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Show The Pandavas were led by the five sons of Raja Pandu and th.I Kauravas by the sons of King Dhritarashtra, the brother of Ra ' Pandu The leaders of both sides were great warriors trained by t incomparable Drona. The eldest of the Pandavas was Yudhisthtl followed by the gigantic Bhima, the skilled archer Arjuna, th; equestrian Nakula, and the youngest brother Sahadeva. The eldest, the Kauravas was Duryodhana, followed by the heroic Duhsasana, tkf fiery Kama and many other warriors. The war had its beginnings in the jealousy roused among th cousins while they were getting their warrior-training at the school ! Drona and later, in the manoeuverings of the two families fot ftp throne of Hastinapur. More specifically, the war started at u tournament that was arranged by Drona at the end of his pUpik training. The mock battle and jousts at the tournament turned into real fight. The Kauravas became insanely jealous at the applause th Ariuna's matchless skill with the bow earned for him. The actual battle was fought on the field of Kurukshetra, abot, forty miles from modern Delhi. After a fearful carnage on both lasting 18 days the Pandavas emerged victorious, the main reason fci their victory being the advice given to Arjuna by Krishna (an avata, I incarnation of the God Vishnu). I 4 jj Indian lore includes epic poems j By Isaac Sequeira The fame of early Sanskrit literature rests mainly on the two great JfotZt Ramayana and "ciSS earlier of the two having been parts of the Mahabharata were written 1 before th dat . Ihe innas LoonriO and stories that comprise the Mahabharata grew oyer a peTod of four or fwf centuries and were compiled by the sage Krishna Dvaipayana, more commonly known as Vyasa. ,itprature The Mahabharata is the longest poetical work known to litem tun. It consists of 220,000 lines or 110,000 coup lets called sloto. The Iliad and the Odyssey combined have only 30,000 lines ine Eaoharata is divided" into 18 books called Parvans , witf toe Harivamsa forming a kind of supplement or appe ndix (khda). The tie |
