MASTERS, John

[256] pp.

Michael Joseph

1960

8″ x 5 1/2″

Wrapper design by Donald Green

The Venus of Konpara (1960) is a novel by John Masters which draws on an extreme version of the “Aryan Invasion Theory” model of ancient Indian history, according to which invading Aryan barbarians ruthlessly crushed underfoot the indigenous Dravidian peoples of the country, forcing them into the position of an oppressed underclass.