Did Ashoka Really Kill 99 Brothers? Dark Truth of Kalinga War & Untold History of India

The untold history of India with Virad Dubey: why Samudragupta was greater than Napoleon, Ashoka’s dark side and the Kalinga War, Alexander vs Genghis Khan, and Chanakya’s Vishkanya. In this Indian history podcast, historian and educator Virad Dubey, known for Shakhsiyat on StudyIQ IAS Hindi, takes apart the stories we were taught in school and asks what the sources actually say. Did Samrat Ashoka really kill his 99 brothers? Virad compares the Divyavadana and the Sri Lankan chronicles with Ashoka’s own edicts, which talk about caring for his brothers’ families. He explains why the Kalinga War of 261 BC is remembered as the most brutal war in ancient Indian history, and how Chandashoka became Dhammashoka. Then the comparison every UPSC student knows: Samudragupta, the “Napoleon of India.” Virad argues it should be the other way round. Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire won every war he fought and handed southern kingdoms back to their kings. Napoleon crowned himself and lost the empire he built. We also cover: Did Chandragupta Maurya really defeat Alexander the Great? Chanakya, the Vishkanya and the story of Bindusara’s birth, often called the first C-section The Mauryan Empire’s forgotten king, Bindusara Rajendra Chola’s navy and the 1025 campaign to Srivijaya Alexander vs Genghis Khan: who was more brutal? Buddha and Angulimala Mangal Pandey and the Revolt of 1857 How the British ruled India, and why Nalanda’s loss still hurts Bihar’s history, from Magadh to Patna today CHAPTERS 00:00 - What’s Coming Up! 02:24 - Why history gets forgotten 08:12 - Pashupati seal and the Indus Valley Civilization 09:57 - Did Ashoka kill his 99 brothers? 25:11 - Kalinga War: Ashoka’s dark side 35:12 - Buddha and Angulimala 38:27 - Chandragupta Maurya vs Alexander the Great 44:49 - Chanakya and the Vishkanya 48:12 - Bindusara’s birth: the first C-section? 50:35 - Samudragupta vs Napoleon 01:00:55 - Chanakya’s Arthashastra for today’s youth 01:04:33 - Bihar’s history and its future 01:10:38 - Bindusara: the underrated king 01:14:31 - Rajendra Chola’s navy 01:30:30 - How the British controlled India 01:39:41 - Mangal Pandey and 1857 01:44:39 - Nalanda and history myths Youtube: Virad Dubey (Guest): ‪@viraddubey01‬ Ashutosh Pratihast (Host): ‪@AshutoshPratihastAP‬ The Rich : ‪@therichPodcast‬ IDigitalPreneur- The Digital University (Our Sponsors): ‪@IDigitalPreneur‬ Instagram: The Rich:   / therich.show   Ashutosh Pratihast:   / ashutoshpratihast   IDigitalPreneur:   / idigitalpreneur   FACEBOOK: The Rich: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Ashutosh Pratihast:   / apratihast   LINKEDIN: Ashutosh Pratihast   / ashutosh-pratihast-970475140   #IndianHistory #Samudragupta #Ashoka