About the Author: Amish Tripathi is an Indian columnist and novelist best known for his novels. He was born on October 18, 1974. Amish, an IIM-Calcutta alum, spent 14 years working in the financial services sector before switching to full-time writing. Amish has been dubbed “India’s Tolkien” by the BBC, and spiritual authority Deepak Chopra has praised his books as “archetypal and stirring.” Amish’s books are known for their compelling narrative, religious symbolism, and deep philosophical ideas. Since 2010, more than 5 million copies of Amish’s seven books have been distributed in the Indian subcontinent. In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018, Amish were among the top 100 personalities in India according to Forbes India. India Today magazine’s 2019 list of the 50 most influential Indians includes Amish. Amish was also chosen to participate in the exclusive Eisenhower Fellows program, which honors outstanding leaders from all over the globe. Additionally, he is the first author in the annals of Indian publishing to have all six of his fiction books concurrently chart in the top ten of the HT-Nielsen Bookscan national bestseller list for four consecutive weeks.
About the book: The Immortals of Meluha (2010), The Secret of the Nagas (2011), and The Oath of the Vayuputras (2013), which together make up the Shiva Trilogy, and Ram – Scion of Ikshvaku (Book 1 of the Ram Chandra Series) (2015), Sita – Warrior of Mithila (Book 2 of the Mithila Series) are the seven novels written by Amish to date.
There are 6 million copies in print of Immortal India – Young Country, Timeless Civilization (Amish’s first non-fiction work) (2017), Raavan – Enemy of Aryavarta (work 3 of the Ram Chandra Series) (2019), Legend of Suheldev – The King Who Saved India (2020), and Immortal India – Young Country, Timeless Civilization (Book 3 of the Ram Chandra Series).
Twenty Indian and foreign languages have been used in the translation of his works. His Ram Chandra Series is the second-fastest-selling book series in Indian publication history after his Shiva Trilogy.