Shyam Benegal
Director
The Discovery of India (1988)
The Discovery Of India
The 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence in 1947.
Released Jan. 3, 1988
Episode 42 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, Drama, History
Keywords: imdb.reference-to-jawaharlal-nehru, imdb.discovery-of-india-book, imdb.india, imdb.indian-history, imdb.ancient-india, mdblist.bollywood, tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book + 4 more, tmdb.india, tmdb.indian-history, imdb.history-documentary, imdb.docudrama-drama
Production Companies: Doordarshan
Network: DD Metro
S1E1 - Bharat Mata Ki Jai
Jan. 3, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)
Jan. 10, 1988, midnight
S1E3 - The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)
Jan. 17, 1988, midnight
S1E4 - Caste Formation
Jan. 24, 1988, midnight
S1E5 - Mahabharata Part 1
Jan. 31, 1988, midnight
S1E6 - Mahabharata Part 2
Feb. 7, 1988, midnight
S1E7 - Ramayana Part 1
Feb. 14, 1988, midnight
S1E8 - Ramayana Part 2
Feb. 21, 1988, midnight
S1E9 - Republics and Kingdoms
Feb. 28, 1988, midnight
S1E10 - Negation and Acceptance of Life
March 6, 1988, midnight
S1E11 - Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1
March 13, 1988, midnight
S1E12 - Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
March 20, 1988, midnight
S1E13 - Ashoka Part 1
March 27, 1988, midnight
S1E14 - Ashoka Part 2
April 3, 1988, midnight
S1E15 - The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
April 10, 1988, midnight
S1E16 - The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
April 17, 1988, midnight
S1E17 - The Classical Age
April 24, 1988, midnight
S1E18 - Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
May 1, 1988, midnight
S1E19 - Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
May 8, 1988, midnight
S1E20 - Harshavardhana
May 15, 1988, midnight
S1E21 - Bhakti
May 22, 1988, midnight
S1E22 - The Chola Empire Part 1
May 29, 1988, midnight
S1E23 - The Chola Empire Part 2
June 5, 1988, midnight
S1E24 - The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1
June 12, 1988, midnight
S1E25 - The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2
June 19, 1988, midnight
S1E26 - The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat
June 26, 1988, midnight
S1E27 - Synthesis
July 3, 1988, midnight
S1E28 - The Vijayanagar Empire
July 10, 1988, midnight
S1E29 - Feudalism
July 17, 1988, midnight
S1E30 - The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
July 24, 1988, midnight
S1E31 - Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
July 31, 1988, midnight
S1E32 - Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
Aug. 7, 1988, midnight
S1E33 - Akbar Part 2
Aug. 14, 1988, midnight
S1E34 - Golden Hind
Aug. 21, 1988, midnight
S1E35 - Aurangzeb Part 1
Aug. 28, 1988, midnight
S1E36 - Aurangzeb Part 2
Sept. 4, 1988, midnight
S1E37 - Shivaji Part 1
Sept. 11, 1988, midnight
S1E38 - Shivaji Part 2
Sept. 18, 1988, midnight
S1E39 - Company Bahadur (East India Company)
Sept. 25, 1988, midnight
S1E40 - Tipu Sultan
Oct. 2, 1988, midnight
S1E41 - The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Oct. 9, 1988, midnight
S1E42 - 1857 Part 1
Oct. 16, 1988, midnight
S1E43 - 1857 Part 2
Oct. 23, 1988, midnight
S1E44 - Indigo Revolt
Oct. 30, 1988, midnight
S1E45 - Mahatma Phule
Nov. 6, 1988, midnight
S1E46 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Nov. 13, 1988, midnight
S1E47 - Vivekananda
Nov. 20, 1988, midnight
S1E48 - Extremists and Moderates
Nov. 27, 1988, midnight
S1E49 - And Gandhi Came Part 1
Dec. 4, 1988, midnight
S1E50 - And Gandhi Came Part 2
Dec. 11, 1988, midnight
S1E51 - Separatism
Dec. 18, 1988, midnight
S1E52 - Do or Die
Dec. 25, 1988, midnight
S1E53 - Epilogue
Jan. 1, 1989, midnight
Network: DD Metro
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 42 min.
Released: Jan. 3, 1988
Last Air Date: Jan. 1, 1989, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 2+
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