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Major Hindu epic

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Mahabharata: Major Hindu epic
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Ramayana. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas.

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