Chandrahasam : a war with no end : I : brothers at war / S. Venkatesan [and 3 others].

By:

Venkatesan, S [author. ]

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Vikatan Graphic, 2015. Chennai : Edition: First EditionDescription: 1 v, unpaged : chiefly color illustrations, col. map ; 23 x 32 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9788184766813 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Tamil Nadu (India) -- Kings and rulers -- Comic books, strips, etc

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

23 741.56954 VEN 008544

Summary: From the pinnacle of the Pandyan Empire’s glory in the 13th century comes a tale of courage, triumph, greed, and destruction. Chandrahāsam: Brothers at War , the first in the series of Graphic Novels from Vikatan Graphic scripted by the Sahitya Akademi award-winning Tamil writer S. Venkatesan and illustrated by K. Balashanmugam, showcases the trials and tribulations of the Pandyans, the last of the Tamil kings. A time when the Sacred Tooth and the Holy Reliquary of the Buddha were brought to Madurai, a city that Marco Polo called ‘the face of civilization’. The story of Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan, who took the empire to its zenith; his son Veerapandyan, whose valour amazed Malik Kafur, the terrifying general of Alauddin Khilji; and the renegade Sundarapandyan, who scripted the empire’s downfall, betraying everyone for his own greed.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	741.56954 VEN 008544 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008544

From the pinnacle of the Pandyan Empire’s glory in the 13th century comes a tale of courage, triumph, greed, and destruction. Chandrahāsam: Brothers at War , the first in the series of Graphic Novels from Vikatan Graphic scripted by the Sahitya Akademi award-winning Tamil writer S. Venkatesan and illustrated by K. Balashanmugam, showcases the trials and tribulations of the Pandyans, the last of the Tamil kings. A time when the Sacred Tooth and the Holy Reliquary of the Buddha were brought to Madurai, a city that Marco Polo called ‘the face of civilization’. The story of Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan, who took the empire to its zenith; his son Veerapandyan, whose valour amazed Malik Kafur, the terrifying general of Alauddin Khilji; and the renegade Sundarapandyan, who scripted the empire’s downfall, betraying everyone for his own greed.

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