The Discovery of India - Season 1

First aired: 1/3/1988 53 episodes

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

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Episodes

1. Bharat Mata Ki Jai

Aired: 1/3/1988

2. The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)

Aired: 1/10/1988

3. The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)

Aired: 1/17/1988

4. Caste Formation

Aired: 1/24/1988

5. Mahabharata Part 1

Aired: 1/31/1988

6. Mahabharata Part 2

Aired: 2/7/1988

7. Ramayana Part 1

Aired: 2/14/1988

8. Ramayana Part 2

Aired: 2/21/1988

9. Republics and Kingdoms

Aired: 2/28/1988

10. Negation and Acceptance of Life

Aired: 3/6/1988

11. Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1

Aired: 3/13/1988

12. Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2

Aired: 3/20/1988

13. Ashoka Part 1

Aired: 3/27/1988

14. Ashoka Part 2

Aired: 4/3/1988

15. The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1

Aired: 4/10/1988

16. The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2

Aired: 4/17/1988

17. The Classical Age

Aired: 4/24/1988

18. Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1

Aired: 5/1/1988

19. Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2

Aired: 5/8/1988

20. Harshavardhana

Aired: 5/15/1988

21. Bhakti

Aired: 5/22/1988

22. The Chola Empire Part 1

Aired: 5/29/1988

23. The Chola Empire Part 2

Aired: 6/5/1988

24. The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1

Aired: 6/12/1988

25. The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2

Aired: 6/19/1988

26. The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat

Aired: 6/26/1988

27. Synthesis

Aired: 7/3/1988

28. The Vijayanagar Empire

Aired: 7/10/1988

29. Feudalism

Aired: 7/17/1988

30. The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire

Aired: 7/24/1988

31. Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur

Aired: 7/31/1988

32. Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)

Aired: 8/7/1988

33. Akbar Part 2

Aired: 8/14/1988

34. Golden Hind

Aired: 8/21/1988

35. Aurangzeb Part 1

Aired: 8/28/1988

36. Aurangzeb Part 2

Aired: 9/4/1988

37. Shivaji Part 1

Aired: 9/11/1988

38. Shivaji Part 2

Aired: 9/18/1988

39. Company Bahadur (East India Company)

Aired: 9/25/1988

40. Tipu Sultan

Aired: 10/2/1988

41. The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Aired: 10/9/1988

42. 1857 Part 1

Aired: 10/16/1988

43. 1857 Part 2

Aired: 10/23/1988

44. Indigo Revolt

Aired: 10/30/1988

45. Mahatma Phule

Aired: 11/6/1988

46. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Aired: 11/13/1988

47. Vivekananda

Aired: 11/20/1988

48. Extremists and Moderates

Aired: 11/27/1988

49. And Gandhi Came Part 1

Aired: 12/4/1988

50. And Gandhi Came Part 2

Aired: 12/11/1988

51. Separatism

Aired: 12/18/1988

52. Do or Die

Aired: 12/25/1988

53. Epilogue

Aired: 1/1/1989