TY - GEN AU - Amish TI - Immortals of Meluha : : book 1 of the Shiva trilogy SN - 978-93-80658-74-2 U1 - 823 PY - 2008/// CY - Chennai PB - Westland Ltd KW - Siva (Hindu deity) -- Fiction KW - Indus civilization -- Fiction KW - Indus civilization N1 - He has come! -- Land of pure life -- She enters his life -- Abode of the gods -- Tribe of Brahma -- Vikarma, the carriers of bad fate -- Lord Ram's unfinished task -- Drink of the gods -- Love and its consequences -- The hooded figure returns -- Neelkanth unveiled -- Journey through Meluha -- Blessings of the impure -- The pandit of Mohan Jo Daro -- Trial by fire -- The sun and earth -- The battle of Koonj -- Sati and the fire arrow -- Love realized -- Attack on Mandar -- Preparation for war -- Empire of evil -- Dharmayudh, the holy war -- A stunning revelation -- Island of the individual -- The question of questions N2 - 1900 BC in what modern Indians call the Indus Valley Civilization and the inhabitants called the land of Meluha: a near-perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram--one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived--faces peril as its primary river, the Saraswati, is slowly drying to exctinction. The Suryavanshi rulers are challenged with 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 ostracized 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, when all seems lost, a hero will emerge. Is the unexpected, rough-hewn Tibetan immigrant Shiva that hero? Drawn suddenly to his destiny, duty, and by love, Shiva will attempt to move mountains and lead the Suryavanshi to destroy evil ER -