India : Marvels & Mysteries with William Dalrymple

Discover stories behind two great autonomous kingdoms of India. First Kumbhalgarh, formidable citadel of the great Maharana of mighty Mewar, with its legendary, impregnable walls. Then, in Karnataka, see the history behind the Adil Shahi city of Bijapur.

Discover three magnificent sites: the Sun temple at Modhera, the temple of Brihadeeswara, and the unexplained rock cut wonders of Unakoti.

Discover Fathehpur Sikri, a city born of an Emperor’s gratitude to a Sufi saint. Emperor Akbar’s great architectural achievement was abandoned not long after it was built. Uncover the architectural wonder that is Hampi, capital of the Vijayanagara empire.

Discover the disturbing world of the psychotic, cruel ruler Mohammad Bin Tughlak. Ibn Batuta, a meiaeval chronicler, travels from Tughlakabad Fort in Delhi to Daulatabad Fort near Aurangabad, Maharashtra following the bloody excesses of King Tughlak.

Enter the world of two of India’s charismatic women rulers and the iconic structures they built. Rani Udaymati’s stepwell, Rani Ki Vav and Mughal Empress Noor Jahan.

Discover two of India's artistic wonders. The Chaturmukh Temple at Ranakpur, built with over a thousand pillars and sculptures unlike any other in the world. Then, journey to Azhagiya Nambi Rayar Temple in Thirukurungudi.

Discover Kailashnatha Temple at Ellora, crafted from a single hill, where two hundred thousand tons of solid rock were excavated to create the largest monolithic structure in the world. Then, uncover strange stones of unknown origin at Hire Bennakal.