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Back to Search220. Battle of Brothers: The Puritan vs The Mystic (Ep 1)
Season 12 Episode 14
The battle of succession that erupted during a severe illness of Shah Jahan is often regarded as one which determined the fate of India.
The eldest of…
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219. Building The Taj Mahal: Love, Loss, & Splendour (Ep 2)
Season 12 Episode 13
Within days of his beloved wife’s death, Shah Jahan starts designing his grandest architectural project yet to express his love for her. Her mausoleu…
1 year ago
218. Creator of The Taj Mahal: Shah Jahan’s Rise to Power (Ep 1)
Season 12 Episode 12
Shah Jahan, the third son of the opium-addicted Jahangir, was born in 1592 with the name Khurram. More interested in precious gems and architecture t…
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217. Zebras and Zodiacs: Jahangir’s Art Revolution
Season 12 Episode 11
Often overshadowed by his son’s architectural wonders like the Taj Mahal, Emperor Jahangir was a true connoisseur of beauty.
His reign witnessed a fl…
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216. Seeds of British India: England’s First Ambassador to the Mughal Court
Season 12 Episode 10
What do you buy for a man who has everything?
Thomas Roe is tasked with wooing the Emperor Jahangir. On March 6th 1615, he sets sail from England on …
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215. Jahangir: A World of Light And Darkness
Season 12 Episode 9
Prince Salim grows up in the continuously expanding empire of his father, Akbar. The young prince is being primed to take on this legacy, but he is m…
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214. The Empire of Frankincense & Myrrh
Season 13 Episode 3
“The Nabateans are a silent partner in everything that goes on in the high summer of the Ancient period” - Bettany Hughes
By the time of Jesus’ birth,…
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213. How Three Wise Men Became Three Kings
Season 13 Episode 2
The story of the Three Wise Men has been reinterpreted since it was first written down. The gift-bearing visitors to the newborn Jesus were initially…
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212. Who Were The Three Wise Men?
Season 13 Episode 1
The truth behind the story of the Three Wise Men has more connections to empire than many of us realise…
Featured in every Nativity scene in school pl…
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211. A Beautiful World: The Art of Akbar
Season 12 Episode 8
As a dyslexic child, Akbar explored his curiosities about the world through visual wonders, and by having literature read aloud to him. As an adult, …
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