BBC | Treasures of the Indus | The Other Side of the Taj Mahal | S01E02

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This is the story of the Indian subcontinent told through the treasures of three very different people, places and dynasties that have shaped the modern Indian world.
The Mughals created the most famous and dazzling empire that India has ever seen, from the Taj Mahal to fabulously intricate miniatures of court life.
But in the process, did they bring civilisation to India or tear it apart?
From the moment the first Mughal emperor Babur arrived from Afghanistan the debate began - were the Mughals imposing their own religion of Islam on a Hindu country, or were they open to the religion and art of the country they were conquering?
The artworks the Mughals left behind over their 200-year empire - even the very buildings which have traces of Hindu architecture as well as Muslim - clearly show how this debate played out, and Sona Datta traces how this most spectacular of all Indian civilisations also sowed the seeds of discord.
#Tajmahal #India #Indus

[@CaptainMir]

I acknowledge today that during partition of 1947 in the heat of summer Muslim and Hindu families suffering and pain was inhumane and historic and unending and avoidable and unnecessary and left scarves on many generations.i witnessed such a suffering in my town in Sindh during the floods of 2010 and saw thousands of people walking along with their families and cattle and little babies in each arm for hundreds of kilometers during the night and the roads filled with shoes of my people because their both hands were filled with babies and I helped them more than I have ever helped for over three months with my team of volunteers and personal loan from bank and rescue Navy boats but it was simply too painful to see all that tragedy unfold

[@JOURNEYS7]

Mir Sahab You seems to be a kind man . Keep doing the good work as a human. 🙏♥️🙏.

[@sagayagambrun5149]

Foreign thieves under the guise of justice full of malice are responsible for that humanitarian scar on that part of the World. I hope commonsense prevail and bring them together for peace and prosperity soon!

[@user-dw1dk9sc1y]

🎉😂

[@dtaylor939]

What an absolutely lovely series.

[@feruzkozimov1589]

Hi I'm from UZBEKISTAN, Samarkand City, Babur, Shahjahan, Akbarshahs grand Grand Grandfather used to live and control all this area TIMUR EMPIRE ( Temurlan ). I really like the documentary, full of history and information. good job well done. U should come to Uzbekistan and see TIMUR's history

[@ratnakamal1]

The Indo-Uzbek relationship is timeless!

[@delaramsalmassi4063]

I wish from the very bottom of my heart Uzbekistan and Iran could become one country. Uzbekistan was once a part of The Grecopersian empire! Uzbekistan and Iran are originally one nation!

[@HughJason]

These are the best documentaries about India that I know. Thank you.

[@MeghannMelendy]

This story actually had a happy ending!

[@BabaYagaWickJohn]

Hi from New York, I just finished watching the documentary on Taj and liked it 👍I saw some dilapidated buildings (mumtaj mahal’s eunuch’s residence) which Indian govt has taken no interest in to preserve, as unfortunate. Here in US, our history only goes back to 250+ years (1776) and in India, 500+ years of Mughal history is left for ruins. Documentary was well done and I enjoyed watching it 😊

[@JOURNEYS7]

Yes, you are right manish . Your Indian roots are very well Visible, Enjoy 🙂

[@Mexxx65]

Everybody has their own spiritual..Paradise

[@madi8181]

What a lovely series along with many others Thank you

[@LUCE2019]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful video 👍 I hope to visit this place one day and admire its beauty with my own eyes 😊 See you next video

[@JOURNEYS7]

So nice of you

[@anandjhave]

Jodha was NOT Akbar's wife. She was the wife of his son, Jehangir and daughter of Fat King {Mota Raja} of Jodhpur. Akbar's wife was Harkhabai, the daughter of the king of Amer [now Jaipur].

[@sararichardson737]

Wonderful documentary. Thank you. It would be interesting to track down the descendants of Mumtaz Mahal.

[@harrydebastardeharris987]

Sona was bound to get Dalrymple to play expert,a brilliant historian of Delhi although I’m sure many Indian Historians could do just as good.When in India I was amazed at the amount of amazing architecture that were allowed to fall to pieces.It shows that this was made for the BBC so was not exactly accurate but very well made.

[@nabihatahseen1210]

Beautiful presentation! Please make more such documentaries.

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

Outstanding and enthralling.

[@AmbientWalking]

Amazing!

[@MrDenianke]

Awesome series...I have been to the Taj Mahal and it is the single most fascinating building in the world. I was awestruck. It is no doubt the greatest symbol of an era as well as a dynasty of gifted innovators. Excellent background song in the beginning and at the end by the way...whats the name? Bravo

[@JOURNEYS7]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rakhimukerji7937]

IT WAS VERY PERSIAN.The mughals did not identify with indigenous art and culture.Tajmahal does not represent the whole of India.Konark Ajanta Ilora Dance festival of khajuraho Benares or Kashi Budhgaya are integral part of India.

