简介：Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script. 　　The series dramatically unfolds and explores the five-thousand year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of the independence in 1947. It's cast include Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth, who had previously portrayed Nehru in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi . While Seth enacted the part of Nehru as the story-teller at key points in every episode, Om Puri provided the narration. 　　The drama was previously aired in DD Bharati and currently runs on Lok Sabha TV. 　　List of episodes 　　Bharat Mata Ki Jai 　　The Beginnings 　　The Arrival of the Vedic People 　　Caste Formation 　　Mahabharata Part 1 　　Mahabharata Part 2 　　Ramayana Part 1 　　Ramayana Part 2 　　Republics and Kingdoms 　　Negation and Acceptance of Life 　　Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1 　　Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2 　　Ashoka Part 1 　　Ashoka Part 2 　　The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1 　　The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2 　　The Classical Age 　　Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1 　　Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2 　　Harshavardhana 　　Bhakti 　　The Chola Empire Part 1 　　The Chola Empire Part 2 　　The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1 　　The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2 　　The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat 　　Synthesis 　　The Vijayanagar Empire 　　Feudalism 　　The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire 　　Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur 　　Akbar Part 1 　　Akbar Part 2 　　Golden Hind 　　Aurangzeb Part 1 　　Aurangzeb Part 2 　　Shivaji Part 1 　　Shivaji Part 2 　　Company Bahadur 　　Tipu Sultan 　　The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy 　　1857 Part 1 　　1857 Part 2 　　Indigo Revolt 　　Mahatma Phule 　　Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 　　Vivekananda 　　Extremists and Moderates 　　And Gandhi Came Part 1 　　And Gandhi Came Part 2 　　Separatism 　　Do or Die 　　Epilogue…