'Trade winds to Meluhha' harks back to Bronze Age Mesopotamia. It involves adventure, strife and love in young Samasin's life in which swift events chase him to a strange land 3,000 Km. across the sea.
Implicated in a foreigner's murder, he is saved from a gory sentence by rare astronomical events which are actually recorded on clay tablets excavated in ancient Babylon. He flees to 'Meluhha', Indus Valley Civilization, in search of Siwa Saqra whose name was uttered by the alien before he died. There besides Siwa, he also meets two damsels. Anu is a Sumérian who poses as a Meluhhan because she is on a lookout for a couple of faceless men for revenge. Velli, who wins his heart, is still devoted to a person who had jilted her. Interactions with all three lead Samasin on the trail of a diabolic trade that is ruining the lives of youngsters and women back in Mesopotamia.
Earlier novels based on Indus Valley Civilization revolve either around mythology or the occult. In contrast, the plot of 'Trade winds to Meluhha' is developed upon archaeological evidence and astronomical records. Readers would recognize several artifacts, seals and jewelry of that period contributing to exciting events in the narrative. It is also the first novel based on the two contemporary cultures of Mesopotamia and Indus Valley.
The book was inspired by archaeological sites in India. The author happened to visit the ancient port at Lothal during one of his extensive tours as an engineer. When he read about explorer Thor Heyerdahl's 1977 voyage in a reed ship from the Euphrates to the Indus, his technical background spurred him to delve deeper into the 3rd millennium BC 'globalization' between Indus Valley and Mesopotamia. That was when 'Trade winds to Meluhha' started taking shape in his mind.
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Implicated in a foreigner's murder, he is saved from a gory sentence by rare astronomical events which are actually recorded on clay tablets excavated in ancient Babylon. He flees to 'Meluhha', Indus Valley Civilization, in search of Siwa Saqra whose name was uttered by the alien before he died. There besides Siwa, he also meets two damsels. Anu is a Sumérian who poses as a Meluhhan because she is on a lookout for a couple of faceless men for revenge. Velli, who wins his heart, is still devoted to a person who had jilted her. Interactions with all three lead Samasin on the trail of a diabolic trade that is ruining the lives of youngsters and women back in Mesopotamia.
Earlier novels based on Indus Valley Civilization revolve either around mythology or the occult. In contrast, the plot of 'Trade winds to Meluhha' is developed upon archaeological evidence and astronomical records. Readers would recognize several artifacts, seals and jewelry of that period contributing to exciting events in the narrative. It is also the first novel based on the two contemporary cultures of Mesopotamia and Indus Valley.
The book was inspired by archaeological sites in India. The author happened to visit the ancient port at Lothal during one of his extensive tours as an engineer. When he read about explorer Thor Heyerdahl's 1977 voyage in a reed ship from the Euphrates to the Indus, his technical background spurred him to delve deeper into the 3rd millennium BC 'globalization' between Indus Valley and Mesopotamia. That was when 'Trade winds to Meluhha' started taking shape in his mind.
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Copyright 2012, Vasant Davé
Last updated July 12, 2012
