TY  - GEN
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - The story of India
DA  - c2008.
CY  - [London] :
CY  - [Alexandria, VA] :
AU  - Wood, Michael,
AU  - Eaton, Leo.
AU  - Dobbs, Rebecca.
AU  - Jeffs, Jeremy.
CN  - DS436
CN  - DS436
PB  - Maya Vision International ;
PB  - Distributed by PBS Home Video,
PP  - [London] :
PP  - [Alexandria, VA] :
LA  - In English; closed-captioned with optional DVS [descriptive video service] for the visually impaired.
PY  - c2008.
N1  - Companion book "India: An epic journey across the subcontinent" by Michael Wood.
N1  - Originally broadcast on PBS in January and February 2009.
N1  - Special feature Disc 1: Sights and sounds of India [slide show with musical accompaniment] (9 min.).
ID  - 434793
KW  - Indic literature.
SN  - 0793670152
SN  - 9780793670154
TI  - The story of India
LK  - http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/
UR  - http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/
ER  -