The Discovery of India (1988) featured a cast of 188 tracked actors. Of these, 21 (57%) are still alive today and 16 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Roshan Seth, age 84. This TV series starred Roshan Seth and Amrish Puri.
57% still with us· verified cast11% of full cast · incl. 151 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 57% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 66 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast188 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1988 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Roshan Seth Jawaharlal Nehru | Jawaharlal Nehru | Living | 02/04/1942 | 84 | — | 46 |
 Amrish Puri Raza Khan | Raza Khan | Deceased | 22/06/1932 | 72 | 12/01/2005 | 56 |
Pallavi Joshi Atri | Atri | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Pankaj Berry Barbarian | Barbarian | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Anuradha Tarafdar Dhanvati | Dhanvati | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Shreechand Makhija Vasudatt | Vasudatt | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Teeja Bai Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Sujata Mehta Draupadi | Draupadi | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Neeraj Vora Satyaki | Satyaki | Deceased | 22/01/1963 | 54 | 14/12/2017 | 25 |
Virendra Razdan Bhishma | Bhishma | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Raja Bundela Sanjay | Sanjay | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Master Javed Durjay | Durjay | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Akhil Mishra Jain Muni | Jain Muni | Deceased | 22/07/1956 | 67 | 21/09/2023 | 32 |
Nafisa Sharma Kausalya | Kausalya | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Sulakshana Khatri Shurpanakha | Shurpanakha | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Utkarsh Mazumdar Sudakka | Sudakka | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Narendra Gupta Digha | Digha | Living | 21/07/1962 | 64 | — | 26 |
Champak Banerjee Kinjalka | Kinjalka | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Dhruv Ghanekar Nachiketa | Nachiketa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ashutosh Gowariker Prince Siddhartha / Buddha | Prince Siddhartha / Buddha | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Hemendra Bhatia Acharya | Acharya | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Padmanabhan Seleucus | Seleucus | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Zarvan Patel Alexander | Alexander | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Satyadev Dubey Chanakya | Chanakya | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Inayatullah Kantroo Virochaka | Virochaka | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
S.P. Dubey Mahendrabhatta | Mahendrabhatta | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Jaspal Sandhu Sushima | Sushima | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Anandi Madhavi | Madhavi | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Rekha Jayakar Devandi | Devandi | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Rekha Parmar Mother | Mother | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Sunita Rao Vasantmala | Vasantmala | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Sulabha Deshpande Kavundi | Kavundi | Deceased | 01/01/1937 | 79 | 04/06/2016 | 51 |
 Ila Arun Gangamma | Gangamma | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Idries Malik Charudatta | Charudatta | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Mita Vashisht Suvasini | Suvasini | Living | 02/11/1967 | 58 | — | 21 |
Arun Verma Sthavaraka | Sthavaraka | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Kanchan Gharpure Priyangumanjari | Priyangumanjari | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Deepraj Rana Jagirdar | Jagirdar | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Mala Kumar Anusuya | Anusuya | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Vishnu Sharma Dronacharya | Dronacharya | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 K.K. Raina Shahabuddin Ghori | Shahabuddin Ghori | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Prabha Mathur Priyamvada | Priyamvada | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ritesh Pandey Valkhanasa | Valkhanasa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Ravi Jhankal Balram | Balram | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Pramod Razdan Sarathi | Sarathi | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Meenakshi Thakur Ambika | Ambika | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Aanjjan Srivastav Dhrutarashtra | Dhrutarashtra | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Aparajita Queen Yashovati | Queen Yashovati | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Vijay Kashyap Chand Bardai | Chand Bardai | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Chandra Mohan Rajyavardhan | Rajyavardhan | Unverified | — | — | — | — |