Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism
See Mahabharata definitely happened, there are multiple things which hint in that direction, but the divinity angle is something which is a fictional addition to history.
It was a big war, engulfing nearly the whole country and affecting the entire population, the destruction it caused changed the mindset of people across the country and hence our next level of civilization got way ahead of all the major civilizations of its time.
People started understanding or at least realising the futility of war, at around 9th century BCE when all across the world the most developed people believed in attack, kill and super power, Indians got people like Parshwanath, who stopped the war between to other kingdoms by paying money from his pocket, requesting for no war when the opposition leader was sure to lose having had seen his mighty army.
By 300 years later, when the world was still into might is right concept, Indians were following Buddha n Mahavira Jain who peached complete non violence.
Slavery which is a must in Mahabharata was completely discarded and removed from Indian system
The war actually changed the mindset of people, it actually was a change of era, not in theological concept but in practical mindset.
The time of the war remained the standard for calendar for years
But it wasn't a miracle as we know today!! The Brahmastra or other Divyastra were not some nuclear weapons as today's people make it, they were simple explosives but that was a completely new technology for them. The weapons of mass destruction was for the people of those days, not for the modern era of ours.
Pandavas or Karna were definitely not the children of Devtas, they were normal human children about whom most probably Kunti lied so as to present her Niyog children as more entitled to the throne than the biological children Kauravas, just like Olympia called Alexander the son of Zues
Same with Draupadi Dhristhdhyum. Even I doubt that Kauravas were born in pots
Krishna Balram were humans, where Krishna was powerful n a great politician.
The way Mahabharata is mentioned n referenced in Sangam literature of South (Sangam literature isn't a religious book, Mahabharata happened in North India thousands kms away from South India and had a different language so it wasn't word of mouth cascade, aside South India didn't have Vaishanavite culture till 5-6th Century, it was mostly Shaivite so a Vaishanavite literature reaching there in religious form isn't possible either)
The magical elements that we know weren't there, they were normal Humans who were present in one of the most uncertain n important times of Indian history, thereby they became special. They all deserve utmost respect
I might hate Duryodhan m Karna for their actions, but can't deny that even they were worth respecting, their actions affected the lives n standards of India for Centuries if not millennia