PPT Slide
Mahabharata: traditional date 850 BCE (probably 200 BCE - 200 CE). 18 pts.100,000 Stanzas (poetry).
contains the Bhagavadgita (songs of the Lord); Krishna “father and mother ... all that need be known ... the sacred syllable OM”
“even those who worship other Gods with love ... do really worship me” (M pp 70 - 95)
Popular bhakti religion transcends class/gender
Ramayana (400CE) and Ayodhia