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The Meeting of Two Oceans.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Story of India
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and Belief Systems.
- Trade and Commerce.
- War and Violence.
- Architecture.
- Economic conditions.
- Hinduism.
- Invasions.
- Islam.
- Jewelry.
- Mosques.
- Plundering.
- Religious beliefs.
- Religious conversions.
- India--Antiquities.
- India.
- India--Civilization.
- India--History--1000-1526.
- India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
- Local Subjects:
- Religion and Belief Systems.
- Trade and Commerce.
- War and Violence.
- Architecture.
- Economic conditions.
- Hinduism.
- Invasions.
- Islam.
- Jewelry.
- Mosques.
- Plundering.
- Religious beliefs.
- Religious conversions.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2008.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The fifth episode in the series The Story of India takes us to the time of the Renaissance in Europe, when India was the richest, most populous civilization in the world. We visit the desert cities of Rajasthan and travel among the fabulous Mughal cities of Delhi, Agra and Fatepur Sikri. At the Taj Mahal""just voted one of the new Seven Wonders of the World by 100 million voters worldwide""Wood demolishes an old myth about the Taj and offers a startling new theory about its construction. Exploring the legacy of the Mughal empire that stretched across today's political borders Michael Wood tells the tale of the early Mughals, starting with the redoubtable Babur, founder of the dynasty, and his grandson Akbar the Great, a Muslim king who tried to make India a multi racial and multi-religious state. The story of the Mughals has some of the most fascinating characters in all of history but ends in tragedy as two brothers fought over Akbar's legacy, in a battle that in the end broke Akbar's dream. While waiting in the wings to pick over the spoils were...the British.
- Participant:
- Produced by Rebecca Dobbs; directed by Jeremy Jeffs.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 689524405
- Publisher Number:
- ASP1003462037/marc
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