About Yuddha - The Indian Military History Podcast
The Indian subcontinent is about the size of Europe and is way more diverse and complicated - but how much do we know about its violent past? The land of Gandhi is also the land of the war-elephant, of gunpowder-wielding infantry, and of nuclear weapons that destroy everything in their wake.
In Yuddha, Anirudh Kanisetti (host of Echoes of India: A History Podcast) and Aditya Ramanathan explore the darker, blood-splattered side of India, beyond Bollywood and school textbooks. From the medieval invasions of Southeast Asia to the titanic clashes of the twentieth century, this is the military history of the subcontinent the way it was meant to be told.
Tune in to new episodes on Wednesday every fortnight.
YUDDHA is going on a mid-season break as Anirudh and Aditya are struggling with a sudden invasion of responsibilities from their day jobs (and Anirudh's very exciting first book!) More in this brief episode.
3 Nov 2021
YUDDHA Mid - Season Break
YUDDHA is going on a mid-season break as Anirudh and Aditya are struggling with a sudden invasion of responsibilities from their day jobs - we'll be back on December 1st! More in this brief episode.
20 Oct 2021
Empire of Paper: Inside the Mughal War Machine
By the time of the Battle of Haldighati in 1576, the Mughals had consolidated their power over a large swathe of North India.
6 Oct 2021
Akbar's Fury: How the Mughals Made an Empire
It is the unlikeliest of stories. In 1540, Humayun was out of luck and on the run, while Sher Shah was victorious.
22 Sept 2021
Sher Shah Sur: The Outlaw Who Would Be Emperor
The establishment of the Mughal empire was by no means inevitable.
8 Sept 2021
Gunpowder and Blood: How Babur Won at Panipat
How did a small-time Central Asian warlord defeat the vast army of the Delhi Sultanate?
25 Aug 2021
Heirs of Timur: The Renaissance of War and Culture
Join us as we explore the social and military churn of the globe from Europe to Central Asia, and meet the ruthless, cultured warlords Timur and his descendant Babur.
16 Sept 2020
Yuddha Season Finale: Cities of Victory: The Deccan Military Revolution and the Fall of Vijayanagara (feat. Srinivas Reddy)
In our Season 1 finale, we look at the saga of how an unlikely coalition of warring sultanates came to destroy the might of Vijayanagara. We begin with the Battle of Raichur in 1520, i
2 Sept 2020
Ep. 08: Cites of Victory: How the Portuguese Conquered the Indian Ocean
In the 15th century, the Indian Ocean was visited by two fleets that would change the history of the world.
19 Aug 2020
Ep. 07: Cities of Victory: Vijayanagara and the Deccan Sultans (feat. Manu S. Pillai)
The great 300-year eruption of the Turkic and Mongol peoples has come to an end, and the sun rises upon a world transformed.
5 Aug 2020
Ep. 06: The Sultanate Supremacy: How Delhi Won and Lost the Deccan
As the Mongol threat faded, the warlords of Delhi turned their attention south to the riches of peninsular India. In a matter of a few decades, they would transform the fate of the subcontinent forever.
22 Jul 2020
Ep. 05: The Sultanate Supremacy: How Delhi Defeated the Mongols
Nobody in the late 13th century would have believed you, if you told them that the tiny Sultanate of Delhi - established by a turbulent band of Turkic warlords - would one day dominate the vast Indian subcontinent.
25 Mar 2020
Ep. 04: The Storm From the Steppe Part Two
India, the 12th century.
As European crusaders in search of blood, glory and wealth rampage into the Near East, the ambitious warlord Muhammad of Ghor and his armies of mercenaries set their eyes on th
11 Mar 2020
Ep. 03: The Storm From the Steppe Part One
This is the first of a two-part series on the complicated human stories that led to the rise of the Delhi Sultanate. The subcontinent experienced a violent upheaval a thousand years ago,
26 Feb 2020
Ep. 02: The World Of The South Indian Soldier
From the icy peaks of the Himalayas across the blue waters of the Indian Ocean, the medieval South Indian soldier transformed the fate of the world. Anirudh and Aditya explore the vibrant military culture of medieval South India,
12 Feb 2020
Ep. 01 The Age of the War-Elephant
There is no military doctrine so uniquely Indian as the use of the war-elephant. These magnificent animals dominated Indian battlefields for over two thousand years, and Indian war-elephants fought as far afield as Greece, Africa, and Southeast Asia. B
3 Feb 2020
Introduction Ep. 00: A History Of Violence
India's violent past shapes the conflicts of its present, and looms over its uncertain future. If you've ever wanted to look beyond Bollywood's dudebros and glamourous costumes, and wrangle with the darker side of med
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