If Homer's llyad although seemed some epic made up story at first has ultimately led to the conclusion that trojan was an actual event in 12th BC, then we can use all ancient epics to find out the grain of truth of earliest unwritten history of mankind. First chapter discussing rivers in detail didn't really help.įor the earliest parts of history book heavily relies on using Indian epics to extrapolate historical events which is fair enough IMO. Halfway through the book I realized it's more about Indian history with a focus on geography and not about Indian River system over millennia. Sanjeev Sanyal is so much more refined, graceful, knowledgeable and restrained even in his criticism. She lives in Pune.My first thought while reading first chapter was why on earth was I wasting my time trying to read uncouth authors' like tony Joseph of early Indians. Sowmya works as a journalist for a news publication and writes on gender, culture and cinema. She won the Sahitya Akademi's Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2015 for her children's novel Mayil Will Not Be Quiet, co-authored with Niveditha Subramaniam. Sowmya Rajendran has written several books for children, from picture books for toddlers to young adult fiction. This book is an adaptation of the second. He is the author of the bestselling books The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History (2016), Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography (2012) and The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise After a Thousand Years of Decline (2008), published by Penguin. A Rhodes Scholar and an Eisenhower Fellow, Sanjeev spent two decades working in international financial markets and was named Young Global Leader in 2010 by the World Economic Forum. He lives in New Delhi and writes on a wide array of topics, ranging from economics to history. Sanjeev Sanyal is the principal economic adviser to the Government of India and an internationally acclaimed economist and urban theorist. It is the most entertaining history of India you will ever read. Moving from the geological beginnings of the subcontinent to present-day Gurgaon, Land of the Seven Rivers is riveting, wry and full of surprises. Traversing remote mountain passes, visiting ancient archaeological sites, crossing rivers in shaky boats and immersing himself in old records and manuscripts, he considers questions about Indian history that we rarely ask: Why do Indians call their country Bharat? How did the British build the railways across the subcontinent? Why was the world’s highest mountain named after George Everest? With sparkling wit and intelligence, Sanjeev Sanyal sets off to explore India and look at how the country’s history was shaped by, among other things, its rivers, mountains and cities. The history of any country begins with its geography. Why did the Buddha walk to Sarnath to give his first sermon? Did the great flood of Indian legend actually happen?
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