Kurukshetra : Timeless Sanctity

Contents: Introduction. 1. The Kurus. 2. Krishna, the ultimate man. 3. Yakshas: the guardian deities. 4. Bhisma\'s discourse on Rajdharma. 5. Solar eclipse. 6. Bhagavad Gita: the song celestial at Jyotisar. 7. The sacred Saraswati. 8. Buddha\'s trail. 9. Harsha Vardhan of Thanesar (590-647 AD). 10. Thanesar: Shiva\'s abode. 11. Pehowa: the sanctifying Tirtha. 12. The Sikh splendour. 13. The sufi Serenade. 14. The uprising of 1857 at Thanesar. 15. The state initiative. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.

Kurukshetra a city where history blends the legend a city of myths, great battles, and even greater empires..a city that lent canvas to the epic Mahabharata and bore the song celestial, the Bhagavad Gita...a city that eulogises the glory of the primordial river, Saraswati.

...a city no spiritual seeker would pass up on.

Tracing the inviolable sanctity of this timeless city, Kurukshetra: Timeless Sancitity explores Kurukshetra as a metaphor, a leitmotif of Indian spirituality and mysticism, and as a confluence of profound streams of faiths as divergent yet concurrent as Buddhism, Sufism and Hinduism, while recounting its story through the lives of warriors and kings, prophets and poets, saints, savants and freedom fighters who have shaped its history. (jacket)