ID: 901000895 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000895	Record Type: Literature

	Mahabharata (epic poem, Vyasa, ca. 1500 BCE)

Note: With Ramayana, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is the narrative of the Kurukshetra War and stories of associated princes. Traditionally, the author is Vyasa, flourished 1500 BCE. In written form, scholars believe that the oldest preserved text date ca. 400 BCE, and that the origins of the epic are probably 8th-9th centuries BCE.

Display Date: traditionally ca. 1500 BCE

Names:

	Mahabharata (epic poem, Vyasa, ca. 1500 BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Mahābhārata (epic poem, Vyasa, ca. 1500 BCE) (undetermined,U,P)
	महाभारतम् (epic poem, Vyasa, ca. 1500 BCE) (Sanskrit,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Poetry> (P)
		............Mahabharata (epic poem, Vyasa, ca. 1500 BCE) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Karna
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Karna (Hindu character of Mahabharata)) [901000886]

	actor is .... Rama
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Rama (Hindu deity)) [901000897]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... epic literature
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	language is .... Sanskrit (language)
	.....(temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems, languages and writing systems by specific type, languages and writing systems, language-related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	composer is (literature) .... Vyasa (Indian sage, poet, flourished ca. 1500 BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	created in .... India
	.....(Asia) (TGN)

Sources:

	Mahabharata (epic poem, Vyasa, ca. 1500 BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Mahābhārata (epic poem, Vyasa, ca. 1500 BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	महाभारतम् (epic poem, Vyasa, ca. 1500 BCE)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata#/media/File:Kurukshetra.jpg