The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is
now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer
technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual
traditions. But India is also the world's most ancient surviving
civilisation, with unbroken continuity back into prehistory.
Like other great civilisations - Greece or Egypt for example, over the
millennia it has enjoyed not just one but several brilliant golden ages
in art and culture. Its great thinkers and religious leaders have
permanently changed the face of the globe. But while the glories of
Rome, Egypt, and Greece, have all been the subject of TV portraits, as
yet there has been no television story of India on our screens. This
series sets out for the first time to do that: to show a world audience
the wonders of India; the incredible richness and diversity of its
peoples, cultures and landscapes; and the intense drama of its past,
including some of the most momentous, exciting and moving events in
world history.
In this landmark six-part series for PBS and the BBC, Michael Wood will
embark on a dazzling and exciting journey through today's India,
'seeking in the present for clues to her past, and in the past for
clues to her future'.
Part 1: Beginnings
Michael Wood journeys through the subcontinent, tracing the
incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and
landscapes. Through ancient manuscripts and oral tales Michael charts
the first human migrations out of Africa. He travels from the tropical
backwaters of South India through lost ancient cities in Pakistan to
the vibrant landscapes of the Ganges plain. In Turkmenistan dramatic
archaeological discoveries cast new light on India?s past.
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Part 2: The Power of Ideas
Michael Wood?s epic series moves on to the revolutionary years after
500BC - the Age of the Buddha. Travelling by rail to the ancient cities
of the Ganges plain, by army convoy through Northern Iraq, and on down
the Khyber Pass, he shows how Alexander the Great?s invasion of India
inspired her first empire.
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Part 3: Spice Routes and Silk Roads
In this episode he traces India in the days of the Roman Empire. In
Kerala the spice trade opened India to the world, whilst gold and silk
bazaars in the ancient city of Madurai were a delight for visiting
Greek traders. From the deserts of Turkmenistan Michael travels down
the Khyber Pass to Pakistan to discover a forgotten Indian Empire that
opened up the Silk Route and at Peshawar built a lost Wonder of the
World.
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Part 4: Ages of Gold
Documentary series about the history of India. Presenter Michael Wood
seeks out the achievements of the country?s golden age, discovering how
India discovered zero, calculated the circumference of the Earth and
wrote the world?s first sex guide, the Kama Sutra. In the south, he
visits the giant temple of Tanjore and sees traditional bronze casters,
working as their ancestors did 1,000 years ago.
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Part 5: The Meeting of Two Oceans
The documentary series about the history of India charts the coming
of Islam to the subcontinent and one of the greatest ages of world
civilisation: the Mughals. Michael Wood visits Sufi shrines in Old
Delhi, desert fortresses in Rajasthan and the cities of Lahore and
Agra, where he offers a new theory on the design of the Taj Mahal. He
also looks at the life of Akbar, a Muslim emperor who decreed that no
one religion could hold the ultimate truth, but whose dream of unity
ended in civil war.
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Part 6: Freedom
This episode examines the British Raj and India?s struggle for
freedom. Wood reveals how in South India a global corporation came to
control much of the subcontinent, and explores the magical culture of
Lucknow, discovering the enigmatic Briton who helped found the freedom
movement. He traces the Amritsar massacre, the rise of Gandhi and
Nehru, and the events that led to the Partition of India in 1947.
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