ndian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya. The Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which were originally composed in Sanskrit and later translated into many other Indian languages, and the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature and Sangam literature are some of the oldest surviving epic poems ever written. Epics from the Indian subcontinent are among the most developed in length of narrative. One example, the Mahabharata, is a historical epic of conquest and battle written in the Sanskrit language and writing system. Veda and Vedic literature dates to the end of the BCE period. Ramayana traditionally ascribed to the Maharishi Valmiki, narrates the life of Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya city in the kingdom of Kosala. Mahabharata It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pāṇḍava princes and their successors.

​How do you compare and contrast the two great epics Ramayana and Mahabharata?