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Index
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
Author’s Note: What Ganesha Wrote
Structure of Vyasa’s Epic
Prologue: The Start of the Snake Sacrifice
Jaya
Book One: Ancestors
1. Chandra’s son
2. A wife for Budh
3. Pururava’s obsession
4. Shakuntala’s innocence
5. Bharata’s heir
6. Yayati’s demand
7. Madhavi’s forgiveness
Book Two: Parents
8. Mahabhisha becomes Shantanu
9. Bhishma’s sacrifice
10. Daughter of a fish
11. The three princesses
12. Birth of Vichitravirya’s children
Book Three: Birth
13. Satyavati’s grand-daughters-in-law
14. Birth of Kunti’s children
15. Birth of Gandhari’s children
16. Birth of Madri’s children
17. Death of Pandu
Book Four: Education
18. Kripa and Kripi
19. Drona, the teacher
20. Arjuna, the greatest archer
21. Ekalavya
22. The graduation ceremony
23. Karna’s story
Book Five: Castaway
24. Bhima and the Nagas
25. A house of lac
26. Killing Baka
27. Hidimba and Hidimbi
28. A Gandharva called Angaraparna
Book Six: Marriage
29. Children from Shiva
30. Draupadi’s swayamvara
31. The common wife
Book Seven: Friendship
32. Krishna enters
33. The cowherd of Gokul
34. Return to Mathura
35. Migration to Dwaraka
Book Eight: Division
36. The division of Kuru lands
37. Burning of Khandava-prastha
38. Sharing Draupadi
39. Ulupi and Chitrangada
40. Eloping with Subhadra
41. Beheading Gaya
42. Nara and Narayana
Book Nine: Coronation
43. Death of Jarasandha
44. Duryodhana falls into a pond
45. Death of Shishupala
Book Ten: Gambling
46. Shakuni’s plan
47. Gambling match
48. Disrobing of Draupadi
49. The last game
Book Eleven: Exile
50. Krishna visits the Pandavas
51. Draupadi’s vessel
52. Kauravas gloat
53. Jayadhrata
54. The story of Ram
55. Shiva humbles Arjuna
56. Arjuna in Amravati
57. A journey full of tales
58. Tryst with Rakshasas
59. Return of Arjuna
60. Daughters of Balarama and Duryodhana
61. Hanuman humbles Bhima
62. Draupadi admits a secret
63. Savitri and Satyavan
64. Trapped by Nahusha
65. The Yaksha’s questions
Book Twelve: Hiding
66. Nala and Damayanti
67. Servants in Virata’s court
68. Kichaka
69. Uttara’s bravery
70. Marriage of Uttari
Book Thirteen: Gathering
71. Negotiations
72. A fierce mother and a loyal friend
73. Changing sides
74. One or the other side
75. On neither side
76. The gathering of forces
Book Fourteen: Perspective
77. Song of God
Book Fifteen: War
78. Bloodbath
79. Sacrifice for victory
80. A woman on the battlefield
81. Drona’s onslaught
82. Death of Abhimanyu
83. Before sunset
84. After sunset
85. A teacher beheaded
86. A fight between brothers
87. Wheel of Karna’s chariot
88. Death of Shalya
89. Fall of ninety-nine Kauravas
90. Below the belt
91. Talking head
Book Sixteen: Aftermath
92. Death of Draupadi’s children
93. Ashwatthama cursed
94. Kunti’s secret
95. Rage of elders
96. Gandhari’s curse
Book Seventeen: Reconstruction
97. Yudhishtira’s coronation
98. Bed of arrows
99. Death and rebirth
100. Horse sacrifice
101. Babruvahana
102. Start of Kali yuga
Book Eighteen: Renunciation
103. The elders renounce the kingdom
104. End of the Yadus
105. Death of Krishna
106. Fall of Dwaraka
107. Renunciation of the Pandavas
108. Kauravas in Swarga
Epilogue: The End of the Snake Sacrifice
The Idea Called Dharma
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Copyright Page
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