The achievements of the country’s golden age, including how India discovered zero, calculated the circumference of the Earth and wrote the world’s first sex guide, the Kama Sutra. In the south, the giant temple of Tanjore and traditional bronze casters, working as their ancestors did 1,000 years ago are shown.
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In this landmark series, historian and acclaimed writer Michael Wood embarks on a dazzling and exciting expedition through today's India, looking to the present for clues to her past, and to the past for clues to her future. The journey takes the viewer through majestic landscapes and reveals some of the greatest monuments and artistic treasures on Earth. From Buddhism to Bollywood, from mathematics to outsourcing, Michael Wood discovers India's impact on history - and on us.
http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/ Part 4/6
Part 1: Beginnings
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Story-of-India-1-Beginnings Part 2: The Power of Ideas
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Story-of-India-2-The-Power-of-Ideas Part 3: Spice Routes and Silk Roads
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Story-of-India-3-Spice-Routes-and-Silk-Roads Part 5: The Meeting of Two Oceans
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Story-of-India-5-The-Meeting-of-Two-Oceans Part 6: Freedom and Liberation
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Story-of-India-6-Freedom-and-Liberation
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