Epic India
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Epic India is the depiction of Greater India in the Sanskrit epics, viz. the Mahabharata and the Ramayana as well as Puranic literature (the itihasa).
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"Map of ancient Indian kingdoms during epic periods"
The historical context of the Sanskrit epics are the late Vedic Mahajanapadas (from about 1500 BC) and the subsequent formation of the Maurya Empire, the beginning of the "golden age" of Classical Sanskrit literature.
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