The Immortals Of Meluha 

The Immortals Of Meluha Is The Story Of Shiva, The Simple Man, Whose Karma Recast Him As Our Mahadev. The God Of Gods.

It is set in 1900 BC, in what the modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation. The inhabitants of that period called it the land of Meluha – a near perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived.

The once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils as its primary river, the revered Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction. They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis.

To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas, an ostracised and sinister race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills.

The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend – ‘when evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge’.

Characters :

Shiva

The main character in the story. He is Tibetan immigrant to Meluha and the chief of the Guna tribe. On arriving to Meluha and consuming the kalkud (poison) his throat turns blue making him the Neelkanth. The Meluhan legend speaks of a Neelkanth as a destroyer of evil and they believe he would be their savior.

 Sati

A Meluhan princess, she is the daughter of King Daksha. Shiva falls in love with her but cannot marry her because of a law that considers her to be a vikarma. Vikarmas are people who bear misfortunes in this life due to sins of their past births.

 Nandi

A captain in the Meluhan army.

Bhadra

A Captain of Shiva's Army and close childhood friend.