Kurukshetra War
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The Kurukshetra War, also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, arising from a dynastic struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandav
c. 1700 watercolour from Mewar depicts the Pandava and Kaurava armies arrayed against each other.
Modern bronze sculpture of Chariot with Krishna and Arjuna during the Kurukshetra War
Krishna Pleads with Dhritarashtra to Avoid War
Krishna, and Arjuna on the chariot, 18th-19th century painting
Bhagavad Gita
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The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as the Gita, is a Hindu scripture, likely composed in the second or first century BCE, which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata. The Bhagavad Gita is a synthe
Kurukshetra War
…between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura. The war is used as the context for the dialogues of the Bhagavad Gita. The Mahābhārata recounts the lives and deeds of several generations of a ruling dynasty known as the Kuru clan. Central to the epic is a dynastic…
Bhagavad Gita's revelation: Krishna tells the Gita to Arjuna
Vāsudeva-Krishna, on a coin of Agathocles of Bactria c. 180 BCE. This is "the earliest unambiguous image" of the deity.
A manuscript illustration of the battle of Kurukshetra, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Mahabharata. c. 1700 – c. 1800 CE
A Sanskrit manuscript of the Bhagavad Gita in the Devanagari script. c. 1800 – c. 1900 CE