Air Date
January 3, 1988
Episodes
53 episodes
The Discovery of India
Season 1
Overview
The 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence in 1947.
Episodes
1. Bharat Mata Ki Jai
January 3, 1988
2. The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)
January 10, 1988
3. The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)
January 17, 1988
4. Caste Formation
January 24, 1988
5. Mahabharata Part 1
January 31, 1988
6. Mahabharata Part 2
February 7, 1988
7. Ramayana Part 1
February 14, 1988
8. Ramayana Part 2
February 21, 1988
9. Republics and Kingdoms
February 28, 1988
10. Negation and Acceptance of Life
March 6, 1988
11. Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1
March 13, 1988
12. Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
March 20, 1988
13. Ashoka Part 1
March 27, 1988
14. Ashoka Part 2
April 3, 1988
15. The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
April 10, 1988
16. The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
April 17, 1988
17. The Classical Age
April 24, 1988
18. Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
May 1, 1988
19. Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
May 8, 1988
20. Harshavardhana
May 15, 1988
21. Bhakti
May 22, 1988
22. The Chola Empire Part 1
May 29, 1988
23. The Chola Empire Part 2
June 5, 1988
24. The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1
June 12, 1988
25. The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2
June 19, 1988
26. The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat
June 26, 1988
27. Synthesis
July 3, 1988
28. The Vijayanagar Empire
July 10, 1988
29. Feudalism
July 17, 1988
30. The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
July 24, 1988
31. Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
July 31, 1988
32. Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
August 7, 1988
33. Akbar Part 2
August 14, 1988
34. Golden Hind
August 21, 1988
35. Aurangzeb Part 1
August 28, 1988
36. Aurangzeb Part 2
September 4, 1988
37. Shivaji Part 1
September 11, 1988
38. Shivaji Part 2
September 18, 1988
39. Company Bahadur (East India Company)
September 25, 1988
40. Tipu Sultan
October 2, 1988
41. The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
October 9, 1988
42. 1857 Part 1
October 16, 1988
43. 1857 Part 2
October 23, 1988
44. Indigo Revolt
October 30, 1988
45. Mahatma Phule
November 6, 1988
46. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
November 13, 1988
47. Vivekananda
November 20, 1988
48. Extremists and Moderates
November 27, 1988
49. And Gandhi Came Part 1
December 4, 1988
50. And Gandhi Came Part 2
December 11, 1988
51. Separatism
December 18, 1988
52. Do or Die
December 25, 1988
53. Epilogue
January 1, 1989
