Immortals Of Meuha Analysis

The issue of war had been relevant in all ages which also figures prominently in the Immortals of Meluha. It seems to question war on the one hand and draws attention towards the present on the other. Wars are an organized and prolonged conflict that is carried out by states. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, social disruption and economic destruction. It is an intentional widespread conflict between political communities. War leads to destruction of human and natural resources. War leads to pervasive violence in the name of justice and revenge. In the novel various battles are fought between Guna and Prakritis, Suryavanshi and Chandravanshi, Naga and Suryavanshi.

Keywords: Meluha, Shiva, war.

Introduction
Amish Tripathi
He understands Daksha’s state of mind. Daksha tells Shiva that his empire is the best in the world with new technology in science and commerce. Other empires hate the progress of Meluha and don’t live in harmony. Shiva feels that he and his tribe too face terrorist attacks because of jealous. He says, “I wonder if we could have avoided bloodshed if we shared our good fortune more willingly” (107). Daksha further explains that Chandravanshis think that Meluhans’ success lies in Somras. Chandravanshis have the knowledge of Somras but they cannot make mass production. So in order to become powerful they tried to destroy the Somras. They tried to “kill the Saraswati to harm us” (108) as no other water works for making Somras. Shiva was surprised to hear as to how one can kill a river. Daksha tells that Saraswati is formed by the confluence of two rivers—Sutlej and Yamuna. Earlier both the Chandravanshis and the Suryavanshis drew water for the Somras. But Chandravanshis diverted the course of Yamuna, “instead of flowing south, it started flowing east to meet their main river, Ganga” (108). Daksha tells that the matter was discussed with the Chandravanshis but they denied any knowledge of that and said that the river changed its course due to minor earthquake and they all should accept God’s will in
Meluhans won the battle and restored Yamuna’s original course to meet Saraswati. But Saraswati is still depleting that is the major concern in present. Meluhans believe that Chandravanshis are setting up plans again to repeat the history. But in fact it is the Meluhan Empire that is responsible for the dying of Saraswati. This revelation will be made in the other two novels of the Shiva