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Mahabharata

The Great Epic of Ancient India

by Vyasa

महाभारत

Sanskrit400 BC
18 chapters2550k words10,201 pages185h read
Epic PoetryMythology

Enter the vast world of the Mahabharata, the longest epic poem ever composed and one of the foundational texts of world literature. When the blind king Dhritarashtra's sons cheat the five Pandava brothers out of their kingdom in a rigged dice game, it sets in motion a thirteen-year exile and an unstoppable march toward war. At Kurukshetra, armies led by Arjuna, Bhishma, Drona, and Karna clash in an eighteen-day battle that reshapes the world — but not before Krishna delivers the immortal Bhagavad Gita on the battlefield. Spanning eighteen books from the birth of dynasties to the Pandavas' final ascent to heaven, the Mahabharata weaves together divine warriors, impossible vows, forbidden loves, and the eternal struggle between dharma and desire into the greatest story ever told.

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