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