Harappa: The Lure of Soma

by Shankar N. Kashyap

At the zenith of its power and prosperity, Harappa is a highly refined urban conglomerate in the Indus Valley, visited by trade caravans and travellers from faraway lands. The city's sense of organization, its mastery of technology, economic wellbeing, and above all, its possession of Soma, inevitably being enemy troops to its door. For the drought-stricken, impoverished neighbours, Harappa is the land of fulfilment. Indeed Soma is the basis of life, a measure against which the power of a state could be judged.

286 pages, Hardcover

First published October 13, 2013

About the author

An orthopaedic surgeon by profession with deep interest in ancient Indian history. Extensive research into Harappan civilisation of Bronze Age India has led to the creation of the Harappa series.
The first three books of the series have been published and the fourth one is on its way. Archaeological evidence has been used along with litereary evidence mainly from the Vedic corpus.
The first book, A Kangaroo Court was the product of a deep trauma sustained during his career.

Blogs:
www.shankarkashyap.wordpress.com
www.harappaseries.wordpress.com

Reviews

[Vinita Dhawan · Rating 5 out of 5]

An intriguing storyline which the book hard to put down. It seemed that the end came too suddenly.