Was the Mahabharata real? - Page 6

Originally posted by: CaptainSpark

I am highly of the opinion that MB was not written by one person. It has been changed and recreated over generations and generations. I think even if it was inspired by real events, Vyasa originally never said everything that we heard today. Again, we must remember this is a tale told by the bards passed on from generation to generation and not a written story such as HP or GOT.

I don't think everything in the epic is real, but I do feel it has alot of real events as inspirations.

Like Harry Potter was written by one person, later people joined in with their numerous theories and functioning of that universe, you'd see these people telling the original author how her new book "Cursed child" has a few portion which do not go with rules of world of magic, people keep adding new and new angles to this story, there are fan fictions and fan theories like Mahabharata,

The difference is that we know the world of magic is not real also the name and work for the author is documented

Lonar lake for example, we know that it was created by an asteroid collision but people saw it and made a story about Lord Vishnu killing a giant 'Lonasur'

What makes Mahabharata different from Harry Potter and Lonar Lake theory is wide spread acceptance of this epic, it's a household name, they worship Krushna who is a part of this story. Writer was only one but fan fictions and opinions of storyteller have created this humongous Epic

There might be something real like family dispute and battles, but it's absolutely just a story

In reply to a question as to how sure he was that this was Krishna’s Dwarka, SR Rao had replied, “only the name board is missing.”

SR Rao is a renowned marine archaeologist.

Dwarka excavations should be resumed. The results will have a lot of answers.

Property disputes do happen so that wasn't a big deal.. but but but it is a HUGE deal when an entire populace gets involved in it or rather is forced to get involved into it and this happens when a property dispute takes the form of a civil war and this happens because the 'property dispute' is for the throne of the Kingdom. Kingship knows no kinship. But hey! People in great numbers lose their lives in this 'property dispute' and so, it is unethical to say that it is not a big deal. That way, India's partition was a 'property dispute' too and so, by some people's definition, not a big deal? And J&K ? Not a big deal? 😳

Mahabharat war was a BIG deal because people lost their lives unless losing lives in battles/wars/conflicts/riots is not a big deal.

Originally posted by: Wistfulness

I don't know. They didn't tell me why they aren't resuming it.

Awww that's a sad news though.

They might start of we come out of this Pandemic safe

Originally posted by: Wistfulness

In reply to a question as to how sure he was that this was Krishna’s Dwarka, SR Rao had replied, “only the name board is missing.”

SR Rao is a renowned marine archaeologist.

Dwarka excavations should be resumed. The results will have a lot of answers.

Sometimes I feel we might right to GOI but then it might not go coherent with the Secular fabric of the country

Originally posted by: sonnet11

Property disputes do happen so that wasn't a big deal.. but but but it is a HUGE deal when an entire populace gets involved in it or rather is forced to get involved into it and this happens when a property dispute takes the form of a civil war and this happens because the 'property dispute' is for the throne of the Kingdom. Kingship knows no kinship. But hey! People in great numbers lose their lives in this 'property dispute' and so, it is unethical to say that it is not a big deal. That way, India's partition was a 'property dispute' too and so, by some people's definition, not a big deal? And J&K ? Not a big deal? 😳

Mahabharat war was a BIG deal because people lost their lives unless losing lives in battles/wars/conflicts/riots is not a big deal.

That is my point if it was just a property dispute of a kingdom that isn't a big deal, but if it's of such huge scale that lakhs of people lost their lives and nearly entire country became a party to it, why didn't other civilizations mention about it

I believe that MB was real as Gita is a real.. as told by Lord Krishna to Arjun! 🙂

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

That is my point if it was just a property dispute of a kingdom that isn't a big deal, but if it's of such huge scale that lakhs of people lost their lives and nearly entire country became a party to it, why didn't other civilizations mention about it

One more important question is how the story doesn't really mention who was better for the masses, I mean, the whole epic is about tussle of power between Yudhishtira and Duryodhana, What good came out of Duryodhana's defeat for the world? For people who were under his Kingdom

Like our Freedom struggle explains how Britishers tortured Indian citizens and why we needed freedom, why Gandhi being a barrister was important, that's real and we can look at it from every angle

Mahabharata doesn't really talk about people who lived in these Kingdoms, Did everyone participate? Losing millions of people so Yudhishtira can be King, What good it did for people there? Is there an insight?

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

Sometimes I feel we might right to GOI but then it might not go coherent with the Secular fabric of the country

Originally posted by: Wistfulness

This is one of the reasons.