Emperor Who Vanished : By Kavitha Mandana. Strange Facts From Indian History /

Target Audience: Ages 10 and Above.

Dive into these and many more odd and wonderful facts from the pages of Indian history. You will find here the megacity of ancient India whose existence we know of today from the accounts of Chinese and Greek travellers; the architects who created whispering galleries; the cluster of houses in Rajasthan covered with vibrant frescoes; and the strange story of how tea came to India. Lovelorn princes who lost their kingdoms; intrepid botanists who studied and recorded every plant in the Malabar region; the poem written in praise of garlic these are some of the nuggets that capture the peculiar, the fascinating and the eccentric bits of history the way no textbook ever will!