The River That Drowned Ten Kings | Battle of Ten Kings, Rigveda

More than 3,000 years ago, ten kings lined up their armies beside a river in Punjab to crush one small tribe, the Bharatas. By the end of the day, the river had swallowed the alliance. But who broke the river: the ten kings, or the Bharatas? And how could one battle help give India the name Bharat? 🌊👑 ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 10 kings vs 1 tribe 0:29 The river: today's Ravi 0:53 A story memorised for 3,000 years 1:36 The Bharatas and the ten kings 2:54 Outnumbered 3:16 Who broke the river? 3:48 The river decided it 4:23 A victory poem 5:08 The Bharatas move east 5:53 "India, that is Bharat" 6:41 The Ravi today 7:22 What if? 7:37 Written in water 📚 RESEARCH & SOURCES ▸ The Rigveda, Book 7, hymn 18 (verses 5–21); S. Jamison & J. Brereton, The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India (Oxford University Press, 2014) ▸ M. Witzel, "Early Indian History: Linguistic and Textual Parametres," in The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia (1995) ▸ M. Witzel, "Early Sanskritization: Origins and Development of the Kuru State" (1997) ▸ H.-P. Schmidt, "Notes on Rgveda 7.18.5–10," Indica 17 (1980) ▸ The Constitution of India, Article 1 ▸ The Indus Waters Treaty (1960) ▸ Note: scholars disagree about who broke the river and how far the battle connects to the name "Bharat". This video presents both sides. 🎬 Watch next: The Same Drought Ended the Pyramid Age and India's Greatest Cities 👉    • The Same Drought Ended the Pyramid Age and...   🔔 Subscribe to Curious Planet for new stories every Tuesday, Friday & Sunday. #BattleOfTenKings #Rigveda #AncientIndia #Bharat #CuriousPlanet