 The Immortals of Meluha was a commercial success . Just after a week of its publication in February 2010 , the book hit the best seller list of several magazines and newspapers , including The Statesman , The Economic Times , The Times of India , Rolling Stone India , among others . The book had to be re @-@ printed for another 5 @,@ 000 copies thrice within the next week , and by the end of July , it had sold around 45 @,@ 000 copies across India . Both Tripathi and Tiwari decided that a transfer of the rights of the book to a larger publisher was needed , so as to take the book to higher grounds . Many publishers bid for it , but they went with Westland Publishers , who had been the distributing partner for the book . The Westland edition of the book was published on 10 September 2010 , in Delhi amidst a media frenzy . It was launched by former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor , who praised it . The edited version of The Immortals of Meluha was accompanied by the release of an audiobook for the novel . As of January 2013 , The Immortals of Meluha , and its sequel , The Secret of the Nagas , have crossed a print run of a million copies . These books have continued to top the bestseller lists of Nielsen BookScan , with the gross retail sales being impressive at ₹ 22 crore ( US $ 3 @.@ 3 million ) within two years of publishing . As of June 2015 over 2 @.@ 5 million copies of the Shiva Trilogy have been sold and have also made over ₹ 60 crore ( US $ 8 @.@ 9 million ) in revenue . 
