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Bharat Ek Khoj (Hindi: ???? ?? ???, Urdu: ????? ??? ????, English: The Discovery of India) is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) 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 (1982). 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 (the Rigveda)
　　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