TreasuresOfTheIndusis3x60’episodesmadebyTernTV,whichtellthestoryoftheIndianSub-ContinentthroughthetreasuresthathaveshapedthemodernIndianworld.FromtheplainsofPakistantothefoothillsoftheHimalayas,fromNorthernIndiaandRajasthantothedeepSouthandTamilNadu,DrSonaDattaexploresthisvastmeltingpotofdiversecivilisations,religions,culturesandgloriouslandscapesthathasgivenussomeofthegreatestartisticgoldenagesonearth.
TheserieswillchartthehistoryoftheIndusValley,tellingtherelativelyunknownstorythatstretchesback4,500yearstotheAncientInduscivilisationwhogaveus,amongstotherthings,thedecimalsystem.SonaexplorestheartoftheMughals,whocreatedthemostfamousanddazzlingempirethatIndiahaseverseen,fromtheTajMahaltofabulouslyintricateminiaturesofcourtlife.ShequestionswhethertheMughalsweretryingtoimposetheirownreligionofIslamorindeedwhethertheywereopentothereligionandartofthecountrytheyweretryingtoconquer;andshediscoverssomeofthe33,000sacredtempleshewnfromrock,sandstoneandmarbleinthesouthernIndianstateofTamilNadu.
