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LESSON 2 · A Literary World Tour

PAUSE TO THINK

How long is the Mahabharata?

About 1.8 million words

At roughly **1.8 million words** and about **100,000 verses**, the Mahabharata runs close to **ten times** the length of the Iliad and Odyssey combined — making it one of the longest poems ever composed.

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