Michael Wood: The Story of India

TV Show

The historical detective uncovers the sights and sounds, achievements and dramatic history of one of the world's oldest, richest and most influential civilisations.

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Latest Episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 6: Freedom and Liberation

    The series ends by considering the subcontinent's struggle for independence from British rule, visiting Lucknow to investigate a Briton who helped found the freedom movement. Also considered are the East India Company's extensive political influence, and events leading up to partition, including the Amritsar massacre and the rise of such figures as Gandhi and Nehru

  • Season 1 Episode 5: The Meeting of Two Oceans

    The historian tells the story of the coming of Islam to the subcontinent and investigates the rise of the Mughal empire. He visits Sufi shrines in Old Delhi, desert fortresses in Rajasthan and the cities of Lahore and Agra, revealing a new theory about the construction of the Taj Mahal and how the Muslim emperor Akbar saw his dreams of unity end in civil war

  • Season 1 Episode 4: Ages of Gold

    Michael Wood reveals how India was a centre for science and technology during the medieval period, discovering the heliocentric universe, absolute zero and the circumference of the Earth. Plus, how the Muslim faith was brought to the country by Turkish and Afghan invaders in the 11th century

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