All Episodes

Interview with Aditi Sriram

6.2 Tale of two princes: Dantidurga and Nandivarman

6.1 Ascending the peak: Dantidurga and the founding of the Rashtrakuta empire

5.E By the dry heart of empire

5.D Workers stranded by the lockdown

5.C Chalukyas by the book

5.B By the whim of the master (part 2)

5.A By the whim of the master

5.23 Overtaken by the bogeyman

5.22 By the back of the five great kings

5.21 By half a metre

5.20 Assault by salt

5.19 Drawn by the sun

5.18 Drawn by greatness

5.17 By the tip of the quivering sword

5.16 By the setting of the eastern sun

5.15 By the light of the western dawn

5.14 By the help of a hundred scholars

5.13 By a graceful move of the eyebrows

5.a Philosophy, by the book

5.12 Back by the withering sand

5.11 On taking two umbrellas

5.10 On the way out

5.9 On the way to Hind

5.8 On the door

5.7 How to prevent fish on fish crime

5.6 Those who live on campaign...

5.5 On top of the world

5.4 Onward, Mauryan empire

5.3 On the edge of renown

5.2 The lake on the hills

5.1 Carry on, Pataliputra

5.0 Bumbling on bumbling

4.K Joy in ruins

3.T By sea

3.S Engulfed by Jade

3.R Chewed over by the master

4.J The smile on the skull

3.Q From dusk till dawn

4.I The cheer of twigs

4.H The sport of drunkards and other stories

4.G The joy of serpants and other stories

4.F Once they lived in the town in joy and happiness

4.e The joys of the victory (part 2: the south)

4 d. The joys of victory (part 1)

4.C The laughter of the monks grows silent

4.B Joy in the kingdom of brothers (part B)

4.A Joy in the kingdom of brothers (part a)

4.16 The end of mirth

4.15 How to regain happiness

4.14 The loss of mirth

4.13 The mirth of the monk

4.12 The mirth of the moon

4.11 The clash of mirth

4.10 The hero of mirth

4.9 The rescue of mirth

4.8 The march of mirth

4.7 The trials of mirth (reuploaded)

4.7 The trials of mirth

4.6 The youth of mirth

4.5 The beginning of mirth

4.4 The bard of mirth

4.3 The cruel pleasures of the moon

4.2 The end of excitement

4.1 Excitement at the end of empire

4.0 Happily bumbling into even more mishaps

3.P You will now be seen by the doctor

3.O zero by 7922851426433759354390336

3.N By the bower of the heavenly tree

3.M Infatuated by the empire

3.L Soaked by gold

3.K A farm by the hills

3.J Bounded by the hills

3.i Don't buy the pyg in the poke

3.H Side by side (bonus material)

3.G Side by side

3.F Study by the stupa

3.E Chased by the dusk

3.D Captured by the dawn (part 1)

3.13 Goodbye to empire

3.12 Protected by the lion man

3.11 Ruled by rebels

3.i The path between two rivers

2.i The abduction of queen Kakati

1.ii The Fly Whisker

1.i The artefacts bumble

3.10 Protected by destruction (part 2)

3.9 Protected by destruction (part 1)

3.8 Protected by the prince

3.7 Sculpted by iron

3.6 Soaked by gold

3.c Colored by sound (part 2)

3.b Colored by sound (part 1)

3.a Sacrifice by sight

3.5 Killed by cowardice

3.4 South by southwest

3.3 Protected by the sea

3.2 Hidden by the moon

3.1 Surrounded by small kings

3.0 More mishaps by the bumbling historian

2 J Poets and archers (part 2 of 2)

2 I Poets and archers (part 1 of 2)

2 H The civilized and the barbarian

2 G Women, law and life

2 F Poets and Fish

2 E Poets and tigers

2 D Stupas and stupefaction

2 C India, Rome, and the Red Sea

2 B India, Rome, and the High Seas

2 A The householder, the slave, and the wardrobe

2.14 The Kushans and the menace from the West

2.13 Kanishka and the wonder of the world

2.12 Kanishka and friends

2.11 Kanishka and the city of flowers

2.10 India and the edge of the world

2.9 Out of the steppe and into the city

2.8 Kings and calendars

2.7 The conqueror and his mother

2.6 Poet-kings and politicians

2.5 India and the Great Wall of China

2.4 Chess and the emptiness of Pataliputra

2.3 The Prince and the Greek

2.2 The Greeks and the Indian homeland

2.1 The kingslayer and his horses

2.0 The bumbling historian and his mad plan

1.G The sayings of seers (part 2)

1.F The Merchants of Magadha

1.E The Sayings of Seers

1.D The carving of society - a conversation

1.D The carvings of society

1.C The three crowned kings of Tamilakam

1.11 The end of an empire

1.10 Kingdom without sorrow

1.9 Virtue without sorrow

1.8 Conscience without sorrow

1.7: The honesty of ambassadors

1.6 The removal of thorns

1.5 The throne of the peacock

1.A The legacy of foreign emperors

1.B The ignorance of foreign kings

1.4 The treasure of low-born kings

1.3 The Envy of Princes

1.2 The Shrewdness of King Bimbisara

1.1 The 16 great houses of ancient India

1.0 The apology of a bumbling historian