 It was telecast in 55 countries and at a total viewership of 650 million and re-telecast (March 24 - April 18, 2020) nearly 2500 million viewership alone in 25 days, it became the highest watched Indian television series by a distance, and one of top watched television series in world.It entered in the Limca Book of Records as the most watched historical series.On its first telecast (1987), it had 40 million viewership in India.