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Ramayana & Mahabharata
India's two great epics; Ramayana by Valmiki; Mahabharata world's longest poem with 100,000 verses
India ๐ฎ๐ณ 400 BC Hinduism
Key Facts
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Ramayana (Valmiki, ~400 BC): 24,000 verses; story of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman vs Ravana
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Mahabharata (Vyasa, ~400 BC): 100,000 verses โ world's longest poem; Kurukshetra War; contains Bhagavad Gita
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Bhagavad Gita: 700 verses โ Krishna's teachings to Arjuna on duty, devotion, knowledge and renunciation
๐ Did you know? The Mahabharata contains the Bhagavad Gita โ one of the world's most influential philosophical texts, read by Gandhi, Einstein and Oppenheimer
Quick Reference
Category
Hinduism
Country
๐ฎ๐ณ India
Year / Era
400 BC
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India's two great epics