Long History Short with Ranjit

By Ranjit Pawar

Listen to the most interesting and important events from Indian and World history. In short yet informative episodes, this podcast makes knowing history an enjoyable experience. Listen to a crisp epis ...Read more

8 Episodes

Ep 1: The Rakhigarhi Genome

July 30, 2020 26 min 58 secs

This episode gives you a brief idea of the contents of the Rakhigarhi report published in Sep''19, and the controversies surrounding it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ranjit-pawar6/me ...Read more

Ep2: Anthropology - Archaeology - History - What''s the difference?

July 30, 2020 10 min 45 secs

If you have ever wondered what these terms mean and how they differ as fields, this podcast will explain to you what each of these fields does to tell the story of the human journey ! --- Send in a vo ...Read more

Ep3: Ashok - A Legacy in Stone

July 30, 2020 11 min 07 secs

The first in a series of episodes that will take you through the journey of Ashok, his edicts, and the philosophy that he desired to blend into his ruling style. In this episode, you will know why Ash ...Read more

Ep4: Ashok - The legend of Ashokavadan

July 30, 2020 25 min 15 secs

In this brand new episode, meet the Ashok of the ancient Indian legend - Ashokavadan - written sometime in the 2nd or 3rd century CE. This legend tells of Ashok's transformation from a cruel version o ...Read more

Ep5: Ashok - The Sri Lankan Legend of Mahavamsa

July 30, 2020 16 min 21 secs

In this episode, listen to what the Sri Lankans had to say about Ashok. The Mahavamsa, a chronicle of all the rulers of Sri Lanka, traces the history of Ashok in context of an important Sri Lankan rul ...Read more

Ep6: Ashok - The early edicts of Ashok

July 30, 2020 17 min 20 secs

Listen to the edicts of Ashok that give a first person account of his own ideas about following the path of change. The minor edict presented in Ashok''s own language, of course, accompanied with a tr ...Read more

Ep 07: Ashok - The Edict of Peace (or not?)

July 30, 2020 17 min 48 secs

In this episode, continue to explore Ashokan edicts, with a special focus on the edict that made Ashok and Indian culture synonymous with peace across the world. But did it truly reflect Ashok's commi ...Read more

Ep 08: Ashok - Lofty Pillars of Wisdom

July 30, 2020 28 min 29 secs

The lion capital which is synonmous with Ashok in India, used to cap pillars that also carried his edicts. Listen to this episode to know all about Ashok's pillar edicts, and some interesting facts re ...Read more