[@aucknew]

@@rakhimukerji7937that’s not what he is saying… always bring your complex with your distorted history….. go around in Persia, and check, they are different….the moghul monuments have Indian blend, particularly the top of the dome with lotus features… and see Agra fort and monuments in fatehpur Sikri

[@axnyslie]

Very nice series well made. I was there in India last month. Walking amongst the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar’s Tomb, Jama Masjid, and many others, I was truly awe inspired seeing up close the treasures hand crafted by the Mughal Empire over many years.

[@karanjeetmangalsingh1189]

This crooked reporter glorifies the invadors as Indian saviours. We as hindu and as Indians should wipe these parasites of the planet.

[@ratnakamal1]

Only the Mughal monuments? What about the Jantar Mantar, built by Raja Jai Singh in 1724, and Indraprastha of the Pandavas in Mahabharata.

[@junaidkhan-nl1ze]

All she talks about is how Mughals did this harm and that harm . Yet to hear an unbiased word from her mouth

[@ratnakamal1]

@@junaidkhan-nl1ze Sir, you seem to mix up your religious bias with historical facts. So, stop finding fault with Dr. Dutta.

[@junaidkhan-nl1ze]

@@ratnakamal1 it’s the journalist who has mixed them all up . 90% of the facts about Mughals are false ( I’m personally not a fan of Mughals myself )

[@hannahl.7202]

Great documentary - thank you very much ! Looking forward to see more .

[@JOURNEYS7]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@joevasquez3434]

A beautiful drinking vessel holds the life giving cool drinking water just as well as a fine wine. The symbolism could have been presented better.

[@elcampoman]

absolutely well done!

[@jamalhasmath6576]

Very informative great job lots of great references. Studying history most fall comes from within rather from outside . Russian kill their last king . Its was sad to hear his own son imprisoned his father . We need to learn hear like the hitting people they were destroyed from with in every body wants to be king. So was Rome. And another fact we fastnated with tombs like the pyramid in Egypt and the taj mal in India . So what did we learn from our ancestors learning to get along prevent wars but since everybody wants to rule the world is when we have war . So bottom line can we just get along and have peace on earth

[@user-qn9qh2br1t]

i am a college student in an asian art class and i have to watch this video and then write a reflective essay.

[@JOURNEYS7]

Hope this helps!

[@JordChase999]

Comprehensive! 👍🏻

[@JOURNEYS7]

Glad you liked it

[@judihopewell2499]

Excellent history lesson from which we should embrace and learn what Akhbar envisoned for the vast diversity which is India today.

[@dsbdsb6637]

Akbar imposed Persian lang. on native population unlike Hindu-Buddhist kindoms {even till modern times hence lang. issue became so debated in modern India} which never imposed single lang. historically, so much for so called tolerance.

[@roops2939]

Yes, akbar chose to ignore Islamic teachings of imposing ji zya and subjugation the " unbelievers " or force them to convert or face the sword. He ignored the brutal teachings of subjugating and committing violence on unbelievers. He instead, though it took him some time to realise, chose the Vedic viewpoint of being pluralistic, adopting arts and sciences, taking interest in Hindu architecture, not killing innocent animals, and becoming vegetarian. Vedic India has this effect on some invaders.

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

Our future is not in space or artificial intelligence, but in this past: tolerance, the cult of beauty, encouragement of the development of science and a certain contempt for wealth and death.

[@JOURNEYS7]

Nice Thought !

[@nazuddin6346]

Awesome ❤

[@steveweinstein3222]

I guess she's too good to help with the rowing.

[@kamlakarmahajani]

Very nicely done. Nice commentary 🙏🏻

[@JOURNEYS7]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jayantyadav9125]

Very well presented ❤ and to mention the real divide we see in India is a work of the British.

[@fartywood3917]

5,000 years of India: 0% 200 years of Mughals: 100%

[@harishankarramadharMishr-ge1tv]

Muslim barbarians destroyed all great temples of North India . Anjata ellora caves are much more Amazing in Western India.

[@roops2939]

Like the British, these mughal jokers brought wealth and prosperity to the poor hindoos of India according to this joker. Mughals brought advances in science and technology! 😂😂😂

[@jameelghauri5008]

Mam you are great lady 🌹💕

[@MrDenianke]

What's the name of the first background song?

[@Dinu-1959]

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[@JOURNEYS7]

I ❤ Romania - Buna ziua .. All the Best From India :)

[@Dinu-1959]

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[@mehmetyalcin8371]

Lowe the story but I am proud of your nollige to be little bit better. Thank you .

