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Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology a...

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Corporate Authors: Maya Vision International, PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Dobbs, Rebecca (Producer), Eaton, Leo (Producer), Jeffs, Jeremy (Director), Wood, Michael, 1948- (Narrator, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: [Arlington, VA] : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2008.
Series:Story of India
The PBS Video Collection
Subjects:
Indic literature.
India > Civilization.
India > Description and travel.
India > History.
Littérature de l'Inde.
Inde > Civilisation.
Inde > Descriptions et voyages.
Inde > Histoire.
Civilization
Indic literature
Travel
India
Documentaries and Factual Films
Online media.
documentary film.
Documentary films
History
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's most ancient surviving civilization, with unbroken continuity back into prehistory. India's history is a ten thousand year epic but for over two millennia, India has been at the center of world history: birthplace of two world religions, home of an extraordinary spectrum of music, dance, literature, science, mathematics, economics, and a revolutionary idea whose power has yet to diminish. It has seen successive invasions from Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan to Tamburlaine and the British, all of whom left their mark but all of whom succumbed--in the end--to India herself.
Item Description:Companion book "India: An epic journey across the subcontinent" by Michael Wood.
Originally broadcast on PBS in January and February 2009.
This episode originally part of The story of India.
Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (55 min.).
Playing Time:00:54:45
Production Credits:Filmed by Jeremy Jeffs ; editors, Gerry Branigan (ep. 1-5), Aleksander Nikolic (ep. 6) ; music composed and conducted by Howard Davidson ; music performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with vocals by Jatanil Banerjee ; research, Sonali Choudhury, Amber Tufail ; graphics, John Cranmer, Christian Krupa.