The Lost River - Michel Danino - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)

The Lost River - Michel Danino - 2019
On the Trail of the Sarasvati



By: Michel Danino
Narrated by: Vishal Menon
Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 08-08-19
Categories: History, Asia
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo



The Indian subcontinent was the scene of dramatic upheavals a few thousand years ago. The Northwest region entered an arid phase, and erosion coupled with tectonic events played havoc with river courses. One of them disappeared. Celebrated as Sarasvati in the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, this river was rediscovered in the early 19th century through topographic explorations by British officials. Recently, geological and climatological studies have probed its evolution and disappearance, while satellite imagery has traced the river's buried courses and isotope analyses have dated ancient waters still stored under the Thar Desert.

In the same Northwest, the subcontinent's first urban society, the Indus civilization, flourished and declined. But it was not watered by the Indus alone: since Aurel Stein's expedition in the 1940s, hundreds of Harappan sites have been identified in the now dry Sarasvati's basin. The rich Harappan legacy in technologies, arts and culture sowed the seeds of Indian civilization as we know it now.

Drawing from recent research in a wide range of disciplines, this book discusses differing viewpoints and proposes a harmonious synthesis - a fascinating tale of exploration that brings to life the vital role the lost river of the Indian desert played before its waters gurgled to a stop.

©2010 Michel Danino (P)2019 Random House Audio





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