Tripathi had initially decided to write a book on the philosophy of evil, but was dissuaded by his family members, so he decided to write a book on Shiva, one of the Hindu Gods. The story is set in the land of Meluha and starts with the arrival of the Tibetan tribal Shiva. The Immortals of Meluha is the first novel of the Shiva trilogy series by Amish Tripathi. Meluha Ke Mritunjay (The Immortals of Meluha) – Book in Hindi Two more books are to follow: The Secret of the Nagas and The Oath of the Vayuputras. The Immortals of Meluha is the first book in the trilogy that chronicles the journey of thisĮxtraordinary hero.

A lesson, that there exists a potential god in every single human being.Īll we have to do is listen to ourselves.

A lesson, that all of us can rise to beīetter people. Lesson lost in the depths of time and ignorance. This work is therefore a tribute to Lord Shiva and the lesson that his life teaches us. Mythological heritage of ancient India, blending fiction with historical fact. That is the premise of the Shiva Trilogy, which interprets the rich A man who rose to become godlikeīecause of his karma. Unfortunately, this belief became our received wisdom.īut what if we are wrong? What if Lord Shiva was not a figment of a rich imagination,īut a person of flesh and blood? Like you and me. They assumed that he must have been a mythical God, whose existence could be possible only in the realms of human imagination. Over the centuries, no foreigner who came to our land - conqueror, merchant, scholar, ruler, traveller - believed that such a great man could possibly exist in reality. Quick wit, accompanied by an equally quick and fearsome temper.

©2008 Amish Tripathi (P)2022 Audible, Inc.Meluha Ke Mritunjay (Immortals of Meluha) This is the first book in a trilogy on Shiva, the simple man whose karma recast him as our Mahadev, the God of Gods. 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.’ Is the rough-hewn Tibetan immigrant Shiva really that hero? And does he want to be that hero at all? Drawn suddenly to his destiny, by duty as well as by love, will Shiva lead the Suryavanshi vengeance and destroy evil? 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. 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.

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