The story of India

The Resource The story of India
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The story of India
Statement of responsibility
written by Michael Wood ; executive producer, Leo Eaton ; producer, Rebecca Dobbs ; directed by Jeremy Jeffs ; produced by Maya Vision International
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  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
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
Date time place
Originally broadcast on BBC in 2007 and on PBS in January and February 2009
Dewey number
954.04
Intended audience
Not rated
Intended audience source
PBS Home Video
Language note
In English; closed-captioned with optional DVS [descriptive video service] for the visually impaired
LC call number
  • DS407
  • DS436
LC item number
  • .S76 2008
  • .S76 2008
NLM call number
NF D 2007 S767
PerformerNote
Presented by Michael Wood
Runtime
360
Technique
live action
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