Beautiful edition with a new introduction to the history of the
land and the people, highlighting the origins of myth and folklore.
The story of Ancient India, the vast land that stretches from the
Himalayas in the North to the Oceans far south can be traced back
to the 8th millennium BCE. Later, in the mid-3000s, the first
cities of the great Indus or Harappan Civilisation rose around the
basin of the Indus river system, a little earlier than the Ancient
Egyptians around their Nile, or the Sumerians between the Tigris
and the Euphrates. Tales of gods and peoples from this period were
written for the first time, from older oral traditions, in the
Sanskrit of Vedas in the mid-1500s, when Babylon was at its Height,
and the culture of Mycenean Greeks would flower and collapse. In
the 1st millennium BCE Indian civilisation shifted South to the
Ganges, where the great literature of the Mâhâbhârata and the
Râmâyana recorded the glory and the power of the gods, and the
worship of a people whose vibrant culture is a reflection of its
lands and the migrations of its ancestors. Flame Tree Collector's
Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction: authors,
myths, tales and history without which the imaginative literature
of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most
influential and most fascinating works into a striking and
collectable library. Each book features a new Introduction and a
Glossary of Terms or lists of Ancient Leaders.
General
| Imprint: |
Flame Tree Publishing Co Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Flame Tree Collector's Editions |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Editors: |
Jk Jackson
|
| Dimensions: |
168 x 111 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
416 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-80417-617-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-80417-617-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781804176177 |
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