The Story of India(2007)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2007-08-24
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.9
Votes: 11
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
For over two millennia, India has been at the centre of world history. But how did India come to be? What is India? These are the big questions behind this intrepid journey around the contemporary subcontinent. In this landmark series, historian and acclaimed writer Michael Wood embarks on a dazzling and exciting expedition through today's India, looking to the present for clues to her past, and to the past for clues to her future. The journey takes the viewer through majestic landscapes and reveals some of the greatest monuments and artistic treasures on Earth. From Buddhism to Bollywood, from mathematics to outsourcing, Michael Wood discovers India's impact on history - and on us.
Keywords
miniseriesindiaindian history
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Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Beginnings
Air Date: 2007-08-24
Michael Wood journeys through the subcontinent, tracing the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, culture...
E02
The Power of Ideas
Air Date: 2007-08-31
Michael Wood’s epic series moves on to the revolutionary years after 500BC - the Age of the Buddha. Travelling by rai...
E03
Spice Routes & Silk Roads
Air Date: 2007-09-07
In this episode Michael Wood traces India in the days of the Roman Empire. In Kerala the spice trade opened India to...
E04
Ages of Gold
Air Date: 2007-09-14
Michael Wood seeks out the achievements of the country's golden age, discovering how India discovered zero, calculate...
E05
The Meeting of Two Oceans
Air Date: 2007-09-21
This episode charts the coming of Islam to the subcontinent and one of the greatest ages of world civilisation: the M...
E06
Freedom & Liberation
Air Date: 2007-09-28
This episode examines the British Raj and India's struggle for freedom. Michael Wood reveals how in South India a glo...
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