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''Mahabharata'' (also known as ''Amar Chitra Katha's Mahabharata'') is a comic adaptation of Indian epic poem ''Mahabharata''. The 42-issue best-selling series by Amar Chitra Katha, Mumbai was illustrated by Dilip Kadam.〔(Comic life: Remembering India's master storyteller Anant Pai ) BBC News, 24 February 2012.〕 The team of script writers (took turns to complete the 42 issues) included Kamala Chandrakanth, TMP Nedungadi, Subba Rao, Yagya Sharma, Lopamudra, Mihir Lal Mitra, Sumona Roy, Mohan Swaminathan, Shubha Kandhekar and Margie Sastry. The ''Mahabharata'' is often regarded as one of the most popular title in the history of Amar Chitra Katha. It is also the longest series (42 issue run on an alternative title schedule; from 329-441 () in over more than 1300 pages) to have been produced by the ACK. The series was originally planned for 60 albums, but it was later cut short to 42.〔 == Concept and creation == Amar Chitra Katha had a strong commitment to the ''Mahabharata'' from the very beginning. Many of its titles were from based on particular events or characters from the ''Mahabharata''. In March 1985, the new project began, "in response to a persistent demand from our readers for a comprehensive account of the epic." The ambitious series by Anant Pai was initially decided as a 60 volume project, with one issue in every fortnight. However, in 1988, Amar Chitra Katha issued only one issue a month, so that Mahabharata numbers came out only in every two months. The ''Mahabharata'' comics was based on,〔 * A Sanskrit text with Hindi translation by Pundit Ramnarayan Dutt Shastri Pandey (Gita Press, Gorakhpur) * A Malayalam verse version by Kunjikkuttan Tampuram (SPCS, Kottayam) * Pratap Chandra Roy's English prose version (Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi) * Pune critical edition (Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mahabharata (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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