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India -- pt. 1: Creating Civilization in South Asia

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The History of Buddhism in India

There was a greek speaking pop ation. The population of the empire grew to somewhere around 20 to 25 million people. And they had extensive diplomatic and cultural exchange with the west. But south india, south of the central plateau, was still unconquered. It was veryas more rugged territory the decon plateau, the gat mountains. So the task of trying to conquer southward and unify all of india was eventually taken up by the moria emperor oshoka in 268 b c.

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