Documentaries Tagged “india”
Mysteries of Asia: Lost Temples of India
Mysteries of Asia: Lost Temples of India
The Mysteries of Asia three-part video series was originally produced for the Learning Channel. During this segment, historians and others examine temples built in India more than 1,000 years ago. They remain quite intriguing, though today’s tourists rarely visit them. Records reveal that trained elephants had to drag millions of stone...
The Slow Poisoning of India
The Slow Poisoning of India
The Slow Poisoning of India is a 26-minute documentary film directed by Ramesh Menon and produced by the New Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). It deals with the dangers of excessive use of pesticide in agriculture. India is one of the largest users of pesticide in Asia and also one of the largest manufactures. The ...
What The Ancients Did For Us: The Indians
What The Ancients Did For Us: The Indians
India is one of the oldest and richest civilizations in the world. It is home to the world’s first planned cities, where every house had its own bathroom and toilet five thousand years ago. The Ancient Indians have not only given us yoga, meditation and complementary medicines, but they have furthered our knowledge of science, maths – ...
The Last Lions of India
The Last Lions of India
This documentary is about Asiatic lions, which are completely different from African lions in both appearance and behavior but are thriving in India.
Their refuge is the Gir forest in Gujarat, and in the last 100 years their numbers have grown from 20 to over 300.
These lions are now spreading out beyond the protection of the Natio...
Clash of the Worlds: Mutiny
Clash of the Worlds: Mutiny
Exploring how past conflicts between a Christian West and Islam can help explain more recent violence.
This series looks at three great clashes between a Christian British Empire and Islam:
The Indian Mutiny of 1857, the Mahdi uprising in 1880s Sudan and the creation of the state of Israel in the first half of the twentieth centu...
Ganges: Waterland
Ganges: Waterland
Ganges is a nature documentary series for television on the natural history of the River Ganges in India and Bangladesh.
As well as the variety of animals and habitats that are to be found along the river’s 2,510 km (1,557 mi) reach, the programmes also feature the cultures, traditions and religions of the very large human populatio...