The Discovery Of India
53 episodes · 1988
The 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence in 1947.
1Bharat Mata Ki Jai
2The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)
3The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)
4Caste Formation
5Mahabharata Part 1
6Mahabharata Part 2
- 7
Ramayana Part 1
- 8
Ramayana Part 2
- 9
Republics and Kingdoms
- 10
Negation and Acceptance of Life
- 11
Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1
- 12
Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
- 13
Ashoka Part 1
- 14
Ashoka Part 2
- 15
The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
- 16
The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
- 17
The Classical Age
- 18
Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
- 19
Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
- 20
Harshavardhana
- 21
Bhakti
- 22
The Chola Empire Part 1
- 23
The Chola Empire Part 2
- 24
The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1
- 25
The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2
- 26
The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat
- 27
Synthesis
- 28
The Vijayanagar Empire
- 29
Feudalism
- 30
The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
- 31
Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
- 32
Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
- 33
Akbar Part 2
- 34
Golden Hind
- 35
Aurangzeb Part 1
- 36
Aurangzeb Part 2
- 37
Shivaji Part 1
- 38
Shivaji Part 2
- 39
Company Bahadur (East India Company)
- 40
Tipu Sultan
- 41
The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- 42
1857 Part 1
- 43
1857 Part 2
- 44
Indigo Revolt
- 45
Mahatma Phule
- 46
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- 47
Vivekananda
- 48
Extremists and Moderates
- 49
And Gandhi Came Part 1
- 50
And Gandhi Came Part 2
- 51
Separatism
- 52
Do or Die
- 53
Epilogue