Volga Se Ganga is a 1943 collection of 20 historical fiction short-stories by scholar and travel writer Rahul Sankrityayan. The stories collectively trace the migration of Indo-Iranian peoples from the Eurasian steppes to regions around the Volga; and their subsequent spread to the Indo-Gangetic plains of the Indian subcontinent, while covering the lives of individuals living through different periods in history. The book begins in 6000 BC and ends in 1942, the year when Mahatma Gandhi, started the Quit India Movement.
Volga Se Ganga
Rahul Sankrityayan was an Indian author, essayist, playwright, historian, scholar of Buddhism who wrote in Hindi and Bhojpuri. Known as "father of Hindi travel literature", Sankrityayan played a pivotal role in giving Hindi travelogue a literary form. He was one of the most widely travelled scholars of India, spending forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home in locations like Russia, Tibet, China, Central Asia, etc.
Bust of Sankrityayan in Darjeeling
Rahul's Tombstone at Darjeeling.[citation needed] This tombstone is established at a place called "Murda Haati" which is a cremation ground downtown in the lower altitudes of Darjeeling around 25 minutes drive from the ChowRasta. The same place also has the tombstone of Sister Nivedita.
Sankrityayan on a 1993 stamp of India
Rahul Nivas in September 2015