The Mahabharata (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- First Published: 1834
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: India
- Principal Characters: King Dhritarashtra, King Pandu, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva, Draupadi, Duryodhana
- Genres: Poetry, Epic, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Parents and children, Mythology or myths, Fathers, Good and evil, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, India or East Indian people, Civil wars, Heads of state
- Locales: India
The Story:
Among the descendants of King Bharata (after whose name India was called Bharata-varsha, land of the Bharatas) there were two successors to the throne of Hastinapura. Of these, the elder, Dhritarashtra, was blind and gave over the reins of government to his younger brother Pandu. Pandu grew weary of his duties and retired to hunt and enjoy himself. Again Dhritarashtra took control, aided by the advice and example of his wise old uncle, Bhishma. Upon Pandu’s death, his five sons were put under the care of his younger brother, who had one hundred sons of his...
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