The Mahabharata of Veda Vyasa is one of the greatest war epics in the world after Iliad and Odyssey. Mahabharata is the story of the feud between two clans – Kaurava and Pandava. This English translation was originally published by Pratap Chandra Roy, a Calcutta-based bookseller, who owned a publishing house and printing press from 1883 to 1896. The fourteen parvas were published by Pratap Chandra Roy, and the last four parvas by his widow Sundari Bala Roy. The English version of the Sanskrit epic was composed at the behest of Dr Reynold Rost of the India Office Library, who was in dire need of an authentic and complete?English?version?of?the?original?text. About the Author Kisari Mohan Ganguli was an English translator. He was the first to translate the Mahabharata into English. He was awarded the first Hon­orary Literary Person and Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire-Companion?(CIE)?by?the?British?Crown?for?his?great?works. \n