Can't download music and movies from iTunes

I upgraded my ipad2 to ios5.1 and after that whenever I open iTunes from my iPad or pc I can only download books from iBooks and podcasts.
Please help!

Unfortunately downgrading the OS on the device is not supported by Apple.
I can tell you this - Google can turn up a whole world of possibilities if you are looking for an answer to something that is not supported.
Before you do anything else - were you able to download other content before you upgraded? Music? Movies? As far as I know - the content in that article was the only content that was available in India anyway and updating the iOS should have made no bearing on what you can download.

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Hello maxr0,
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I found this article that outlines where to go to download your purchases again in iTunes.
The article named says it is for iTunes 10, but the steps will work for iTunes 11 as well.
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