"The Immortals of Meluha" is the first book in the Shiva Trilogy written by Indian author Amish Tripathi. Published in 2010, the novel combines mythology with fiction and explores the journey of a Tibetan tribal leader named Shiva who is prophesied to be the savior of the ancient land of Meluha. The story begins with Shiva, a tribal leader with a distinctive blue throat, being invited to Meluha, a near-perfect empire facing various crises. Meluha, once a prosperous and advanced civilization, is now plagued by a deadly epidemic called the Chandravanshi curse. The Suryavanshis, the ruling class of Meluha, believe