Immortals of Meluha

Mehragarh:

Modern archaeologists believe that Mehragarh is the progenitor of the Indus Valley

civilisation. Mehragarh represents a sudden burst of civilised living, without too

much archaeological evidence of a gradual progression to that level. Hence

obviously, those who established Mehragarh were either immigrants or refugees

Meluha: The land of pure life. This is the land ruled by the Suryavanshi kings. It is the area that
we in the modern world call the Indus Valley Civilisation

Meluhans: People of Meluha

Mudras: Gestures

Naga: Serpent people

Namaste:

An ancient Indian greeting. Spoken with the open palms of both the hands joined

together. Conjoin of three words. ‘Namah’, ‘Astu’ and ‘Te’ —meaning ‘I bow to

you’. Namaste can be used as both ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’

Nirvana: Enlightenment; freedom from the cycle of rebirths

Oxygen/anti-
oxidants
theory:

Modern research backs this theory. Interested readers can read the article ‘Radical

Proposal’ by Kathryn Brown in the Scientific American

Pandit: Priest

Parmatma: The ultimate soul or the sum of all souls

Patallok: The underworld

Pawan Dev: God of the winds

Pitratulya: The term for a man who is ‘like a father’

Prahar: Four slots of six hours each into which the day was divided by the ancient Hindus; thefirst prahar began at 12 midnight

Puja: Prayer

Rajat: Silver

Ram Chandra: Ram = Face; Chandra = Moon. Hence Ram Chandra is ‘the face of the moon’

Ram rajya: The rule of Ram

Rangbhoomi: Literally, the ground of colour. In ancient times, stadiums where sports, performances
and public functions would be carried out

Rangoli: Traditional colourful and geometric designs made with coloured powders or flowers
as a sign of welcome

Rishi: Man of knowledge

Sanyasi:

Sanyasis are people who renounce all their worldly possessions and desires to retreat

to remote locations

and devote their time to the pursuit of god and spirituality. In ancient India, it was

common for people to take sanyas at an old age, once they had completed all their

life’s duties

Sapt-Sindhu: Land of the seven rivers — Indus, Saraswati, Yamuna, Ganga, Sarayu, Brahmaputra
and Narmada. This was the ancient name of North India

Saptrishi: One of the ‘Group of 7 Rishis’

Saptrishi
uttradhikaris:

Successors of the Saptrishis