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Amish Tripathi in an interview with Pandit to Times of India says that “The term ‘mythology’ has been derived from Greek word ‘mythos’ which means to hide the truth and that is up to us to discover through the story.” (Pandit, Times of India) In India, myths are discerning more indispensable and have additional expounding power. Myths are thefragment of the twentieth-century literature. The Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi,consists of three books namely ‘The Immortals of Meluha’, ‘The Secrets of Naga’ and ‘The Oath of The Vayuputras’. The Shiva Trilogy serves as anedifice that opens upnew genera of Indian myths to Indian readers. Itretrieves Indian antiquity over the deed of revealing by using Indian narrative strategies and presenting the twentieth century as a continuation of the ancient Indian tradition. Philosophy in India has been more practical endeavour to realize the veracity thanmeagretheoretical argument of optimumdoctrines. Indian savants ponder nature and attempt to perceive the substantiality behind it. The aim of this endeavour is not only to satisfy an intellectual curiosity but also to finding out a way for better, truer and happier life. The aims of the Indian philosophies are only not for the purpose of knowing but also being taught. They want to realize the truth to incorporate it in their life. The Rishis of Upanishads always pray to lead them from the falsehood to truth, from darkness to light, from death to immortality. ‘See the self’ is the key note of all schools of Indian Philosophy. Vedas are the oldest religious text of Hindus. The origin of Indian Philosophies is easily traced in the Vedas. This paper analyse, Vikarma a mythical system that the Meluhan follows and from which Amish tries to convey the philosophical concept of stability in life.