This book tells the stories of ten Indian monarchs who find, at best, passing mention in the history textbooks we read, though their lives were exciting and their achievements considerable: AjatashatruBindusaraRudradamanPulakeshin IIJayapidaDiddaRamapala AbbakkaChand BibiAhilyabai Holkar Historian and award-winning novelist, Devika Rangachari writes absorbing tales of the men and women who shaped lives and kingdoms in their times.