Episode |
Title |
Cast |
Role |
Notes
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1
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"Bharat Mata Ki Jai"
[7]
|
Roshan Seth
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
[1]
|
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2
|
"The Beginnings"
|
Harish Patel,
Lalit Mohan Tiwari,
Pallavi Joshi
|
Draha, Shulgi, Atri
|
A street play based on the
Epic of Gilgamesh is also depicted in the episode.
[8]
|
3
|
"The Arrival of the Vedic People"
|
Anang Desai,
K K Raina,
Ravi Jhankal
|
Sardar, Suteja, Bajbandha
|
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4
|
"Caste Formation"
|
Anang Desai,
Salim Ghouse,
K K Raina,
Lalit Mohan Tiwari, Inayatullah Kantroo, Anuradha Tarafdar,
Ila Arun
|
Chandraprabha,
Rama,
Narada,
Arjuna, Dhanpal, Dhanvati, Sheelvati
|
Story of Shambuka from Ramayana and
Ekalavya from Mahabharata were also part of this episode.
|
5,6
|
"Mahabharata" Part 1
|
Teejan Bai,
Salim Ghouse,
Om Puri,
Sujata Mehta,
Pankaj Berry,
Ila Arun,
Salim Ghouse,
Sulakshana Khatri
|
Krishna,
Duryodhana,
Draupadi,
Shakuni,
Aswatthama,
Gandhari
|
|
"Mahabharata" Part 2
|
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7,8
|
"Ramayana" Part 1
[1]
|
Om Puri,
Pallavi Joshi,
Salim Ghouse
[1] ,
Pankaj Berry,
Ravi Jhankal
|
Sita,
Rama,
Bharata,
Lakshmana
|
|
"Ramayana" Part 2
|
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9
|
"Republics and Kingdoms"
|
Virendra Saxena,
K K Raina
|
Mahaanaman,
Virudhaka
|
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10
|
"Negation and Acceptance of Life"
|
Dhruv Ghanekar,
Aanjjan Srivastav,
Om Puri,
Ashutosh Gowariker
|
Nachiketa,
Yamaraja,
Angulimaal,
Gautam Buddha
|
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11, 12
|
"Chanakya and Chandragupta" Part 1
|
Satyadev Dubey,
Ravi Jhankal,
Mita Vashisht,
Aanjjan Srivastav
|
Chanakya, Chanragupta, Suhasini
|
|
"Chanakya and Chandragupta" Part 2
|
|
13, 14
|
"Ashoka" Part 1
|
Om Puri,
K.K.Raina,
Ila Arun,
Lucky Ali (credited as Maqsoom Ali)
|
Ashoka, Radhagupta, Asandhimitra,
Prince Tissa
|
|
"Ashoka" Part 2
|
|
15, 16
|
"The Sangam Period: Silapaddikaram" Part 1
|
Pallavi Joshi,
Sulabha Deshpande,
Virendra Saxena Rakesh Dhar
|
Kannaki, Kovalan, Kavundi, Pandit
|
|
"The Sangam Period: Silapaddikaram" Part 2
|
|
17
|
"The Classical Age"
|
Anjan Srivastav,
Harish Patel, Aparjita Krishna
|
Sansthanaka, Nai, Vasantsena
|
|
18 , 19
|
"Kalidas and Shakuntala" Part 1
|
Ravi Jhankal,
Pallavi Joshi,
Virendra Saxena
|
Kalidas, Mallika, Matul
|
Excerpts from plays
Ashadh Ka Ek Din by
Mohan Rakesh and
Shakuntala (play) by Kalidasa were used in this episode.
|
"Kalidas and Shakuntala" Part 2
|
20
|
"Harshavardhana"
|
Pankaj Berry, K Makhija, Aparajita
|
Harshavardhana, Prabhakar Vardhana, Queen
|
|
21
|
"Bhakti"
|
Vijay Kashyap,
Rajesh Vivek,
Mita Vashisht,
Harish Patel
|
Mahendravarman I, Kapalin, Devasoma, Buddhist Monk
|
|
22
|
"The Chola Empire" Part 1
|
Om Puri, Devendre Malhotra, Sunila Pradhan, Shantanu Chaparia
|
Raja Raja Chola, Ishanashiva, Mahadevi, Tirumala
|
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23
|
"The Chola Empire" Part 2
|
Om Puri, Devendre Malhotra, Sunila Pradhan, Shantanu Chaparia
|
Raja Raja Chola, Ishanashiva, Mahadevi, Tirumala
|
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24
|
"The Delhi Sultanate" Part 1:The Arrival of Turk-Afghans and Prithviraj Raso
|
K.K. Raina,
Vijay Kashyap,
Ravi Jhankal,
Ahmed Khan,
Irrfan Khan,
Achyut Potdar,
Vijay Kashyap
|
Muhammad Ghori,
Chand Bardai,
Prithviraj Chauhan,
Mahmud Ghazni,
Ferdowsi,
Al-Biruni
|
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25
|
"The Delhi Sultanate" Part 2: Prithviraj Raso and Alauddin Khilji
|
K.K. Raina,
Vijay Kashyap,
Ravi Jhankal,
Achyut Potdar,
Om Puri,
Rajendra Gupta,
Seema Kelkar
|
Muhammad Ghori,
Chand Bardai, Makwana,
Alauddin Khilji,
Ratan Singh,
Padmavati
|
|
26
|
"The Delhi Sultanate" Part 3: Padmavat and Tughlaq dynasty
[9]
|
