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, from the Great Furious Commanders of the Forces in their perfumed courts to peasant soldiers lost in the dust of battlefields. In the process, they unpack everything from infantry tactics to what Indian military camps might have looked like, from battlefield formations to the famous South Indian invasions of North India under the Rashtrakutas and Cholas, and the region's invasions of Indonesia.

Listen to Aditya and Anirudh on the early modern empire of Vijayanagara and the uniqueness of the Chola expeditions to Southeast Asia in this podcast: Why didn't Vijayanagara have a navy?.

Here are the timecodes for navigating using the IVM/ Adori apps:
05:33: The Political Geography of South India
29:47: Dhruva's Campaign in North India
38:11: Material Culture of the Military Aristocracy
44:33: Who Were These Ordinary Soldiers?
58:17: How Do Lay Out an Army Camp?
68:55: On Vyuhas and Prati-Vyuhas
76:47: The Experience of Combat
96:49: The Cholas Invade Sri Lanka
102:11: The Cholas Expedition to the Ganga
116:40: Invading South-East Asia

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