The Mahabharata

The Mahâbhârata is one of the most important and most extensive works of world literature. Its stanzas narrate the great battle of Kurukshetra, the first great war of mankind, in which two branches of the same family fight for the throne of Hastinapura (near present-day New Delhi). The Baghavad Gita is one of the four books that make up the Mahabharata. In this section we will have the opportunity to know in depth its context and we will understand the reason why it takes place in the battlefield and at the moment before its beginning.