Did you know that around 200 years after Alexander the Great’s death, a Greek army swept across North India to complete a task that he had left unfinished - the conquest of India! They took over the great cities of the time Saket (Ayodhya), Mathura, Ujjain and Pataliputra. Catch this little known story
From ‘low born’ to king of kings, Chandragupta Maurya ruled at a pivotal point in the subcontinent’s history. A contemporary of Alexander, he built one of India’s greatest empires only to give it all up, at the height of his power. Here’s his riveting story pieced together by historians across the ages
A nomadic tribe from China, pushed out of its mountain home, ended up founding the sprawling great Kushana Empire. Catch the story of how they ruled, expanded, dominated the Silk Route and even shaped the course of Buddhism.
Recent archaeological excavations, especially those in Keeladi near Madurai, have helped lift the veil on what was a formative phase of Tamil history and culture. We dig deep to piece together this story on early ‘Tamilakam’ in our series ‘2000 years of India’s History’
The story of how the ambitious kings of Magadha swept across much of northern and eastern India using force, faith, marriages, cunning and even murders to carve out the subcontinent’s first empire. How did it all end? Find out ...
