G Venkatraman, Executive Vice President – Retail Business, Fullerton India:Īsking “why” is easy. Suddenly the cities of the Indus valley come alive and all mythological events morph into plots of an adventure. The book brings a new way of looking at mythology through the historic lens. I will be waiting for the next two volumes of this trilogy.ĭevdutt Pauanaik, India’s leading mythologis4 columnist and author: is endearing, often startling, and sometimes very funny. The deep knowledge of Indian mythology that is the foundation of the book is impressive, and the quirky way the author has played with our myths. I think it’s a grand adventure: engrossing and exciting. I finished it (‘The Immortals of Meluha’) in one marathon reading session over one and a half days. Sandipan Deb, editor-in-thief (RPG Publications,), former managing editor (Outlook magazine), author: The usage of everyday spoken English helped modernise the god Shiva in my mind and see him as a human being. An exciting and racy adventure, the story has rich characters whose emotions I could feel and an engaging plot which kept me spellbound. Prahlad Kakkar, celebrated ad film maker, restaurateur and diving enthusiast: Amish has incorporated a range of emods and themes into the book which absorb and grasp the reader’s interest - from sweeping action sequences to heart-tugging love stories. ‘The Immortals of Meluha’ is a fast paced story, a definite page-turner. This is the first book in a trilogy on Shiva, the simple man whose karma re-cast him as our Mahadev, the God of Gods.Īnil Dharker, noted media personality, journalist and author: Is the rough-hewn Tibetan immigrant Shiva, really that hero.Īnd does he want to the that hero at all?ĭrawn suddenly to his destiny, by duty as well as by love, will Shiva lead the Suryavanshi vengeance and destroy evil? The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend: ‘When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge. To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas, an ostracized and sinister race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills.

They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis.

This once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils as its primary river, the revered Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction. The inhabitants of that period called it the land of Meluha – a near perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived. In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation. The story of the man, whom legend turned into a God.ġ900 BC.

The rise of meluha