degrade in this age). Edit: I just realised I started a comment war. You let me down, guys.

Indian here 🇮🇳 Soooooo happy Thanks blue 💙

Finally something on India, hoping to see much about it from your fantastic channel!

I'd love to see more videos on the specific history of specific ethnic groups and religions throughout ages.

Even Alexander was afraid to come inside India. Indian kings are that much powerful.

3:25 PLEASE make a separate video on Hinduism and how it evolved over the past 4000-odd years! I'd love to see your take on Vedic deities and how they influenced and altered Dravidian deities and vice-versa.

YES FINALLY INDIA, but he is pronouncing a lot of things wrong tho Idc really

Thanks for explaining the epics, it does not really talk about the dates, but about the truth of it

This is amazing 🤩

Understanding a culture requires more than just knowing their history, you need to understand their beliefs as well. I like the additional contextual information

Something is true bro My name is prasenjit from Tripura (India 🥰🇮🇳)

India and other parts of the world: *Have a rich history and diversity at their core* USA: *'Chile anyways, we the greatest'*

Thank you so much.. summarized all that I read

Blue looks different. I’m not sure if my heart can take it.

Most people in the comments: I'm not hitting on him but he looks good! Me: nah, I'm 100% hitting on him.

Great video thank you very mucj

correction: Ashoka was Buddhist before Kalinga war

Hey 7:52 you forgot to mention an interesting fact about Siddharth Gautama. It is still pretty common for some people in hindu culture to consult "astrologers" that look at the time and place of your birth and create a diagram of the stars alignments at your birth to see how your life will unfold. So the king and queen called one famous astrologer of the time and he predicted something along the lines of "the day the prince sees suffering for the first time will be the day he stops being your son". So the protective parents decided it is best to keep him inside the palace at all times away from the suffering of the common people, as a result of that the prince was already an adult when he decided to venture out and to his surprise he saw a world he couldn't recognize which forever changed his life. Really makes you think what would have happened if the prediction was never made eh?

Red, you are getting so much better at drawing! Blue, your map skills are amazing! Your channel is one of my favorite channels. You do such a great job, and are very funny.

The missed oppertunity of "badda-bing badda-Buddha" will haunt me forever

Great video. As an Indian, who's spent some of my school years in the US, I'm impressed at how accurate you are even within the constraints of a summary. But, just one thing I'd like to point out is that what you refer to generically as an 'Indian philosophy and theology' is about analogous to the concept of 'Sanātana Dharmā,' which is infinitely interpretable, thus the incredible breadth within both oral and written literature. Thus, there are literally athiest 'Hindus' since they participate in the philosophical, cultural, ethical, metaphysical traditions of Sanātana Dharmā, while not believing in 'gods'. Also, I'd like to highlight the rich tradition of debate that is encouraged historically in such traditions, very much similar to how Jews are encouraged to debate the interpretationsof their laws and philosophy.