The Discovery of India

📊 Series Specifications

Network DD National, DD Metro
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 53
Original Language HI
Creator Shyam Benegal, Jawaharlal Nehru

The Discovery of India (1988)

Created by Shyam Benegal , Jawaharlal Nehru
⭐ 4.7 / 5 (7 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 53 Episodes 🏷️ Documentary, Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episodes

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E1 Bharat Mata Ki Jai
E2 The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)
E3 The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)
E4 Caste Formation
E5 Mahabharata Part 1
E6 Mahabharata Part 2
E7 Ramayana Part 1
E8 Ramayana Part 2
E9 Republics and Kingdoms
E10 Negation and Acceptance of Life
E11 Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1
E12 Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
E13 Ashoka Part 1
E14 Ashoka Part 2
E15 The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
E16 The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
E17 The Classical Age
E18 Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
E19 Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
E20 Harshavardhana
E21 Bhakti
E22 The Chola Empire Part 1
E23 The Chola Empire Part 2
E24 The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1
E25 The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2
E26 The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat
E27 Synthesis
E28 The Vijayanagar Empire
E29 Feudalism
E30 The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
E31 Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
E32 Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
E33 Akbar Part 2
E34 Golden Hind
E35 Aurangzeb Part 1
E36 Aurangzeb Part 2
E37 Shivaji Part 1
E38 Shivaji Part 2
E39 Company Bahadur (East India Company)
E40 Tipu Sultan
E41 The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
E42 1857 Part 1
E43 1857 Part 2
E44 Indigo Revolt
E45 Mahatma Phule
E46 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
E47 Vivekananda
E48 Extremists and Moderates
E49 And Gandhi Came Part 1
E50 And Gandhi Came Part 2
E51 Separatism
E52 Do or Die
E53 Epilogue