The Discovery of India
TV
Type
1988
Year
1 Season
Seasons
★ 9.4
Rating
Documentary / Drama
Genre
Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.
Episodes
1. Bharat Mata Ki Jai
2. The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)
3. The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)
4. Caste Formation
5. Mahabharata Part 1
6. Mahabharata Part 2
7. Ramayana Part 1
8. Ramayana Part 2
9. Republics and Kingdoms
10. Negation and Acceptance of Life
11. Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1
12. Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
13. Ashoka Part 1
14. Ashoka Part 2
15. The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
16. The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
17. The Classical Age
18. Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
19. Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
20. Harshavardhana
21. Bhakti
22. The Chola Empire Part 1
23. The Chola Empire Part 2
24. The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1
25. The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2
26. The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat
27. Synthesis
28. The Vijayanagar Empire
29. Feudalism
30. The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
31. Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
32. Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
33. Akbar Part 2
34. Golden Hind
35. Aurangzeb Part 1
36. Aurangzeb Part 2
37. Shivaji Part 1
38. Shivaji Part 2
39. Company Bahadur (East India Company)
40. Tipu Sultan
41. The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
42. 1857 Part 1
43. 1857 Part 2
44. Indigo Revolt
45. Mahatma Phule
46. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
47. Vivekananda
48. Extremists and Moderates
49. And Gandhi Came Part 1
50. And Gandhi Came Part 2
51. Separatism
52. Do or Die
53. Epilogue
Cast
Roshan Seth
Jawaharlal Nehru