News of Boo Launch

1. NEWS
Author sheds new light on ancient
civilisation
LAUNCH EVENT: New book will be launched at The Oriental Museum,
in Durham City
First published Thursday 23 October 2014 in News by Tony
Kearney
AN author is to launch the second in his series of novels set in a
prehistoric civilisation.
Writer Dr Shankar Kashyap is to launch the second bookin his six-novel
Harappa series in an event at the Oriental Museum in Durham on
November7.

2. “The Fall of Shuruppak” is a semi-fictionalstory telling life and
adventures in the highly developed and sophisticated Harappan
civilization that lived in the Indus Valley in the Bronze Age.
The books are set in the third millennium BC, about the time
Stonehenge was being built, when the Harappan Civilisation was the
largest empire in the world, covering a million square miles, before it
collapsed due to drought and a decline in trade with Egypt and
Mesopotamia.
Padma Rao, artistic director with Arts Connect, said: “Dr Kashyap has
reconstructed the Harappan life with meticulous research.
“He is an avid researcher of the Indus Valley civilization. Making use of
the new findings from the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, he has
woven an engaging and compelling story.
Rachel Barclay, curator at the Oriental Museum, added “This is a part of
history that is still being uncovered.
“It had been forgottenuntil relatively recently and it was only in the first
half of the 20th century that serious excavation began.
“It is still ongoing and new discoveries are being made all of the time
adding to our understanding of Indus Valley civilisation.”
Dr Chris Davis, specialistin South Asian archaeology at Durham
University, will speak at the launch event.