The Power of Ideas
Michael Wood shows how Alexander the Great's invasion of India inspired her first empire and how Buddha's ideas were turned into political reality by an emperor.
Michael Wood's epic series moves on to the revolutionary years after 500BC - the Age of the Buddha. Travelling by rail to the ancient cities of the Ganges plain, by army convoy through northern Iraq and on down the Khyber Pass, he shows how Alexander the Great's invasion of India inspired her first empire. Michael visits India's earliest capital, Patna, and using archaeology, legend and 'India's Rosetta stone', he shows how the ideas of the Buddha - 'India's first and greatest protester' - were turned into political reality by an Indian emperor who sowed the seeds of 'the most dangerous idea in history'.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Michael Wood |
| Director | Jeremy Jeffs |
| Producer | Rebecca Dobbs |
Broadcasts
Fri 31 Aug 2007 21:00麻豆社 Two Scotland, England, Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only- Fri 31 Aug 2007 21:30麻豆社 Two Wales & Wales (Analogue) only
- Fri 7 Sep 2007 21:00麻豆社 Two England & Scotland only
Mon 1 Oct 2007 00:55麻豆社 One except Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales & West Midlands- Tue 2 Oct 2007 01:05麻豆社 One Northern Ireland
- Sat 6 Oct 2007 01:35麻豆社 One Scotland
- Thu 7 Feb 2008 20:00
- Sun 28 Oct 2012 20:00
- Sun 28 Oct 2012 23:30