Ancient India: A Journey Back in Time
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The story of India is one of fabulous dynasties and kings, timeless belief systems and golden ages of culture. This fascinating program journeys through the centuries to demonstrate how glories such as the Taj Mahal reflect the character of a unique people. Authoritative and entertaining, this program features a stunning graphic re-creation of an Indus Valley City of the Second Millennium BC. Features superb 3D graphics, State-of-the-art computer generated animation, all … More >>
Ancient India: A Journey Back in Time
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Carol Schlotterbeck on
Wed, 21st Jul 2010 2:32 pm
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I purchased this DVD for my English 12 class. Have not viewed it yet.
Rating: 5 / 5
This DVD tells you many things about Indias history. Without revieling the contents I would say it is worth the money. I give it 4 out of 5 because i wish it had longer chapters as I found my self wanting more. Probably the best documentary about Indian history that I have seen and great 3D re-creations.
Rating: 4 / 5
Very Patchy work. The history here is spoken without any reference to the Deccan or South India. Highly confined to North India. Pandyas the longest surviving dynasties of the world, did not even have a mention. The Cholas, Pallavas and the golden age of India, where left without any mention.
Even in the history of North, not all major dynasties where covered. Probably the volume of work that could go into the DVD was the consideration, even then omissions are so glaring.
The coverage of Indus valley civilization was good.
Rating: 1 / 5
This video was a wonderful addition to my curriculum. It provide solid factual information with rich, detailed photography, computer-generated imagery and stunning graphical displays. It provided my students a much richer insight into “Old India” so that they could appreciate the culture in a more modern world.
Rating: 4 / 5
The DVD’s focus is on the northern half of Indian civilization and only mentions (5 seconds on a map) of the southern Indian civilization (Dravidian). At least it does cover Mohenjo-Daro the predecessor to the Indus Valley Civilization. Computer Graphics (CG) is well used with Mohenjo-Daro as the structures are mostly in ruins. However the CG is way over used with structures that are well intact such as the Taj-mahal, Making the documentary more of an illusion with lots of hurried talk. A far better DVD for the price is BBC – around the world in 80 days which spends a whole episode on India – Sri Lanka with actual footage.
Rating: 2 / 5
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