Trade winds to Meluhha

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Vadodara, Gujarat, India, Republic of (Free-Press-Release.com) January 17, 2012 -- 'Trade winds to Meluhha' involves adventure, love and strife among people in Meluhha (Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization) and Mesopotamia during the Bronze Age. Sample chapters could be read on the above links.

While the famous Indus Valley Civilization sites of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are located in Pakistan, other important sites like Lothal, Dholavira and Kalibangan are situated in North West India. Lothal dock in the Gulf of Khambhat was designed to sluice ships upto 60 ton capacity according to renowned archaeologist S.R. Rao. On the other hand, Dholavira in the Rann of Kutch provides a glimpse of water management techniques used 4 mileniums ago.

It is on these exotic locations that a young Babilonian suddenly finds himself. Charged with murder he is saved by a rare astronomical event which was actually recorded in clay tablets excavated in ancient Babylon. A dying man had asked him to meet someone and his search brings him to Meluhha where besides the query he also finds wealth and love. Readers would recognize several Indus Valley artifacts coming to life in characters like Velli, the heroine. The author's account about the making of the novel could be downloaded from http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/75096 .

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