Thread by @tjoseph0010

Friends, the book I have been working on for long is out. Check in your favourite bookstore, or Amazon/Flipkart. It answers fundamental & long-debated questions about us in a comprehensive manner, starting from 65,000 years ago. Do read and pass the word!

How did agriculture begin in India & who started it? Who built the Harappan Civilization? After it disappeared, why did it take ~1,500 years for cities to rise again?... See what others have to say about the book that tackles questions like these.
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The most enjoyable part of writing this book over the last few years has been travelling to ancient sites & conversing with the doyens of history, archaeology, genetics, linguistics, epigraphy and philology in India and around the world, to unpeel the layers of our prehistory.

The research for the chapter on the First Indians was very satisfying because genetics & archaeology have now answered many intractable questions about their arrival and dispersal. South Asia's position as the centre of modern human population goes back ~ 20,000 years!

"A very readable account... should be of interest to anyone curious about the waves of migration and intermixing that resulted in the rich tapestry that makes up the people of today's India"
-Venki Ramakrishnan, molecular biologist, Nobel Laureate

"Masterful & unbiased reconstruction of human presence in India using evidence from archaeology, ancient & modern history, linguistics, geography & genetics, with a tilt on genetic evidence"
P. Majumder, Distinguished Prof. & Director, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics

"Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From"

"Puts facts on the table in a simple manner," says @rahulbedi

"A book perfect for the times we live in" - Udaya Kumar

"A remarkable book that brings together genetic, archaeological and climatic evidence" - Shishir Prasad

On my book: "Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From"
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