The Story of India: Ep.2 - The Power of Ideas

BBC’s epic series with Michael Wood moves on to the revolutionary years after 500BC - the Age of the Buddha. Travelling by rail to the ancient cities of the Ganges plain, by army convoy through Northern Iraq, and on down the Khyber Pass, he shows how Alexander the Great’s invasion of India inspired her first empire. Part 1 (10:00 min)

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5 Comments

  1. #1 Redroom Studios
    on Sep 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 am

    wonderful once again! thanks for finding and posting this!

  2. #2 CS
    on Sep 4th, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    This is so good. I enjoy Michael Wood a lot. Thanks to you, David, for allowing me to catch up on episodes I may miss on our SBS channel, here :)

  3. #3 shapeshift
    on Sep 5th, 2008 at 8:46 am

    Hi Chaun, that did not seem to take 3 days to watch, like Volume 1. Let me see if I can squeeze Volume 3 on the site this week-end.

  4. #4 CS
    on Sep 6th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Oh, I needed to destress. :) There’s more? Cool!

  5. #5 Kenia Colp
    on Apr 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Wow! what an idea ! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Amazing

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