Bharat Mata Ki Jai
3rd January 1988The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)
10th January 1988The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)
17th January 1988Caste Formation
24th January 1988Mahabharata Part 1
31st January 1988Mahabharata Part 2
7th February 1988Ramayana Part 1
14th February 1988Ramayana Part 2
21st February 1988Republics and Kingdoms
28th February 1988Negation and Acceptance of Life
6th March 1988Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1
13th March 1988Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
20th March 1988Ashoka Part 1
27th March 1988Ashoka Part 2
3rd April 1988The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
10th April 1988The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
17th April 1988The Classical Age
24th April 1988Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
1st May 1988Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
8th May 1988Harshavardhana
15th May 1988Bhakti
22nd May 1988The Chola Empire Part 1
29th May 1988The Chola Empire Part 2
5th June 1988The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1
12th June 1988The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2
19th June 1988The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat
26th June 1988Synthesis
3rd July 1988The Vijayanagar Empire
10th July 1988Feudalism
17th July 1988The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
24th July 1988Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
31st July 1988Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
7th August 1988Akbar Part 2
14th August 1988Golden Hind
21st August 1988Aurangzeb Part 1
28th August 1988Aurangzeb Part 2
4th September 1988Shivaji Part 1
11th September 1988Shivaji Part 2
18th September 1988Company Bahadur (East India Company)
25th September 1988Tipu Sultan
2nd October 1988The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
9th October 19881857 Part 1
16th October 19881857 Part 2
23rd October 1988Indigo Revolt
30th October 1988Mahatma Phule
6th November 1988Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
13th November 1988Vivekananda
20th November 1988Extremists and Moderates
27th November 1988And Gandhi Came Part 1
4th December 1988And Gandhi Came Part 2
11th December 1988Separatism
18th December 1988Do or Die
25th December 1988Epilogue
1st January 1989Bharat 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.
