Trade winds to Meluhha

By Vasant Davé
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Published: Jan. 14, 2012
Words: 68,790 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9788192250601

Short description

Recounts young Samasin's adventure in Bronze Age Mesopotamia & Indus Valley Civilization. Implicated in murder, Sam flees to Meluhha to search Siwa Saqra – name uttered by the dying man. He falls in love with Melluhhan Velli but she adores another man. He also meets a mysterious Mesopotamian Ann.(Cover shows both ladies) Meeting Siwa, he finds that the murder held an enigma.

Extended description

'Trade winds to Meluhha' narrates a young man SAMASIN's adventure in Mesopotamia and Indus Valley Civilization. Sam is charged with murder and escapes death through a rare astronomical event which is actually recorded on clay tablets excavated in ancient Babylon. He lands in Meluhha (Indus Valley) where besides the query he also finds wealth and love.

In 1977, Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame undertook a voyage in an 18 metre long reed-boat named 'Tigris'. He was convinced that such ships were capable of carrying up to 50 ton cargo and could therefore have been used as trade vessels. He sailed from Iraq (Mesopotamia) via Oman (Magan) to Pakistan (Indus Valley). To author Vasant Davé, Heyerdahl's validation offered a remarkable setting for a narrative based on adventure and interaction between the two widely diverse cultures 4,000 years ago.

With a wide geographical spread from the present day Iraq to India, ultimately what is the plot?

In the year 2138 BC, Sam worked as a stable b.. (Read more) 'Trade winds to Meluhha' narrates a young man SAMASIN's adventure in Mesopotamia and Indus Valley Civilization. Sam is charged with murder and escapes death through a rare astronomical event which is actually recorded on clay tablets excavated in ancient Babylon. He lands in Meluhha (Indus Valley) where besides the query he also finds wealth and love.

In 1977, Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame undertook a voyage in an 18 metre long reed-boat named 'Tigris'. He was convinced that such ships were capable of carrying up to 50 ton cargo and could therefore have been used as trade vessels. He sailed from Iraq (Mesopotamia) via Oman (Magan) to Pakistan (Indus Valley). To author Vasant Davé, Heyerdahl's validation offered a remarkable setting for a narrative based on adventure and interaction between the two widely diverse cultures 4,000 years ago.

With a wide geographical spread from the present day Iraq to India, ultimately what is the plot?

In the year 2138 BC, Sam worked as a stable boy with a wealthy Babylonian named NERGAL. One day he was falsely implicated in the murder of a foreign trader. Tipped off by Nergal's divorced wife ELLA about risk to his life, he fled to the distant land of Meluhha in search of SIWA SAQRA whose name the dying man had uttered. During the voyage, he met a beautiful damsel, VELLI. He fell in her love but was dismayed to find that she was still devoted to a person who had jilted her. He also met ANN, a Mesopotamian woman who concealed her identity because she was determined to search out a couple of faceless men for revenge. Finally when he found Siwa Saqra, he learned that there was more to the murder in Babylon than met the eye. Circumstances brought all the characters together when with awe they discovered the stark reality about the trade between Meluhha and Mesopotamia.

Earlier novels based on Indus Valley Civilization revolved either around the occult or mythology. None took cognizance of the fact that Indus Valley had had strong trade and cultural ties with Mesopotamia, and probably with Egypt too. The engineer in Vasant Davé propelled him to create a plot that put history in its proper perspective. Thus in stark contrast to the previous novels, 'Trade winds to Meluhha' offers entertaining reading by recreating life as it might have been in two of our ancient civilizations.

At the end of the book, the author recounts some interesting titbits about how he wrote this prehistoric novel.
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thriller, suspense, adventure, mystery, historical, novel, mesopotamia

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