Devika Cariapa is a Delhi based author with a lifelong passion for archaeology, travel and unearthing stories from the past. She graduated from the Deccan College, Pune, and was a research fellow studying prehistoric art at IGNCA, Delhi. Her earlier book with Tulika, India Through Archaeology: Excavating History has been awarded The Hindu Young World–Goodbooks Award 2018 and the Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2019