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The Mahabharata (Penguin Classics) (Abridged Edition) by John D. Smith (Editor), Penguin Classics, John Smith Anonymous Paperback, 912 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-14-044681-8 / 0140446818 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044681-4 / 9780140446814 A new selection from the national epic of India Originally composed in Sanskrit sometime between 400 BC and 400 AD, "The Mahabharata"-with one hundred thousand stanzas of verse-is one of the longest poems in existence. At the heart of the saga is a conflict between two branches of a royal family wh |