I am
sure most of you are familiar with this book, but I am still going to tell you
the summary of the story. This is the first book from the Shiva Trilogy. The
second book is named ‘The Secret of the Nagas’ and the third ‘The Oath of the
Vayuputras’.
Shiva
is just a Tibetan tribe leader of the tribe Gunas who live
by a lake. There is another tribe called the Pakrati tribe, who are always willing
to fight the Gunas in order to rule the land near the lake.
Across
the valleys in Kashmir, there is a near perfect society called Meluha. The
inhabitants are called the Suryavanshis, who follow the rules and ways of Lord
Ram, who was their previous ruler of Meluha about 11,000 years ago. The
Suryavanshis are troubled by attacks which they think are by the
Chandravanshis, their sworn enemies. Legend has it that the Suryavanshis and
Chandravanshis lived together under Lord Ram’s rule, but after Lord Ram passed
away, the Chandravanshis stopped following Lord Ram’s principles, while the
Suryavanshis continued his ways. This way, they were separated (with hatred for
each other) into two empires.
There is yet another legend, this one older which says, “When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge.” Another part of the legend states that:
There is yet another legend, this one older which says, “When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge.” Another part of the legend states that:
1) This hero shall not be a
Suryavanshi or a Chandravanshi.
2) Upon drinking the Somras – a drink
that makes you immortal- his throat shall turn blue
3) He shall be called by a different
name by the others, the Neelkanth (Neel – Blue, Kanth – Throat)
Beware though,
it isn’t as it seems. Will leading the Suryavanshis be bad? Are the
Chandravanshis truly better? To find out… READ THE BOOK!