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The first-ever book of its kind, Land of the Seven Rivers has won admiration and accolades for offering a refreshingly imaginative view of India�s history. Combining scholarship with sparkling wit, Sanjeev Sanyal explores how India�s history was shaped by its geography. Moving from geological and genetic origins to present-day Gurgaon, this groundbreaking book is riveting, wry and full of surprises. About the Author "Sanjeev Sanyal is an internationally acclaimed economist, urban theorist and a bestselling author. He writes on a range of topics ranging from economics to history, and his books include The Indian Renaissance: India�s Rise after a Thousand Years of Decline and The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History. A Rhodes Scholar and an Eisenhower Fellow, he was named Young Global Leader for 2010 by the World Economic Forum and in 2014, given the inaugural International Indian Achievers Award for contributions to literature. Sanjeev has been a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London; visiting scholar at Oxford University; adjunct fellow at Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore; and a senior fellow of the World Wide Fund for Nature."