The Discovery of India Season 1

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Season 1

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

Air date: 1988-01-03

Episodes: 53

Episodes

E1: Bharat Mata Ki Jai

Air date: 1988-01-03

E2: The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)

Air date: 1988-01-10

E3: The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)

Air date: 1988-01-17

E4: Caste Formation

Air date: 1988-01-24

E5: Mahabharata Part 1

Air date: 1988-01-31

E6: Mahabharata Part 2

Air date: 1988-02-07

E7: Ramayana Part 1

Air date: 1988-02-14

E8: Ramayana Part 2

Air date: 1988-02-21

E9: Republics and Kingdoms

Air date: 1988-02-28

E10: Negation and Acceptance of Life

Air date: 1988-03-06

E11: Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1

Air date: 1988-03-13

E12: Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2

Air date: 1988-03-20

E13: Ashoka Part 1

Air date: 1988-03-27

E14: Ashoka Part 2

Air date: 1988-04-03

E15: The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1

Air date: 1988-04-10

E16: The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2

Air date: 1988-04-17

E17: The Classical Age

Air date: 1988-04-24

E18: Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1

Air date: 1988-05-01

E19: Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2

Air date: 1988-05-08

E20: Harshavardhana

Air date: 1988-05-15

E21: Bhakti

Air date: 1988-05-22

E22: The Chola Empire Part 1

Air date: 1988-05-29

E23: The Chola Empire Part 2

Air date: 1988-06-05

E24: The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1

Air date: 1988-06-12

E25: The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2

Air date: 1988-06-19

E26: The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat

Air date: 1988-06-26

E27: Synthesis

Air date: 1988-07-03

E28: The Vijayanagar Empire

Air date: 1988-07-10

E29: Feudalism

Air date: 1988-07-17

E30: The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire

Air date: 1988-07-24

E31: Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur

Air date: 1988-07-31

E32: Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)

Air date: 1988-08-07

E33: Akbar Part 2

Air date: 1988-08-14

E34: Golden Hind

Air date: 1988-08-21

E35: Aurangzeb Part 1

Air date: 1988-08-28

E36: Aurangzeb Part 2

Air date: 1988-09-04

E37: Shivaji Part 1

Air date: 1988-09-11

E38: Shivaji Part 2

Air date: 1988-09-18

E39: Company Bahadur (East India Company)

Air date: 1988-09-25

E40: Tipu Sultan

Air date: 1988-10-02

E41: The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Air date: 1988-10-09

E42: 1857 Part 1

Air date: 1988-10-16

E43: 1857 Part 2

Air date: 1988-10-23

E44: Indigo Revolt

Air date: 1988-10-30

E45: Mahatma Phule

Air date: 1988-11-06

E46: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Air date: 1988-11-13

E47: Vivekananda

Air date: 1988-11-20

E48: Extremists and Moderates

Air date: 1988-11-27

E49: And Gandhi Came Part 1

Air date: 1988-12-04

E50: And Gandhi Came Part 2

Air date: 1988-12-11

E51: Separatism

Air date: 1988-12-18

E52: Do or Die

Air date: 1988-12-25

E53: Epilogue

Air date: 1989-01-01