The Mangarh Chronicles - An Epic Novel

Author: Gary WorthingtonPublisher: PenguinYear: 2001Language: EnglishPages: 591ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143029037 DescriptionAn immensely readable tale, minutely researched and told with great imagination. A rich and informative portal into past and present India, this novel is a celebration of the wonder that is India.The year is 1975, the Emergency is imminent. Vijay Singh of the Indian Revenue Service is dispatched to conduct a raid on the erstwhile Maharaja of Mangarh, a former princely state in Rajasthan, to find the fabled Mangarh treasure. The joy at the responsibility is tempered by fear that his true origins- he is an Untouchable from a nearby village –will be exposed, and his nagging suspicion that he is being used in what is essentially a political vendetta.Interspersed with this tale of modern India are novellas which encapsulate specific moments in the vast sweep of Indian history. In them we meet such memorable characters as Samudradatta, a merchant of Kashi whose life