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Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent

Written by: Pranay Lal
Narrated by: Vikrant Chaturvedi
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 The first definitive natural history of the Indian subcontinent.

Did you know that the exquisite caves of Ellora were hewn from rock formed in the greatest lava floods the world has known—eruptions so enormous that they may well have obliterated dinosaurs? Or that Bengaluru owes its unique climate to a tectonic event that took place 88 million years ago? That the Ganga and Brahmaputra sequester nearly 20 per cent of global carbon, and their sediments over millions of years have etched submarine canyons in the Bay of Bengal that are larger than the Grand Canyon? Ever heard of Rajasaurus, an Indian dinosaur which was perhaps more ferocious than T rex? Many such amazing facts and discoveries—from 70-million-year-old crocodile eggs in Mumbai to the nesting ground of dinosaurs near Ahmedabad—are a part of Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent.

Researching across wide-ranging scientific disciplines and travelling with scientists all over the country, biochemist Pranay Lal has woven together the first compelling narrative of India’s deep natural history, filled with fierce reptiles, fantastic dinosaurs, gargantuan mammals and amazing plants. This story, which includes a rare collection of images, illustrations and maps, starts at the very beginning—from the time when a galactic swirl of dust coalesced to become our life-giving planet—and ends with the arrival of our ancestors on the banks of the Indus. Pranay Lal tells this story with verve, lucidity and an infectious enthusiasm that comes from his deep, abiding love of nature. Asia Biological Sciences Earth Sciences India Science South Asia Southeast Asia
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for anyone who is curious about how the world was shaped this is the book!

loved it!

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I loved the soothing and confident voice that delivered this awesome book.
I have been listening & relistening this book since past 1 month. Its simply too good and easy to understand if you have a physical book in front of you. The book +images can make you understand it much better

This should be an introductory textbook

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Indias Natural history told as a story. Even a person with no prior knowledge about Natural history can easily.
Story telling is also nice and the names of places have not been anglicised as its been read by an Indian.

Nice book on Indias natural history

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This book is a fascinating hear. I have now started looking at appreciating stones and rocks strewn around in hills across the country... Something which many other books failed to do with much more celebrated monuments as their subjects.

I'll also add that narration of the book is very endearing. Have read some negative comments in the other reviews, but to me the narrator's voice brought to me the sound of a geology professor somewhere in Indian small town university.

A history like no other!

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it is nice to have a book which provides details of palaeontology and geography of India. Narration was also good.

nice to listen to a book on India

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