Epic History Mahabharata

Shift your attention to India’s other major epic, the Mahabharata, which is the longest major text in human histo... (more)

Shift your attention to India’s other major epic, the Mahabharata, which is the longest major text in human history (clocking in at a whopping 1.8 million words). After examining the sources and style of this epic, Professor Fisher surveys its plot and shows what it means from the "emic"perspective of Indians as well as the "etic"perspective of outsiders. (less)