[@Sandaesa]

👌👌🇺🇸

[@rahul881patil]

Cultural affinity and affirmation living abroad

[@WELSHDESI]

Babur first impression of ‘Sinduo’ aka Hind Region was Absolutely correct 🤣. By the way ‘Hindu’ term is mispronunciation of Sinduo.

[@ratnakamal1]

More a derivation than mispronunciation.

[@rebinboby6796]

You're so cool 😎

[@roops2939]

Akbar had to adopt the hindu concept of ahimsa or non violence and respect for living creatures and he also became a vegetarian. Sanatan dharma ❤

[@user-dd1eu3cy2e]

Does anyone know who the presenter is please?

[@peterisbabra6984]

Latviski rakstu tā ir īsta Mīlestība,ja ko tādu var uzcelt!

[@user-dd1eu3cy2e]

Pakistan has so much to offer to the world in history . As well as India . I love this series . I want to travel to borh countries .

[@rakhimukerji7937]

This is s documentary on Mughsls

[@englishvinglish3383]

Where have been statues of Buddha vandalised in Pakistan? Misinformation at its best, we are proud of our heritage, and it is land of indus, indus and India (Gangetic Belt Republic of Bharut) are two different entities. Stop calling us India.

[@ratnakamal1]

Yes, this is what Aitaz Ahsan writes in his book The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan. But friend you sound insulted the Indus Region being called a part of India. Chill, friend.

[@rakhimukerji7937]

What about South India?who told you that only Gangetic plain IS India? What about. GANDHAR AND GANDHARI THR QUEEN?THEY ARE INTEGRAL PART OF INDIAN HISTORY.

[@ratnakamal1]

Ahsan is a politician. He is neither a historian nor an archeologist nor a geneticist. He concocts this BS about the Indus Man. Pakistanis are desperate to be non-Indian and willing to believe that they are Arabs, Turks, Bactrians, Chinese, Mongols, Norwegians, Martians, or even direct descendants of apes.

[@ratnakamal1]

@@rakhimukerji7937 Remember, Indian history is 5,000 years long. The Mughals and the British spent a mere 300 years or less each. In contrast, the Chola empire lasted for 1,500 years. Mother India is like a deep ocean. Fierce storms may churn up mountainous waves, but they all pass and the great ocean remains calm as usual.

[@ratnakamal1]

The Buddha statues that were damaged are in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. The damage was done by the Afghan Taliban 1.0. Never heard of any well known Buddha statues in Pakistan.

[@ratnakamal1]

Aurangzeb is a popular Mughal emperor in Pakistan, but no mention of Akbar. Draw your own conclusions. Gen. Zia ul Haq has an uncanny resemblance to Aurangzeb. India and Pakistan are like the summer and the winter. They are the opposites, but there can’t be one without the other. One can never know the South Asia without knowing both the countries.

[@rakhimukerji7937]

THE FIRST LINE OF YOUR DISPATCH tells us the reason for Pakistan.The Muslims mostly converted . never took pride in India.Their India is Muslim India.The hindus took pride in Islamic architecture and urdu language.But at the end extremists win and moderate give up..Pakistani friends know this.t.

[@roops2939]

​@@rakhimukerji7937Islamic architecture? Which part of their 7th century Arabian handbook mentions architecture? Chapter and text please?

[@kidmohair8151]

once again, when religion is used by a ruler to designate outcasts (ironically, someone of no caste), it has the deadliest consequences. as we have been forced to witness time and again, in human history.

[@rakhimukerji7937]

Hindu was name givrn by Greeks after the river

[@vipulchaturvedi7390]

Well baboor was in fact baabar.

[@BlokeBritish]

which english accent has this narrator got ?

[@jays5186]

A very strong British Accent, perhaps from the North

[@aay85bee]

Southern

[@KumarNikhils]

Confusing babur did not defeated a hindu king but a muslim Sultan of delhi. Agra was not a big city before akbar. Has this series done his research

[@loudmouthnewyorker2803]

Others have said the same about this video nikhil. Thanks for saving me the time and avoiding this video.

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

I truly cried seeing the brutality of the British abuse of the people of India. I obviously knew this history, I guess it’s a whole different thing to see some of it, I can’t even imagine suffering from that. 😢

[@rakhimukerji7937]

What about the aggression and cruelty of Central Asian tribes over Indians?

