![]() ![]() In addition to recounting a heroic tale, the Mahabharata contains a collection of writings on a broad spectrum of human learning, including ethics, law, philosophy, history, geography, genealogy, and religion. In essence, the epic is an extended exploration of the responsibilities set forth by the code of dharma. The poem's theme concerns the Hindu concept of dharma, or sacred duty. Their conflict culminates in an eighteen-day battle and the annihilation of nearly all those involved in the conflict, except for the victors, the five Pandava brothers-Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva-and a handful of others. ![]() Its main subject is a feud between two branches of the ruling family of the northern Indian kingdom of Kurujangala, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. ![]() Originally composed in the ancient language of Sanskrit sometime between 400 BCE and 400 CE, the work is set in a legendary era thought to correspond to tenth-century BCE Indian culture and history. Comprising one hundred thousand stanzas of verse divided into eighteen books, or parvas, the poem remained in the early 2000s the largest single literary work in existence. The Mahabharata (officially known as Bharat) is the great epic poem of India. ![]()
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