Alexander the Brute: Building Empires in the Ancient World

In the Season 3 Finale, we explore South Asia at the time of its most famous ancient figure: Ashoka Maurya

The forgotten religion of the Ajivikas can tell us a great deal about the religions and empires of the early Gangetic Plains.

How did the kingdom of Magadha lay the foundations for India's first empire?

Death inevitably comes to us all. But how do memories of the dead shape our world

What might Siddhartha Gotama, the Buddha, have actually thought of himself?