[@sadikur69]

Pri Islamic India was very difficult and different from mughal

[@roops2939]

Shame, most of the mughals who " brought prosperity to the hindoos of India " have modern day descendants living in Pakistan. They have failed to bring prosperity to Pakistan 😂😂

[@scottmiller4838]

Dr Sona Datta doesn't appear to know much about the the hard facts of the Mughal history. She mentions folklore and legends, but leave significant info out. She barely talked much about Humayun, Babur's son in how he lost the new empire then later reclaimed it. That was kind of important to know. Why did Akbar build a palace at Fatehpur Sikri? There was some significance to that and the three sons the living saint told him he was to have. And where did Sona get the thing about Akbar having some kind of spiritual enlightenment after one of Akbar's big hunts, more folklore? She does not know much about this subject and is just making many things up. Can't take this doc seriously.

[@loudmouthnewyorker2803]

Thank you Scott for your input. I saw other comments stating the same sentiment. You saved me an hour not bothering to watch.

[@rakhimukerji7937]

Historian has to be careful about folklore and facts

[@riazghuman8698]

You are absolutely right, she doesn't know much about Mughals and very important and significant facts are out of the documentary.

[@leopardtiger1022]

Yes agree this is bullshit waste of time... I did not watch after first 5 minutes of this junk documentary.

[@Divorcedhousemaid666]

දත්තාට ආපහු ගැටයක් ගහපියව්

[@luqmanfansuri9723]

misleading series.

[@SheilaNaicker-tt7ol]

This so called journalist has handpicked a few monuments and is giving her personal commentary. India has an ancient civilizational hindu history with their amazing out of this world temples and unique architecture. India suffered brutal Islamic invasion for centuries indian temples culture identity destroyed their temples converted to mosque's and countless other atrocities. The discovery of indus valley civilization proves that India is an ancient unique civilization. The country Pakistan and Pakistani people was created in 1947 by British invaders of India and to identify 5000 year old indus civilization to Pakistan is incorrect unless Pakistani people share the same dna as indian people

[@prp3231]

Hindu architecture and Hinduism of are one. These invaders tried to erase Dharma bit could not. These invaders were basically poor in mind and wealth. They brought anger, greed, lust, hatred, violence, bloodshed and war to India because these are the only things that they could bring from their teachings and from their home country.

[@dylanarslanian1724]

Like most bourgeois British immigrants, she thinks the violent sexual enslavement of thousands of women is an exotic 'oriental' quirk that can be excused because silk was involved.

[@devgupta8815]

Bong Water Buffalo made pretentious by upbringing in the UK

[@JOURNEYS7]

Bong Water Buffalo ? Really ... How about you ? ... Please refrain from such comments....

[@roops2939]

The mughals were progressive and Liberal compared to Europe 😂😂😂 They brought science and technology to India 😂😂😂 Complete joke!! And they brought prosperity to the poor hindoos of India 😂😂😂

[@junaidkhan-nl1ze]

What a pathetic biased views of the host regarding mughals . If mughals were bad and intolerant indian sub continent would have become a Muslim majority region . Host journalist should be discovering the place and telling her history instead she chooses to show her biased

[@JOURNEYS7]

you Neutral or Biased ?

[@junaidkhan-nl1ze]

@@JOURNEYS7 I’m not a journalist YOU ARE

[@prp3231]

​@@JOURNEYS7Islam is a religion of peace Islam stands for women's rights and equality Islam stands for gay rights Islam stands for tolerance for all religions 😂😂😂

[@hnaj4412]

You should thanks to Persian that civilised the Mongolian and than came to India after 400 years later and created such magnificent memories and architecture from Persian

[@rakhimukerji7937]

iINDIA HASBEEN A MELTING POT OF WORLD CIVILISATIONS starting from the Greeks and we always welcomed it.Megasthenes the Greek traveller mentioned that before Mourya there was empire for at least thirteen hundred years.I thank every body who contributed to our heritage but not those who vandalised and demolished our heritage.

[@hnaj4412]

@@rakhimukerji7937 well Persian empire six started hundred years before Jesus Christ 2600 years ago Persian man build the the taj mahal and many others magnificent mosques in India

[@rakhimukerji7937]

@hnaj4412 We know all that Gan dhar tradition was influenced by the Greeks.We have been influenced by many culture.That is the essence of Indian civilisation Unfortunately we also had to face Nadir Shah.sultan Mahmood etc.But at the end of the day we celebrate all culture.

[@hnaj4412]

@@rakhimukerji7937 well if you are angry with Nader we have to be angry with Indian who fight for British empire in my country we are not upset with Indian and the Iranian when ever they captured them they take their gun and let them go never ever harmed them if Nader attack Indian we can say sorry about it and if damaging Indian people we are not arrogant people like the west we apologise for what Nader shah did in India we know Nader didymium any damage to India

[@prp3231]

​@@hnaj4412vedic civilisation dates back over 10,000 years. Zoroastrians of Persia and their rich culture were wiped out by Islamic armies who contributed NOTHING to Persia.