The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
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R. K. Narayan., & R. K. Narayan|AUTHOR. (2016). The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic . The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)R. K. Narayan and R. K. Narayan|AUTHOR. 2016. The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic. The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)R. K. Narayan and R. K. Narayan|AUTHOR. The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)R. K. Narayan, and R. K. Narayan|AUTHOR. The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
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