# India invented: an exploration of culture and civilisation in historical outline

A 13-part history of India from the prehistoric era to the present. (Each part is a video of about 28 minutes) Download Subtitles: http://subscene.com/subtitles/india-i... Complete transcript of all 13 episodes: (google doc) https://docs.google.com/document/d/12... Video Title: India invented: an exploration of culture and civilisation in historical outline Author(s): Das, Arvind N. ; Ghosh, Avik. ; Sinha, Aradhana. ; Deshpande, Prachi. ; Chandavarkar, Bhaskar. Arvind Das - wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvind_N... In his book "India Invented", he made the observation that India is not something waiting to be discovered, as Jawaharlal Nehru had treated it in his Discovery of India, but something that is to be constantly invented in the process of understanding it- that was his statement of praxis. Year: 1999 1. Exploring Indian history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feHZVV... Part 1 presents an overview of India's past with a suggestion that history is the account of long term change in the day-to-day lives of ordinary people. 2. Dawn of civilization. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jG3uU... Part 2 covers the huge historical period from the Old Stone Age to the coming of the Aryans to the Indian Sub-continent. It also takes a look at the famous Harappan Civilisation. 3. Age of enlightenment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPpJfb... Part 3 looks at the Sixth Century B.C., when different schools of thought flowered and focuses on the two major philosophical orders…

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1999
- By: Doordarshan
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/indiainvented)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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