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A sweeping saga of ancient india
Return of the Aryans tells the epic story of the Aryans – a gripping tale of kings and poets, seers and gods, battles and romance and the rise and fall of civilizations. In a remarkable feat of the imagination, Bhagwan S. Gidwani takes us back to the dawn of mankind (8000 BC) to recreate the world of the Aryans. He tells us why the Aryans left India, their native land, for foreign shores and shows us their triumphal return to their homeland…
Vast and absorbing, the novel tells the stories of characters like the gentle god, Sindhu Putra, spreading his message of love; the physician sage Dhanawantar and his wife Dhanawantari; peaceloving Kashi after whom the holy city of Varanasi is named; and Nila who gave her name to the river Nile…
Richly textured and with a cast of thousands, the epic adventure of the Aryans come gloriously alive in the hands of the bestselling author of The Sword of Tipu Sultan.
Imprint: India Penguin
Published: Oct/2000
ISBN: 9780140240535
Length : 964 Pages
MRP : ₹999.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
Published:
ISBN:
Imprint: India Penguin
Published: Oct/2000
ISBN: 9789351184577
Length : 964 Pages
MRP : ₹999.00
A sweeping saga of ancient india
Return of the Aryans tells the epic story of the Aryans – a gripping tale of kings and poets, seers and gods, battles and romance and the rise and fall of civilizations. In a remarkable feat of the imagination, Bhagwan S. Gidwani takes us back to the dawn of mankind (8000 BC) to recreate the world of the Aryans. He tells us why the Aryans left India, their native land, for foreign shores and shows us their triumphal return to their homeland…
Vast and absorbing, the novel tells the stories of characters like the gentle god, Sindhu Putra, spreading his message of love; the physician sage Dhanawantar and his wife Dhanawantari; peaceloving Kashi after whom the holy city of Varanasi is named; and Nila who gave her name to the river Nile…
Richly textured and with a cast of thousands, the epic adventure of the Aryans come gloriously alive in the hands of the bestselling author of The Sword of Tipu Sultan.
Bhagwan S. Gidwani was India's additional director general of tourism
and director general of civil aviation till 1978. He served as India's counsel
at the International Court of Justice at the Hague and as representative
of India on the council of International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO), United Nations from 1978 to 1981. Thereafter, he joined ICAO
as director, serving as adviser to foreign governments till 1985.
Gidwani is the author of the bestselling novel The Sword of Tipu Sultan
which was translated into many languages and also made into a major
TV series for which Gidwani wrote the script and screenplay. His previous
novel Return of the Aryans, published by Penguin Books India, was
also highly successful. March of the Aryans is adapted from that novel.
Bhagwan S. Gidwani is based in Montreal and divides his time between
international efforts to promote the safety and security of air transport
and tourism, and historical writing, research and teaching.