The Mahabharata | The Mahabharata

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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

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...

The Mahabharata | The Mahabharata

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