 Meluha is a near perfect empire , created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram , one of the greatest kings that ever lived . However , the once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe crisis as its primary river , the revered Saraswati , is slowly drying to extinction . They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east , the land of the Chandravanshis who have joined forces with the Nagas , a cursed race with physical deformities . The present king of Meluha , Daksha , sends his emissaries to North India in Tibet , to invite the tribes that live there to Meluha . One of those invited are the Gunas , whose chief Shiva is a brave warrior and protector . Shiva accepts the proposal and moves to Meluha with his tribe . They reach the city of Srinagar and are received there by Ayurvati , the Chief of Medicine of the Meluhans . Shiva and his tribe are impressed with the Meluhan way of life . On their first night of stay at Srinagar , the Gunas wake up amid high fever and sweating . The Meluhans , under Ayurvati 's orders , carry on the healing process . However , Ayurvati finds out that Shiva is the only one devoid of these symptoms and that his throat has turned blue . The Meluhans announce Shiva as the Neelkanth , their fabled saviour . 
