India
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Alt form = Republic of India,Alt form lang = eng,Locator = 20.593684;78.962880,Notes = Geo-reference taken from www.mygeoposition.com,Created For = India
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Or Ms 510: Mahābhārata, illustrated manuscript scroll, 1795 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 510
Scope and Contents
A monumental epic (or perhaps more correctly a ‘chronicle’) dated as a text to about 400 BCE – 400 CE, the Mahābhārata consists of dramatic narrative and sermonising didactic on ethics and moral law (dharma) as played out in the lives of two groups of dynastic cousins who fought over control of Bhāratavarṣa, present day central north India. It is one of the two major epics of ancient India, the...
Dates:
1795 C.E.