Krishna reminded him that this war was not only between Kauravas and Pandavas but between righteousness and unrighteousness (dharma and adharma) also. Confused Arjuna resorted to Krishna who was also his charioteer. Arjuna was initially hesitant to begin with the war because he realized that he would have to kill his family, his 100 cousins, friends and most importantly his granduncle Bhishma pitamaha and his respected teacher Dronacharya. Though the war was fought in kurukshetra (now a part of Haryana) for 18 days but its description covers almost quarter of the book indicating how important this war was. Duryodhana, the eldest Kaurava and Yudishthira, the eldest Pandva both of them compete for the throne of Hastinapur. Mahabharata was actually written by lord Ganesh as dictated by Veda Vyasa.Ī war was fought between two cousins called Kauravas and Pandavas for the throne of Hastinapur, the kingdom ruled by the kuru clan.Mahabharata has been divided into 18 parvas or sections.Mahabharata is estimated to be about four times the length of Ramayana with 1.8 million words in total.Mahabharata consists of over 100,000 Shlokas.Mahabharata is believed to be “ the longest poem ever written”.Mahabharata was written in Sanskrit by krishna-dvaipayana ( Veda Vyas) around 5000 years ago. Not only in India but these two epic tales are famous all over the world today.
Mahabharata Star Plus We Indians are aware of two very famous texts in Indian mythology namely Mahabharata and Ramayana.
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