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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.

Contributors:

Dobbs, Rebecca , producer

Eaton, Leo , producer

Jeffs, Jeremy , director

Wood, Michael, 1948- , narrator, screenwriter

Maya Vision International

PBS Home Video

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

This edition in English.

Related Series:

The PBS Video Collection

Story of India

Subjects:

Indic literature

India — Civilization

India — Description and travel

India — History

Civilization

Travel

India

Genres:

Documentary films

Online media

Internet videos

History

Performers:

Presented by Michael Wood.

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.

General Notes:

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).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (55 min)).

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

884830480

Other Control Numbers:

1791778 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP1791778/avon