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MythQuest 12: Banasura: The Thousand-Armed Asura

Anu Kumar

This is the story of Banasura, the evil asura with a thousand arms who terrorized humans, battled with the gods and ultimately came to a sorry end. 'Banasura used his thousand arms to good effect, wielding five hundred bows that sent off a storm of arrows towards Krishna...' Although he was the generous asura king Mahabali's son, he shared nothing in common with his father. Banasura was fierce to look at with his thousand arms wielding a thousand different weapons. He had an equally fierce personality, whereby he terrorized humans, gods and even imprisoned his own daughter to prevent her from getting married. He waged the greatest battle of his life against Lord Krishna and despite his boons, ultimately faced a humiliating defeat. Read about his unmatched weapons of war...

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  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : SEP 15, 2012
  • Imprint : Hachette India Children's Books
  • Page Extent : 56
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9789350095348
  • Price : INR 199
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Anu Kumar

Anu Kumar has immersed herself in history for most of her life, having studied the subject in college and later at university. Besides writing for children, she also writes historical fiction for older readers, under the pseudonym Adity Kay, and sometimes as Anuradha Kumar. Her non-fiction articles are published regularly on Scroll.in. Anu lives in New Jersey with her family, and loves visiting museums and going on long hikes. Other books by the author are: Across the Seven Seas: Indian Travellers' Tales from the Past, Wonder Kids: 100 Children Who Grew Up to Be Champions of Change, Kings and Queens of India: Famous Rulers and Dynasties that Shaped the Country, MythQuest Omnibuses: Four Volumes as well as the What They Did, What They Said Series: The Mahatma and the Monkeys, Sarojini Naidu: The Nightingale and the Freedom Fighter, Swami Vivekananda: The Monk and the Reformer and Chanakya: The Kingmaker and the Philosopher.

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