Saiswaroopa Iyer

Avishi

Warrior Queen from the Rig Veda

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Long before the times of Draupadi and SitaImmortalised in the hymns of the Rig VedaBut forgotten to the memory of IndiaWas the warrior queen with an iron leg, Vishpala. Brought up in the pristine forest school of Naimisha, Avishi reaches the republic of Ashtagani in search of her destiny. When Khela, the oppressive king of the neighbouring Vrishabhavati, begins to overwhelm and invade Ashtagani, Avishi rises to protect her settlement but at a high cost. Separated from her love, her settlement broken, with a brutal injury needing an amputation of her leg, what can Avishi do to save herself?Will her disability let her continue to be the warrio… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-93-5435-029-0
EAN: 9789354350290
Produktnummer: 37778132
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 394 S.
Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and an investment professional turned writer, Saiswaroopa Iyer is the bestselling author of four novels, all based on legendary female protagonists from ancient Hindu literature. She also curated an anthology of short stories based on the Kurukshetra battle of Mahabharata, published by Bloomsbury.Saiswaroopa is a curator at Indic Academy and holds a certificate in Puranas from Oxford School of Hindu Studies.