Apparently Lord Manu lived 8500 years before the story’s timeline (1900 BC). Yes, Tripathi frequently uses the word “India” for the land called Sapt Sindhu, which holds Meluha and Swadweep. Tripathi tells us that Lord Manu is considered to be the progenitor of civilisation by all the people of “India”. Mohan Jo Daro apparently means “Platform of Mohan”, and is named after the great philosopher-priest Lord Mohan. There’s a famous city in Meluha called Harriyappa and another called Mohan Jo Daro, on the banks of the mighty Indus. In the Immortals of Meluha, one keeps meeting people and places that sound familiar. Swadweep is composed of the North East, with Bengal, Assam and most of the Gangetic plain. Tripathi’s creation Meluha covers the entire North-West of the Indian subcontinent, stretching from Gujarat in the South to Kashmir and Afghanistan in the North, Punjab in the East and Sindh in the West. The Swadweepans are aided by the evil Nagas. Why does the almost-perfect Meluha need a savior? Because it faces a threat from the lazy and evil Chandravanshi people, who occupy the neighbouring country Swadweep. Why do they do so? Because they are looking for a savior and Shiva with his blue throat is the Neelkanth.
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Meluha, the land of the Suryavanshi people, sends a team of soldiers to persuade Shiva and his tribe, the Gunas, to move to Meluha. To start with, Lord Shiva, the hero of the novel, is shown to be a marijuana smoking immigrant from Tibet and an excellent fighter to boot. None of this helped while me reading the The Immortals of Meluha which re-writes India's ancient history in a very innovative manner. I don’t claim to be an expert either on Indian history or India’s epics and myths, but I have a basic idea of all of these. I bought the The Immortals of Meluha solely because it’s been on the bestsellers chart for so long and I was curious to know why. A story set in 1900 BC which revolves around Lord Shiva wouldn’t be my usual cup of tea.