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Read about the Mahabharata
Each article delves deeper into the epic and ends with a quiz, so you can test what you read.
The war
The eighteen days of Kurukshetra
Who led the Kauravas on each day, and what happened, from the Gita on day one to the night raid after day eighteen.
The storytellers
Who narrated the Mahabharata?
Vyasa composed it, Vaishampayana recited it, Ugrashrava retold it, and Sanjaya narrated only the war.
The deep end
25 tough Mahabharata questions, with answers
Twenty-five hard questions from the quiz, and every answer on the page.
The ranks
Ratha, Maharatha, Atiratha
How Bhishma graded every warrior before the war, why atiratha comes above maharatha, and why he called Karna half a ratha.
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