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The Story Of India

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...

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Main Author: Davidson, Howard (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer), Maya Vision International, PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Wood, Michael, 1948- (Screenwriter), Eaton, Leo (Producer), Dobbs, Rebecca (Producer), Jeffs, Jeremy (Director), Branigan, Gerry (Editor), Nikolić, Aleksandar (Editor), Banerjee, Jatanil (Performer), Cranmer, John (Artist), Krupa, Christian (Artist), Choudhury, Sonali (Researcher), Tufail, Amber (Researcher)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [London] : [Alexandria, VA] : Maya Vision International ; Distributed by PBS Home Video, ©2008.
Subjects:
Wood, Michael, > 1948- > Travel.
India > History.
India > Civilization.
India > Religion.
India > Intellectual life.
Indic literature.
India > Kings and rulers.
India > Foreign relations.
India > Politics and government.
India > Social conditions.
India > Description and travel.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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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.
Item Description:Companion book "India: An epic journey across the subcontinent" by Michael Wood.
Special feature Disc 1: Sights and sounds of India [slide show with musical accompaniment] (9 min.).
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:06:00:00
Format:DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
Audience:Not rated
Production Credits: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.
ISBN:0793670152
9780793670154

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