The Mahabharata is an account of the heroes and their families of ancient India, much in the same spirit as The Iliad. I kinda liked it. I had lots of trouble with the names, though, unable sometimes to keep sorted in my mind who was who, who was related to who. But the tales of those larger than life people, reminiscent in some ways of the stories of Odysseus and Achilles and others, was always interesting. I'll never read it again and will probably never have occasion to refer to it, but I'm glad I read it. ( )

This is a remedial hash of the subject. It does the job, but a more serious student will be left wanting. ( )