The Mahabharata — The Great War

It is the longest poem in human history — ten times the length of the Iliad and Odyssey combined. It tells the story of two branches of one family fighting a war that destroys an entire civilization, with every god, sage, and demon in the Vedic world taking sides. Embedded within it is the Bhagavad Gita — eighteen chapters of philosophical dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and his charioteer Krishna, who reveals himself to be God, on the eve of the battle. The Mahabharata contains the statement that has summarized its own purpose for three thousand years: What is found here may be found elsewhere. What is not found here does not exist.

These signs carry the battlefield of Kurukshetra, the Pandava brothers, the chariot of Krishna, and the bow Gandiva of Arjuna.