

We will read this book again and provide a more fulsome review.1900 BC. This makes the text all the more intriguing. There are those who are familiar with the puranas and the legends of Bharath, and read same assiduously. What is evil? Do we agree with the Vasudev, the tribe of Pandits? This is a driving force in the quest of our all-too-human Lord Neelakanth.

Daksha – most impetuous, as the meeting with Emporer Dilipa reveals.Shiva, a warrior with human emotion and feeling? From the tribe of the gunas?.The Meluhans announce Shiva as the Neelkanth, their fabled saviour.įrom there on, the reader begins to wonder. However, Ayurvati finds out that Shiva is the only one devoid of these symptoms and that his throat has turned blue. The Meluhans, under Ayurvati’s orders, carry on the healing process.

On their first night of stay at Srinagar, the Gunas wake up amid high fever and sweating. Shiva and his tribe are impressed with the Meluhan way of life. They reach the city of Srinagar and are received there by Ayurvati, the Chief of Medicine of the Meluhans. Shiva accepts the proposal and moves to Meluha with his tribe. One of those invited are the Gunas, whose chief Shiva is a brave warrior and protector. The present king of Meluha, Daksha, sends his emissaries to North India in Tibet, to invite the tribes that live there to Meluha. 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. However, the once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe crisis as its primary river, the revered Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction. Meluha is a near perfect empire, created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest kings that ever lived.

Shiva decides to help the Meluhans in their war against the Chandravanshis, who had joined forces with a cursed group called Nagas however, in his journey and the resulting fight that ensues, Shiva learns how his choices actually reflected who he aspires to be and how it led to dire consequences. The Meluhan belief that Shiva is their fabled saviour Neelkanth, is confirmed when he consumes the Somras, a legendary healing potion, which turns his throat blue. 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.
