No. of Episodes:

53

Starring :

Roshan Seth

The Discovery Of India

03/01/1988

Overview

The 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence in 1947.

Episodes

Bharat Mata Ki Jai

The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)

The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)

Caste Formation

Mahabharata Part 1

Mahabharata Part 2

Ramayana Part 1

Ramayana Part 2

Republics and Kingdoms

Negation and Acceptance of Life

Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1

Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2

Ashoka Part 1

Ashoka Part 2

The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1

The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2

The Classical Age

Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1

Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2

Harshavardhana

Bhakti

The Chola Empire Part 1

The Chola Empire Part 2

The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1

The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2

The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat

Synthesis

The Vijayanagar Empire

Feudalism

The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire

Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur

Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)

Akbar Part 2

Golden Hind

Aurangzeb Part 1

Aurangzeb Part 2

Shivaji Part 1

Shivaji Part 2

Company Bahadur (East India Company)

Tipu Sultan

The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy

1857 Part 1

1857 Part 2

Indigo Revolt

Mahatma Phule

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Vivekananda

Extremists and Moderates

And Gandhi Came Part 1

And Gandhi Came Part 2

Separatism

Do or Die

Epilogue