Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-07-01
Books mentioned on #2521 - Aravind Srinivas
Aravind Srinivas, PhD, is the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, creator of the AI-powered search and answer engine Perplexity.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is a monumental ancient Indian epic poem that explores complex philosophy, statecraft, and human duty within the Vedic tradition.
Discussed“So um the brahmastra is part of the mahabarat. I mean you've talked about Mahabharat in a bunch and Yeah.”
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The Ramayana
The Ramayana by Valmiki is an ancient Sanskrit epic that chronicles the journey of Prince Rama and forms a cornerstone of Hindu literature alongside foundational texts like the Mahabharata.
Discussed“The other one is Ramayan. But Mahabarat's more interesting.”
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The Rigveda
Discussed“And um then you you wonder like, oh wait, the Rigveda is so old. It's as old as it's is the oldest sacred text out there.”
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The Yugas
Discussed“I'm reading a book about it right now. Yeah. Yeah. So uh there's like different yugas and yugas are like thousands of years and the concept is that the yugas keep cycling around and so like uh we are in the kal yuga right now and before that was a dwara yuga that's when most of mahabharat happened and before”
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Fingerprints of the gods
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock is a speculative alternative history text that argues an advanced, forgotten civilization was wiped out by a global cataclysm during the last ice age.
Discussed“I'd seen speeches and I'm like, I want to know like what do you know? What do you think's going on? And uh he's another guy incredibly curious and absolutely fascinated with his his takes on ancient history.”
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