Ten Kings (English) (English, Paperback, Ashok Banker)
Ten Kings (English) (English, Paperback, Ashok Banker)
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Amaryllis (An Imprint of Manjul Publishing House)
- Genre: Fiction
- ISBN: 9789381506547, 9789381506547
- Pages: 348
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Ten Kings is a historical novel by Ashok Banker. It is the first title in his Itihasa series of novels.
Summary of the Book
In the Rig-Veda, one can find the story of King Sudas. Sudas led his army against seemingly unbeatable odds, facing the armies of the Ten Kings, or the Dasarajna. His enemies were not strangers from another land. Sudas had to fight those who were once his allies and neighbours, and his friend Anu. The Ten Kings were driven to battle by the Sage Vishwamitra to annihilate Sudas and his “Shudra” tribe. In doing so, they would be able to control the fertile lands in the name of the “Bharata” nation. The very land in which they fought is burnt into history as one of the most famous archaeological sites on Earth: Harappa. The nation that was founded after their battle ended was called Bharat.
About Ashok Banker
Ashok Kumar Banker is an Indian writer. He is well known for writing the Ramayana series.
He is currently working on his Itihasa series, the Mba: Mahabharata series and the Krishna Coriolis series.
Series Reading Order
The Itihasa series was started with the intention of retelling major portions of the Indian history for the present generation. It will continue with the Shivaji novels, and progress to the Mauryan empire with Maurya and Ashoka.
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Masterpiece ..!
You shouldn't b surprised if u score some additional points in CAT VA after reading Banker's books , coz they improve ua vocab to a good extent . ;-)
Waiting eagerly for the next 1 of Itihasa series.
Gaurang Kadam
Certified Buyer, Badlapur East
Sep, 2014
Very good story telling!
The only thing that I didn't find comfortable with is the use of very difficult words that even Dan Brown and other popular authors seldom use for their fictit...
Naren
Certified Buyer, Chennai
Sep, 2014
Worth every rupee
Do not read this book for an exciting war story - you will be disappointed. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5
Read it for the unmistakable quasi historical undercurrents in the book. For instance the story has some parallels with the Mahabharata and Ramayana as well - especially the interaction between Vashistha and Sudasa, before the last phase of the war. Some...
Sahishnu Majumdar
Certified Buyer, Mumbai
Jan, 2015
Great Read! Typical Ashok Banker
I must say, it's not easy to convert just 4 line hymn from Rigveda into a 329 pages novel.
Nice to see someone working so hard to prevent our almost forgotten ancient history vanishing from our memory.
Hats off to author!
And ya, flipkart deserves a mention too. Nice service at best price available in the market!
Hiren Yagnik
Certified Buyer, Ahmedabad
Aug, 2014
good story
It takes a lot of thought processing and study to covert few hymns about a war into a full fledged story. The story is very well crafted and takes d reader to the ancient period of India. Very nice and interesting story telling. Its a must read for all.
akash sharma
Certified Buyer, Pune
Oct, 2014
This book can be made into a riveting film.
Mandar
Certified Buyer, Pune
Mar, 2015
Awesome
Sudhansu Nayak
Certified Buyer, Pune
Nov, 2021
Great product
Susanta Senapaty
Certified Buyer, Bhubaneswar
Jan, 2020
NYC story
Akankshya Satapathy
Certified Buyer, Bhubaneswar
Sep, 2017
