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About The Book : The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic where the main story revolves around two branches of a family - the Pandavas and Kauravas - who, in the Kurukshetra War, battle for the throne of Hastinapura. Interwoven into this narrative are several smaller stories about people dead or living, and philosophical discourses. Krishna-Dwaipayan Vyasa, himself a character in the epic, it is the longest epic poem ever written, generally thought to have been composed in the 4th century BCE or earlier. The events in the epic play out in the Indian subcontinent and surrounding areas. It was first narrated by a student of Vyasa at a snake-sacrifice of the great-grandson of one of the major characters of the story. Including within it the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata is one of the most important texts of ancient Indian.In the world of classical literature the Mahabharata is unique in many respects. As an epic, it is the greatest seven times as great as the Illiad and the Odyssey combined and the grandest animating the heart of India over two thousand years past and destined to lead humanity for thousands of years in future. It is the mightiest single endeavor of literary creation of any culture in human history. The effort to conceive the mind that conceived it is itself a liberal education and a walk through its table of contents is more than a Sabbath day s Journey. The translation was completed and serially published in thirteen years from AD 1883 to 1896 in one hundred fascicule This book contain the 12 volumes- Vol.1. Adi parva. Vol. 2. Sabha parva, Vol. 3 Vana parva.. Vol. 4. Virata parva and . Udyoga parva. V. 5 -Bhishma parva. Vol- 6 Drona parva. Vol. 7. Karna parva. salya parva, Sauptika parva, Stree parva. Vol 8 santi parva. I. Vol. 9. santi parva. II. Vol 10- Shanti Parva part-3 and Anusasana parva part -1, vol -11- Anusasana parva, Vol-12 – Aswamedha, Asramavasika’ Mahaprasthanika parva and Swargarohanika parva.