The ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. The complete translation (Volumes 1-6)

Author: (Indian) Vyasa
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Publishing Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Mahabharata (also translated as Mahapadma), an ancient Indian Sanskrit epic poem, meaning "descendants of the great king Bhарата," depicts the struggle for the throne between the Bāndha and Kuru tribes. It is one of India's two great epics, alongside the Rāmāyana. Mahabharata was written around 1500 BCE, approximately 3,500 years ago. It is said that the historical events recorded in the book date back 2,000 years before its completion, meaning the events in the book actually took place around 5,000 years ago. The Mahabharata, this great ancient Indian work, is now presented to readers in its complete translation. One scene reveals a world, and all the scenes together form the history of the world. If readers can enter this world, they will discover unfamiliar characters and gradually realize that they are still somewhat familiar. Ancients and moderns, foreigners and Chinese, the people in the book and oneself are not so isolated as to be unreachable. Thus, we can't help but point out the people and events in the book and engage in dialogue with the characters in the world. This great book was called "historical legend" in India. Europeans, following the classification of Homer's ancient Greek works, called it an epic. It contains various miniature worlds embedded by ancient Indians.