• 2015
  • 59m
Treasures of the Indus

Summary India is a land filled with abundant hidden treasures, discover a few of them on the banks of Indus River, a great trans-Himalayan river of South Asia, one of the longest rivers in the world, with a length of some 2,000 miles (3,200 km). View more details

  • 2015
  • 59m

Treasures of the Indus

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Sona Datta

All cast & crew

7.2

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Aug 30, 2015

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Lahore, Pakistan

Production companies : Tern Television

Summary India is a land filled with abundant hidden treasures, discover a few of them on the banks of Indus River, a great trans-Himalayan river of South Asia, one of the longest rivers in the world, with a length of some 2,000 miles (3,200 km). View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Aug 30, 2015

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Lahore, Pakistan

Production companies : Tern Television

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Aug 30, 2015
Pakistan Unveiled
India (and East India) are not just named after the Indus, its basin with four major rivers ('Punjab' from Greek penta) is also the home region of the subcontinent's oldest civilization, named Harappa after its main city site, contemporary of Pharaonic Egypt and Mesopotamia but more egalitarian, without grand palaces, rather merchant republics confederated in a loose empire. They had Hindu and Buddhist cultures, but were strongly influenced by the sort annexation to the Hellenistic empire of Alexander the Great, resulting in an Indo-Greek culture in suck kingdoms as Gandhara, which were rich on the Silk Road. That wealth would attract many invaders, especially from Central Asia and Afghanistan, which also imported Islam and mainly Persian influence as exemplified by the grand capital Lahore.
Episode 2 • Sep 06, 2015
The Other Side of the Taj Mahal
The Mughals created the most famous and dazzling empire that India has ever seen, from the Taj Mahal to fabulously intricate miniatures of court life. But in the process, did they bring civilisation to India or tear it apart? From the moment the first Mughal emperor Babur arrived from Afghanistan the debate began - were the Mughals imposing their own religion of Islam on a Hindu country, or were they open to the religion and art of the country they were conquering? The artworks the Mughals left behind over their 200-year empire - even the very buildings which have traces of Hindu architecture as well as Muslim - clearly show how this debate played out and Sona Datta traces how this most spectacular of all Indian civilisations also sowed the seeds of discord.
Episode 3 • Sep 13, 2015
Of Gods and Men
In a journey across the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Sona Datta traces the development of the Hindu religion from its origins as an amalgamation of local faith traditions to its dominant position today. She uncovers this fascinating tale by looking at the buildings in which the faith evolved, moving from the caves and rock temples on the shores of the Bay of Bengal at Mahabalipurem, through the monolithic stone temple at Tanjavur to the vast complex of ornately carved towers, tanks and courtyards at Madurai, where every evening the god Shiva processes round the precincts to visit the bedchamber of his partner Parvati.
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