what do you know about the authors and the period when Mahabharata was complied? explain
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The Mahabharata was composed over a period of about 1000 years between 500 BCE and 400 CE. The original story of the Mahabharata was composed by charioteer bards popularly called as Sutas.
The various stages were:
• Brahmanas began to unite its story from the 500 BCE.
• During this period, the chiefdoms of the Kurus and Panchalas were becoming kingdoms step by step.
• Between 200 BCE and 200 CE, the worship of Vishnu was becoming important.
• Krishna was one of the important figures of the Mahabharata and was coming to be identified with Vishnu between 200 C and 400 CE.
Between 200 and 400 CE, several didactic sections resembling the Manusmriti were added. This epic had about one lakh verses and this enormous composition is attributed to a sage named Vyasa.