
The Emperor is Naked: How History Forgot the Ajivikas and Remembered the Mauryas
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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The Ajivikas, a History Boutcast
Anirot canuseti is the author of echoes of india, a history boutcast. In this episode he explores another religious tradition which survived almost as long as buddhism did in India. He discovers that makali goshala founded the most extraordinary indian religion you have never heard of - the argiveka. Canuseti: As we try to understand the turbulent world of the fourth and fifth centuries b c. E, we will learn some thing about what history chooses to remember and what it chooses to forget.
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