Mahabharata Like the Ramayana, Mahabharata is also a major source of Indian culture. This wonderful epic is composed by Maharishi Vedavas. This verse contains a detailed analysis of the character of the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Kauravas and Pandavas were Bharatwanshi, so the battle of Bharat or Bharat's or Bharata was called 'Bharat'. The great war between the Bharata and the Bhashnavis was called Mahabharata.