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6 episodes

1. Hindu Ideas of Creation

   Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.

   5 December 2013

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   Featuring: Jessica Frazier, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Gavin Flood

   

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   ReligionHinduism and societyIndia

2. The Dutch East India Company

   Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company, which dominated the Asian spice trade in the 17th century and is sometimes called the first multinational corporation.

   3 March 2016

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   Featuring: Anne Goldgar, Chris Nierstrasz, Helen Paul

   

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   HistoryFormer monopolies, Trade monopoliesColonial Indian companiesChartered companies17th centuryEconomicsIndia

3. The East India Company

   Melvyn Bragg discusses the powerful private trading company that redrew the map of India, built an empire and reinvented the fashions and the foodstuffs of Britain.

   26 June 2003

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   Featuring: Huw Bowen, Linda Colley, Maria Misra

   

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   HistoryHistory of foreign trade in ChinaFormer monopolies, Trade monopoliesAge of Sail, Defunct companies of the United KingdomBritish East India CompanyColonial Indian companiesChartered companiesEconomicsIndia

4. The Indian Mutiny

   Melvyn Bragg and guests Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila and Chandrika Kaul discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the rebellion which followed.

   18 February 2010

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   Featuring: Chandrika Kaul, Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila

   

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   HistoryBritish East India Company19th-century rebellions19th-century military history of the United KingdomWars involving the United Kingdom19th centuryIndia

5. The Mughal Empire

   Melvyn Bragg discusses the achievements of the Mughal Emperors, examines how they maintained their vast territory and how much the British Raj owed to them.

   26 February 2004

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   Featuring: Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Susan Stronge, Chandrika Kaul

   

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   HistoryFormer monarchies in Pakistani history, Former monarchies of IndiaIndia

6. The Upanishads

   Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Upanishads, the sacred texts of Hinduism. Dating from about 700 BC, their mystical and philosophical nature still resonates today.

   8 November 2012

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   Featuring: Jessica Frazier, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Simon Brodbeck

   

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   ReligionHinduism and societyAncient yoga texts, Hindu philosophyHindu philosophical conceptsWorks of unknown authorshipSanskrit textsHindu texts6th century7th centuryIndia