DID YOU KNOW

You cannot talk about epics without mentioning the longest epic poem ever written!

The Mahabharata is an important component of Hinduism, and was written between the 8th and 9th centuries BC. It is the story of the struggle between two branches of one family – the Kauravas and the Pandavas – in the Kurukshetra

War to win the throne of Hastinapura.

There are also philosophical discourses and several other stories embedded in this main narrative. Penned in Sanskrit, the Mahabharata consists of 1.8 million words distributed through more than 100,000 shloka, or over 200,000 verses. Of these verses, about 24,000 make up its central idea, and are referred to as the Bharata. The Mahabharata is organised into 18 specific books, also known as parvas.