02002nam a22002177a 4500 20250805152335.0 240117b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780670090433 AL English 23 954.01 AROI Namit Arora 234047 Indians : A brief History of a Civilization India VIKING 2021 296 p. HB 22x14 cm. BLCR-000079 ₹480.00 ₹ ₹599.00 20% 11-01-2024 ‘Deepens our sense of the wonder that was India’ ~ Pankaj Mishra Indian civilization is an idea, a reality, an enigma. In this riveting book, Namit Arora takes us on an unforgettable journey through 5000 years of history, reimagining in rich detail the social and cultural moorings of Indians through the ages. Drawing on credible sources, he discovers what inspired and shaped them: their political upheavals and rivalries, customs and vocations, and a variety of unusual festivals. Arora makes a stop at six iconic places — the Harappan city of Dholavira, the Ikshvaku capital at Nagarjunakonda, the Buddhist centre of learning at Nalanda, enigmatic Khajuraho, Vijayanagar at Hampi, and historic Varanasi — enlivening the narrative with vivid descriptions, local stories and evocative photographs. Punctuating this are chronicles of famous travellers who visited India — including Megasthenes, Xuanzang, Alberuni and Marco Polo — whose dramatic and idiosyncratic tales conceal surprising insights about our land. In lucid, elegant prose, Arora explores the exciting churn of ideas, beliefs and values of our ancestors through millennia — some continue to shape modern India, while others have been lost forever. An original, deeply engaging and extensively researched work, Indians illuminates a range of histories coursing through our veins. India--Civilization--To 1200--Sources 148016 Foreign--India--Sources 148017 ddc REF 229639 229639 0 0 ddc 0 0 HIS AL AL SK 2024-01-11 Navakarnataka Publications Pvt Ltd 480.00 1 954.01 AROI 077038 2024-03-04 00:00:00 2024-02-22 599.00 2024-01-17 BK