The Story of India

Beginning with the first human migrations out of Africa, host Michael Wood takes viewers from the tropical backwaters of South India to lost ancient cities in Pakistan -- the scene of India's first civilization.

Michael Wood's epic series moves into the revolutionary years after 500 BC -- the Age of the Buddha.

Michael Wood takes viewers to India in the days of the Roman Empire.

Reaching the time of the Fall of Rome in the West, Michael Wood seeks out the amazing achievements of India's golden age from 300 to 1000 AD.

This episode tells the epic story of possibly the greatest of all clashes of civilization -- the coming of Islam to the Indian subcontinent. The story culminates in one of the most glamorous ages of world civilization -- the Moghul Empire.

Michael Wood's "10,000-year epic" reaches the time of the British occupation of India -- the Raj -- and India's struggle for freedom.