Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #732 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-11-05
• Rating: Exempt
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2

Synopsis
For more than two thousand years, India has been a massive component in world history. But what are the country's origins and how did it come to be what it is today? These are just two of the questions that Michael Wood tries to answer during his quest across the country.

DVD Descripton
For over two millennia, India has been at the centre of world history. But how did India come to be? What is India? These are the big questions behind this intrepid journey around the contemporary subcontinent. 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.

Customer Reviews

Excellent documentary on India
While it's nearly impossible to cover India in a documentary,Michael Wood has done an excellent job.He's so full of passion as he explains all things Indian.
I'm both proud and humbled from the information I've learned through this documentary.I'll be getting my brother a copy as well.
Even my Chinese colleagues have a better understanding on all things Indian now.
Anyone going to India should go with an open mind but it helps if you could watch this.
Cheers.

An Outstanding Result
In a series of six episodes, Michael Wood has achieved an excellent, tightly bound narative that takes the viewer from the earliest days of the Indian sub-continent to India today. Without bias but with great insight, he presents and weaves together the different layers of Indian history, peoples, religions and cultures. He does this with great care and attention to fact. This is a highly intelligent series that will allow someone who with both little or great knowledge of India to walk way with a full and meaningful appreciation of the people of this land. As a businessman traveling in and out of India on a regular basis, it illuminated the country for me. Highly colourful with a captivating storey line. This is a must for anyone interested in India. It's certainly hugely better than the other series currently available (BBC's Ganges, for example) which are lovely travalogues but no more. This will entertain you, inform you, and leave you wanting to know more.

A very good series
Having watched this DVD I must say that this is a very impressive series. The presenter, historian Michael Wood, is really passionate about India and has an energetic style that makes this series a joy to watch. He also does well to go back as far as he does, starting off in the South and working his way around other areas of the Indian subcontinent, including Pakistan.

It is a great advert for India and it's rich history, placing it on a par with other civilizations like the Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Romans and Chinese. There are elements that some Indian historians will be very unhappy about (as Wood mentions briefly) but they have yet to give a plausible alternative argument with the type of evidence presented here. The reason I gave it only 4 stars was because I felt it could have had more content - I personally wanted more coverage of certain eras (such as 1000BC to 200AD) but I still recommend it highly.