Immortals Of Meluha

1900 BC. In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation. 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 ever lived.This once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils as its primary river the revered Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction.They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis. To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas, an ostracised and sinister race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills.The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend when evil reaches epic proportions,all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed a hero will emerge.This is the first book The Immortals of Melhua in a trilogy on Shiva, the simple man whose karma recast him as our Mahadev, the God of Gods.

About the Author

Amish Tripathi(born 18 October 1974)is an author from Mumbai, India. He holds a management degree from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He worked in financial service industry for nearly 14 years before turning to writing. Although he originally wanted to be a historian, he chose a career in finance because he couldn't afford the former.His debut work The Immortals of Meluha was a surprise bestseller,breaking into the top seller charts within a week of its launch.Book was the first in the Shiva Trilogy.The trilogy is a fictionalized biography of the Indian deity Shiva. It narrates how Shiva was just a man, 4000 years ago but is today remembered as the Mahadev (the God of Gods).The second book in the trilogy The Secret of the Nagas was released on 12 August 2011.

Book Plot 

Meluha is a near perfect empire, created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived. However, the once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils as its primary river, the revered Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction. They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis who have joined forces with the Nagas, a cursed race with physical deformities. The present king of Meluha, Daksha, sends his emissaries to North India in Tibet, to invite the tribes that live there to Meluha. One of those invited are the Gunas, whose chief Shiva is a brave warrior and protector. Shiva accepts the proposal and moves to Meluha with his tribe. They reach the city of Srinagar and are received there by Ayurvati, the Chief of Medicine of the Meluhans. Shiva and his tribe are impressed with the Meluhan way of life. On their first night of stay at Srinagar, the Gunas wake up amid high fever and sweating. The Meluhans, under Ayurvati's orders, carry on the healing process. However, Ayurvati finds out that Shiva is the only one devoid of these symptoms and that his throat has turned blue. The Meluhans announce Shiva as the Neelkanth, their fabled saviour.