Introduction to Mahabharata

Lessons for Life and Business

Created by: Martini Fisher
Author, Ancient Historian

What Will I Learn?

• Students will understand the general story of Mahabharata as well as the some of the major plotlines in the epic.
• They will learn about the major characters in the story, along with the lessons and symbolisms they represent
• Students will learn about the great war of Kurukhsetra, as well as the surprisingly modern and applicable strategies used in the war
• Students will learn ancient strategies in business and communication that are relevant to the modern age.

Requirements

• Students will need to know a little bit about the story, especially if they find the many characters to be a bit overwhelming. However, not to worry. All the materials (summary, family tree etc) are provided in this course.

Target audience

• This course is suited for complete beginners to students with minimal exposure to the story.
• This course is also suited to those who like to learn history and mythology that are relevant and applicable to this modern age.
• This course is possibly not suited to those who are already experts of the story as they'll then have to revisit things that they already know very well
• This course is also not suited for those who prefer to learn their Ancient History and Mythology through the traditional memorization of names, dates and places (not that there's anything wrong with that!) as we will be relating a lot of the events and the characters to our modern lives - therefore, we'll do a fair bit of analysing and speculating.