was there any battle mentioned in the first ancient epic?
Yes, the Kurukshetra War
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.
who got first bharat ratna award in 1954 C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and C. V. Raman who is the first person? Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer, historian and statesman did he serve as a governor to any state? Yes, of West Bengal what are some of his works as a writer? Wrote an abridged retelling of the "Mahabharata" in English followed by "Ramayana", and translated the Thirukkural into English, etc. are few among them
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Mahabharata [SEP] Introduction
The Mahābhārata (, ; , "", ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the "Rāmāyaṇa". 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. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or "puruṣārtha" (12.161). Among the principal works and stories in the "Mahābhārata" are the "Bhagavad Gita", the story of Damayanti, story of Savitri and Satyavan, story of Kacha and Devyani, the story of Ṛṣyasringa and an abbreviated version of the "Rāmāyaṇa", often considered as works in their own right.