Mahabharata Complete Mahabharata Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Puranas Brahma Vaivarta Purana Narayaneeyam
Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of the Hindu itihasa, the word in itself literally means "history", and forms an important part of Hindu mythology. The time of the War could be the context of Iron Age India of the 9th century BC or so Regardless of the historicity of the Kurukshetra War in particular, the general setting of the epic certainly does have a historical precedent in Iron Age (Vedic) India, where the Kuru kingdom was politically powerful during roughly 1200 to 800 BC. ...Read More
The Puranas are a class of literary texts, all written in Sanskrit verse, whose composition dates from the 4th century BCE to about 1,000 A.D. Any ancient text in Sanskrita containing mythological account of ancient times is called Puranas. In non-Vedic Sanskrita studies they are considered as Smrits. These Puranas were completed between 400 to 1500 CE. There has been no one writer but many at different times of composition. ...Read More
