Description
- Rights: World, January 2022 (shifted from Nov 2021)
- ISBN: 9789391028763
- EISBN: 9789391028770
- Subject: Non-fiction
- Binding: Papre back
- Imprint: Hachette India Children’s Books
- Page Extent: 344 pp
- Cover price: Rs 499
SELLING POINTS
- Carefully and meticulously curated representative and ‘documented’ details of Indian history, civilization and culture – right from Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Civilizations, through the Mauryan, Gupta, South Indian and all other important empires and kingdoms, all the way to the colonial period and independent India.
- Traces the most important events, periods and personalities in the history of India with physically recorded evidence and objects of the time.
- This one-of-a-kind book archives must-know and rare information in a crisp and comprehensive way for both young and older readers.
- Peppered with fascinating additional nuggets of trivia about the topics as well as photos and illustrations.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A signboard from the most advanced civilization in the ancient world.
The lost notebooks of a mathematical genius.
A line on a map that divided two countries.
Read about these and 97 other amazing documents – from palm-leaf and other types of manuscripts, clay tablets, stone inscriptions and copper plate engravings to letters, journals, patents, maps, posters and much, much more – that will take you on an extraordinary tour of India’s fascinating past.
Dip into an adventurer’s diary to find out what it was like to spend a day at the Mughal court. Refer to a centuries-old guidebook for performance tips. Marvel at the exquisite illustrations adorning the pages of a conqueror’s scrapbook. These invaluable relics offer rare glimpses and insights into events that shaped the course of India’s kaleidoscopic journey, uncovering little-known details, colourful stories and a collage of cultures.
Deeply researched, engagingly written and thoroughly engrossing, this is one history book you will not want to put down!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gayathri Ponvannan is the author of many children’s books, including Unstoppable and 501 Facts Factory: Amazing Space Mysteries and Marvels, both published by Hachette India.
Her works have also appeared in several leading newspapers, magazines and anthologies. She especially enjoys introducing children to the wonderful worlds of science, history, stories and mysteries!
