Mahabharat
(Maharishi Vyas)
Maharishi Vyas wrote Mahabharat during the Vedic Age in India. For the last 2500 years, the Mahabharat has given spiritual knowledge to the Hindus. The philosophical and literary value of this epic is equally important. The characters have stood as moral examples to the successive generation of Hindus. It is also of great historical importance.
Pandu was the king of Hastinapur. He had five sons?Yudhishtir, Arjun, Bhim, Nakul and Sahadeb. Pandu?s elder brother, Dhritarashtra, who was blind had 100 sons. Dhritarashtra?s eldest son, Duryodhon envied the Pandavas (sons of Pandu), and hatched up a plan to snatch their kingdoms from them, by treachery in a game of dice.
The Pandavas were sent for an exile of 13 years. When they returned from the exile, Duryadhon refused to return their kingdom. A terrible battle was fought on the plains of Kurukshetra 160 km from Delhi, for 18 days. The Pandavas pulled off a great victory against the Kauravas after a lot of bloodshed in the battlefield.
Mahabharat until now is the best-selling book of India.
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