The Mahabharata
Subtitle: a shortened modern prose version of the Indian epic
By: by R. K. Narayan ; with decorations by R. K. Laxman.
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Mythology, Hindu -- Fiction; Gods, Hindu -- Fiction; India -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Mahābhārata.
Description: The Mahabharata is at least 3500 years old. It is the longest poem in the world. It is a work of profound religious and cultural influence. The Mahabharata encompasses all the riches of Hindu religion and culture, from the noble scripture of The Bhagavad Gita to the scores of mythic tales of men and gods familiar to the lowliest of Indian peasants.