Western tribes of Mahabharata

[the_kaur]

Re: Western tribes of Mahabharata

@muqawwee123

Gandhari (Qandhari) might be Pathans. That means Pathans are mentioned in Mahabharata

Gandhar could be either Kandhar of modern day afghanistan or Gandhara civilization:)

@Southie

Mahabharata covered Afghanistan through Burma I think. The kingdom of Magadha ( or was it Matsya) was present day Burma I vaguely recall. Gandhari definitely hailed from present day Pakistan. North Indians and Pakistanis have a common heritage. We southies are the outsiders!

The first text of Hinduism was Manusmiriti, Maharaja Manu was King of DravidDesh, His story is similar to Noah of Ark:)

@Ali_Syed

^ So when was Mahabharata officially written? Was it in oral form initially?

No, Vedas originated before writing was discovered while Mahabharat came much later, it is last of Hindu text after organized writing was discovered it itself mentioned that it was spoken by VedVyas and written by Bhagwan Ganesh.