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