The Discovery of India
Overview
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
S01E02 The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)
S01E03 The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)
S01E04 Caste Formation
S01E05 Mahabharata Part 1
S01E06 Mahabharata Part 2
S01E07 Ramayana Part 1
S01E08 Ramayana Part 2
S01E09 Republics and Kingdoms
S01E10 Negation and Acceptance of Life
S01E11 Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1
S01E12 Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
S01E13 Ashoka Part 1
S01E14 Ashoka Part 2
S01E15 The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
S01E16 The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
S01E17 The Classical Age
S01E18 Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
S01E19 Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
S01E20 Harshavardhana
S01E21 Bhakti
S01E22 The Chola Empire Part 1
S01E23 The Chola Empire Part 2
S01E24 The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1
S01E25 The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2
S01E26 The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat
S01E27 Synthesis
S01E28 The Vijayanagar Empire
S01E29 Feudalism
S01E30 The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
S01E31 Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
S01E32 Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
S01E33 Akbar Part 2
S01E34 Golden Hind
S01E35 Aurangzeb Part 1
S01E36 Aurangzeb Part 2
S01E37 Shivaji Part 1
S01E38 Shivaji Part 2
S01E39 Company Bahadur (East India Company)
S01E40 Tipu Sultan
S01E41 The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
S01E42 1857 Part 1
S01E43 1857 Part 2
S01E44 Indigo Revolt
S01E45 Mahatma Phule
S01E46 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
S01E47 Vivekananda
S01E48 Extremists and Moderates
S01E49 And Gandhi Came Part 1
S01E50 And Gandhi Came Part 2
S01E51 Separatism
S01E52 Do or Die
S01E53 Epilogue
Cast
Roshan Seth
Jawaharlal Nehru
