The Aryabhata Clan
The Aryabhata Clan () is the second novel by the Indian author Sudipto Das, published by Niyogi Books in December 2017. It was officially launched at the New Delhi World Book Fair, on 10 January 2018. Set against the backdrop of the Islamic State spreading its tentacles in India, it is a historical thriller and mystery novel where a 1,500-year-old verse composed by the Indian mathematician Aryabhata plays a crucial role in the deciphering of innumerable cryptic symbols, ancient signs, mysterious carpet motifs and a sinister plan to destabilize India. The story is "set in a time period which is very similar to ours but with conspiratorial and complicated mysteries sprinkled into the ancestry of the main characters that have profound implications in shaping the history of mankind". It's an independent sequel to Sudipto's previous novel, The Ekkos Clan. Author The Aryabhata Clan is the second novel by Sudipto Das. An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, a columnist, a TED speaker, and a musician too, Sudipto is a veteran in the semiconductor Industry and takes deep interest in Internet of things and artificial intelligence. He is a successful entrepreneur, having co-founded two successful startups. The founding member of the band Kohal,