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{{infobox book | 
| name = The Krishna Key
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| image = File:The Krishna Key Cover Art.jpg
| caption = First edition cover
| author = [[Ashwin Sanghi]]
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| country = [[India]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
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| genre = [[Novel]][[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]<ref name=hindu/>
| publisher = Westland Ltd.<ref name=bhaskar/>
| release_date = 2012
| media_type = Print [[Paperback]]
| pages = 475 pp (first edition, paperback)
| isbn = 978-93-81626-68-9
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| preceded_by = [[Chanakya's Chant]]
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'''''The Krishna Key''''' is a 2012 anthropological thriller by [[India]]n author [[Ashwin Sanghi]] and is his third novel.<ref>{{cite news|last=MAHANTA|first=VINOD|title=Best selling author and businessman Ashwin Sanghi on money, mythology and motivation|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/corporate-dossier/best-selling-author-and-businessman-ashwin-sanghi-on-money-mythology-and-motivation/articleshow/16480685.cms|accessdate=24 September 2012|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=21 Sep 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=On his new book 'The Krishna Key'|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/chat/ashwin-sanghi/on-his-new-book-the-krishna-key/1166.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909232451/http://ibnlive.in.com/chat/ashwin-sanghi/on-his-new-book-the-krishna-key/1166.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 September 2012|publisher=IBN Live|accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> The book follows a history professor who has to prove his innocence against a murder charge.

==Plot summary==
''The Krishna Key'' centers around Professor Ravi Mohan Saini, the protagonist and a historian who has been accused of the murder of his childhood friend Anil Varshney, a famous [[archaeologist]] who has managed to decipher the script of [[Indus Valley seals]]. In an attempt to clear his name, Saini looks into the past of Indian Mythology's grey and unexplored areas and uncovers the truth about a serial killer, Taarak Vakil who believes himself to be [[Kalki]], the final avatar of [[Vishnu|Lord Vishnu]]. Saini travels from the ancient ruins of the Lost City of [[Dvārakā]] to a temple in Vrindavan which was almost destroyed by the Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] in an attempt to discover one of Krishna's lost treasures, the [[Syamantaka Gem]], also known in alchemy as the [[philosopher's stone]], and stop the killer from murdering his friends who are also under the threat.

The plot involves four different pieces of a seal which must be brought together to solve the puzzle. Each part of the seal is in the possession of different people who are the descendants of the ancient [[Yadava]] tribe, namely [[Saini]], [[Bhoja]], [[Vrishni]], Kukura and [[Chhedi]]. The author narrates a detailed version of the post-[[Mahabharatha]] history through the protagonist, a distinguished professor of history, who himself happens to be a lineal descendant of Lord [[Krishna]] being from [[Saini]] tribe of Punjab. The author also portrays the biography of Lord Krishna in his own words, in parallel to the main story-line.

==Research==
Sanghi stated that he "wanted to do a story in connection with the Mahabharata, but not retelling of the epic which has already been done" and undertook a month's research, saying that he "had to be extremely cautious in dealing with this topic as we put a premium on personal belief and faith".<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last=CHAKRAVORTY|first=SOHINI|title=History meets thrill| url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3734207.ece|accessdate=24 September 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=August 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ganguly|first=Payal|title=Inside the jacket: Interview with author Ashwin Sanghi|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article587299.ece|accessdate=24 September 2012|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=11 August 2012}}</ref> He chose Krishna as one of the book's themes because Krishna is a "perfectly grey character".<ref name=bhaskar>{{cite news|title=Ashwin's 'The Krishna key' is for thriller addicts|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/LIF-ashwins-the-krishna-key-is-for-thriller-addicts-3819021-NOR.html|accessdate=24 September 2012|newspaper=Dainik Bhaskar|date=Sep 21, 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Novels}}
*[[Ashwin Sanghi]]
*[[The Rozabal Line]]
*[[Chanakya's Chant]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ashwinsanghi.com ''The Krishna Key'' Official Website]
* [http://blog.platform-mag.com/?p=5999 Interview with the author]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyiz7okQx8I Official book trailer]

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