![]() ![]() Makes it to my best books I have read in 2013 (see this and this for a review of the notable books I read in 2012). The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind, and you need to turn the pages to find it. The second question, which the author attempted to answer in his first book, but with less than middling success, is why India went into decline a thousand years ago. ![]() As the author travels through the country - in time as well as geography - we are treated to some long-forgotten incidents that should have been part of our curricula, as well as fascinating insights into such endeavours as the mapping of the country by the colonials, which itself was a source of competitive advantage in a manner of speaking. This time around though, he goes deeper and farther back in the history of the land of seven rivers - India, presents us with his findings, and posits that India has had a sense of history - one that not only goes back several unbroken thousand years, but has found echo in successive empires and invaders seeking to associate themselves with this history. Short review: This book is a second, much grander and a much better attempt by the author to answer one question. ![]() ![]() Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography, by Sanjeev Sanyal One line review: Five millennia, one history, one nation, one helluva book. ![]()
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