02185nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200210009510000240011624500490014026000240018930000260021336500600023952013640029965000500166365000360171394200130174999900190176295201740178120250805152335.0240117b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780670090433  cAL  aEnglish  223a954.01bAROI  aNamit Arora9234047  aIndiansb: A brief History of a Civilization  aIndiabVIKINGc2021  a296 p.bHBc22x14 cm.  aBLCR-000079b₹480.00c₹d₹599.00e20%f11-01-2024  a‘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.
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