As a result, despite ShivaвЂ™s desire to marry her, she is unable to as her social status as a Vikarma makes it so that she cannot accept his proposal. Sati, is it revealed, is not only the daughter of the Suryavanshi king, Daksha, but she is also a part of the Vikrama, untouchables who were expected to suffer due to their past sins. Throughout his stay in Meluha, Shiva meets and becomes enchanted with a solemn looking beautiful woman, Sati. Hence, ShivaвЂ™s life changes, he stops being the leader of his tribe and instead becomes a de-facto leader for the SuryavanshiвЂ™s. The legend posited that a blue-necked individual would come and save the empire and restore it to its glory days - the individual being Shiva in their eyes. According to Meluhan legend, while the Empire was founded years ago by the great Lord Ram, it had eventually began to fall into despair as its water source, the Saraswati River, was beginning to dry and they were falling under increasing attacks from their neighbours, the ChandravanshiвЂ™s and the cursed deformed Nagas. This causes joy for many Meluhans and especially the ruling family, the SuryavanshiвЂ™s, as for them, the blue neck signified their fabled warrior. However, in this chaos, another interesting and important development occurs, ShivaвЂ™s neck turns blue. The Meluhan doctor assigned to them, to ensure that the Gunas have proper vaccinations so they donвЂ™t contaminate the rest of the Empire with their foreign diseases, attends to them and eventually everyone heals. On their first day in the Empire, the Gunas fall quite sick.

move the Gunas to Meluha), he agrees in order to ensure the protection of his people. Hence, when Shiva receives invitation from the Meluhan Empire to establish base there (i.e. These tribes live in difficult circumstances as they are often required to protect themselves in violent ways in order to survive conquest. HeвЂ™s the leader of a small tribe, the Gunas. The book begins with the introduction of the main character, Shiva. Again, spoiler-filled review (I feel like thatвЂ™s my style now) below. But, it was pretty entertaining so I enjoyed reading it and hence will review it. IвЂ™m actually not very familiar with Hindu mythology so IвЂ™m not sure if the story the book tells is accurate or not.

Accordingly then, this book assumes Shiva, a powerful Hindu God, was once a human and proceeds to tell his story. IвЂ™m not sure if any of you are familiar with Hindu mythology, but this book imaginesВ that the Hindu gods in religious books were initially humans who turned into Gods through their amazing feats/ lives. I know, its stupid, but the word вЂMeluhaвЂ™ is so interesting phonetically, at least for me it is! But, once I got past that (okay no, I didnвЂ™t get past it, I still say it in a British accent for kicks), I thought the premise was also pretty interesting. The reason was, I liked the way it sounded when the title of the book was said in a fancy British accent. Okay,В so my initial reason for reading this book was pretty stupid, IвЂ™ll admit that.

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