The Village of Seven Wells: Stories of Unity from Ancient India
The Village of Seven Wells
Stories of Unity from Ancient India
What if the deepest wisdom of a civilization didn’t belong to one group, but flowed between all of them?
The Village of Seven Wells is a collection of interconnected stories set across ancient, medieval, colonial, and modern India. Through scholars and blacksmiths, physicians and midwives, musicians and farmers, reformers and villagers, this book explores a simple but powerful idea: civilization is built when knowledge is shared.
Each story reveals a meeting across social boundaries, where theory meets practice, learning meets experience, and pride gives way to understanding. From the birth of zero to the healing of a plague, from temple-building to social reform, these stories show how progress has always emerged through collaboration rather than isolation.
At the heart of the book is a frame story: an old woman beneath a banyan tree, telling children why their village once had seven wells, and why the final well can only be dug together. What begins as storytelling slowly becomes an invitation to the reader.
A short, story-driven book about how knowledge, dignity, and progress emerge when people across communities share wisdom instead of hoarding it. Through six interconnected stories set in India across time, this book explores unity, responsibility, and shared humanity.