Om Puri,
Rajendra Gupta,
Seema Kelkar,
|
Alauddin Khalji,
Ratan Singh,
Padmavati
|
|
27
|
"Synthesis"
|
Pankaj Berry
|
Lorik
[Lubna salim] chanda
[Maina]
Aparajita
|
|
28
|
"The Vijayanagar Empire"
|
Om Puri,
Salim Ghouse,
Aanjjan Srivastav, Fr. Tasso
|
Krishna Deva Raya,
Aliya Rama Raya, Appaji,
Domingo Paes
|
|
29
|
"Feudalism"
[10]
|
Salim Ghouse,
Ila Arun,
Pallavi Joshi, Siraj Khan, Ajay Kumar
|
Aliya Rama Raya, Heggaditi, Mallige, Saguna,
Achyuta Deva Raya
|
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30
|
"The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire"
|
Salim Ghouse,
Anang Desai,
Pankaj Berry, Ahmed Khan, Arjun Raina
|
Aliya Rama Raya, Effendi Aslam Bain,
Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali,
Hussain Nizam Shah I,
Ali Adil Shah I
|
|
31
|
"Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur"
|
Ravi Jhankal,
Anang Desai,
Lalit Mohan Tiwari,
Mushtaq Khan, Vishal Singh
|
Rana Sanga,
Ibrahim Lodi,
Babur
|
|
32, 33
|
"Akbar" Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
|
Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Ila Arun,
Aparajita Bhushan,
Puneet Issar,
Surendra Pal,
Harish Patel,
Irrfan Khan,
Rajesh Vivek,
Pankaj Berry,
Vijay Arora,
Virendra Saxena,
Arun Bakshi,
Deepraj Rana
|
Akbar,
Jahangir,
Jodhabai,
Maharana Pratap,
Man Singh I
|
|
"Akbar" Part 2
|
|
34
|
"Golden Hind"
|
Sudhir Kulkarni,
Vijay Arora,
Ajit Vachhani,
Mushtaq Khan
|
Jahangir,
Shah Jahan,
Thomas Roe
|
|
35 ,36
|
"Aurangzeb" Part 1
|
Om Puri,
Sudhir Dalvi,
Surendra Pal,
Surekha Sikri,
Navtej Hundal,
Dharmesh Tiwari
|
Aurangzeb,
Dara Shikoh,
Murad Bakhsh,
Shah Shuja,
Jahanara Begum,
Shah Jahan
|
|
"Aurangzeb Part" 2
|
37 ,38
|
"Shivaji" Part 1
|
Naseeruddin Shah,
Om Puri,
Anang Desai,
Achyut Potdar,
Vishwajeet Pradhan
[11]
Ahmed Khan
|
Shivaji,
Jijabai,
Dadoji Kondadev,
Chandrarao More,
Afzal Khan,
Aurangzeb,
|
|
"Shivaji" Part 2
|
|
39
|
"Company Bahadur" (East India Company)
|
Amrish Puri,
Rajendra,
Jalal Agha,
Tom Alter, Vishal Singh,
John Holyer
|
Robert Clive,
Najimuddin Ali Khan,
Shuja-ud-Daula,
Maharaja Nandakumar,
Shah Alam II,
Diwani Rights
|
|
40
|
"Tipu Sultan"
|
Salim Ghouse,
Vijay Kashyap,
Ravi Jhankal,
Shreechand Makhija,
Tom Alter,
John Holyer
|
Tipu Sultan,
Purnaiah,
Mir Sadiq,
Mahadji Scindia,
Nana Phadnavis
|
|
41
|
"The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy"
|
Anang Desai,
Urmila Bhatt,
Ravi Jhankal,
Tom Alter,
John Holyer
|
Raja Ram Mohan Roy,
Lord William Bentinck, Bann on
Sati (practice)
|
|
42, 43
|
"1857" Part 1
|
Om Puri,
Ravi Jhankal,
Piyush Mishra,
Mohan Gokhale,
Anang Desai,
Ratna Pathak Shah,
Aanjjan Srivastav,
Pankaj Berry,
Virendra Razdan,
Tom Alter,
John Holyer,
Bob Christo
|
Bahadur Shah Zafar,
Nanasaheb Peshwa,
Wajid Ali Shah,
Begum Hazrat Mahal,
Tantia Tope,
Rani Lakshmibai,
Azimullah Khan,
Bakht Khan,
Mangal Pandey,
Lord Dalhousie
|
|
"1857" Part 2
|
44
|
"Indigo Revolt"
|
Virendra Saxena,
Tom Alter,
Vijay Kashyap
|
Madhav
|
|
45
|
"Mahatma Phule"
|
Sadashiv Amrapurkar,
Mohan Gokhale,
Shubhangi Gokhale,
Achyut Potdar,
Ashok Banthia
|
Mahatma Phule,
Savitribai Phule,
Satyashodak Samaj
|
|
46
|
"Sir Syed Ahmed Khan"
|
Mohan Maharishi,
Irrfan Khan
|
|
|
47
|
"Vivekananda"
|
Alok Nath
|
Swami Vivekananda
|
|
48
|
"Extremists and Moderates"
|
Sudhir Kulkarni,
Mohan Gokhale,
Tom Alter,
Achyut Potdar,
Kishor Kadam
|
Gopal Krishna Gokhale,
Bal Gangadhar Tilak,
Chapekar brothers, Murder of
Walter Charles Rand
|
|
49
|
"And Gandhi Came" Part 1
|
Om Puri,
Ila Arun,
Piyush Mishra,
Shabana Azmi,
Pallavi Joshi,
Akhilendra Mishra
|
|
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50
|
"And Gandhi Came" Part 2
|
|
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51
|
"Separatism"
|
S M Zaheer,
K K Raina,
Harish Patel,
Irrfan Khan
|
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52
|
"Do or Die"
|
Pankaj Berry,
Om Puri,
Lucky Ali
|
Quit India Movement
|
|
53
|
Epilogue
|
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