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| Title: | Hippalos
: The Conquest of the Indian Ocean |
| Author: | Kamil V Zvelebil |
| ISBN: | 1869928415 : 9781869928414 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 145x215mm |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Weight: | .4 Kg. |
| Published: | Mandrake of Oxford - July 2001 |
| List Price: | 9.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | GENRE FICTION: India |
Greek and Indian sources tell of an Alexandrian Greek navigator called Hippalos. He discovered a direct route across the ocean from the Red sea, to legendary Musiris in South India. 2000 miles of open ocean in 30 days and nights. India: when the Kama Sutra was first written down. India where Buddhists and Hindus hate each other with a vengeance and where mighty dynasties are embroiled in bloody war. Against this powerful backdrop the heart of Hippalos is tested to its limit as friends fight for survival and a passionate love affair grows. Hippalos's journey, based on fact, offers us a way through the vast ocean of Indian story. You will be entertained and then initiated into the secrets of ancient India as you have never before seen it. Kamil V Zvelebil, born in 1927, is professor-emeritus of Indian studies at the universities of Chicago, Heidelberg, Utrecht and Prague and also an ordained Zen Buddhist monk.
