Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism
Not sure if it could be called a novel.
Harvansh Puran you can say was a spinoff of Mahabharata (also said to be composed by Vyasa)
It is the story of Vrishni Yadavs(Krishna in particular)
Evidence indicate that it was considered to be a part of Mahabharata (19th Parva) at least till the time of Bhasa, post which it became a separate composition all together
It could've been a part of mahabarata itself...MB already reached 5000+ pages , what difference would an additional 1000 pages do?
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