Mahabharata: Epic of the Bharatas The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan.
The story of Rama\'s winning his bride, and of the marriage of his three brothers with the sister and cousins of Sita, forms the subject of this Book.
Rama succeeded, and won Sita.
Janak ordained a severe test for the hand of his daughter, and many a prince and warrior came and went away disappointed.
And Janak king of the Videhas had a daughter named Sita, who was miraculously born of a field furrow, and who is the heroine of the Epic.
According to the Epic, Dasa-ratha king of the Kosalas had four sons, the eldest of whom was Rama the hero of the poem.
The names Kosala and Videha in the singular number indicate the kingdoms, -Oudh and North Behar, -and in the plural number they mean the ancient races which inhabited those two countries.
Ramayana: Epic of Rama, Prince of India THE Epic relates to the ancient traditions of two powerful races, the Kosalas and the Videhas, who lived in Northern India between the twelfth and tenth centuries before Christ.
The battle produces complex conflicts of kinship and friendship, instances of family loyalty and duty taking precedence over what is right, as well as the converse.
The struggle culminates in the great battle of Kurukshetra, in which the Pandavas are ultimately victorious.
Both Duryodhana and Yudhisthira claim to be first in line to inherit the throne.
Although the Kaurava is the senior branch of the family, Duryodhana, the eldest Kaurava, is younger than Yudhisthira, the eldest Pandava.
The two collateral branches of the family that participate in the struggle are the Kaurava and the Pandava.
Mahabharata: Epic of the Bharatas The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan
