The Bhagwad Gita is well known for being the essence of vedic thought and more popularly known as Krishna’s counsel to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. But as it turns out, there are many different versions of the Mahabharat. This includes the tales told by Sanjaya to blind king Dritharashtra and many more versions that have travelled far and wide in the form of song, dance, and poems. Watch this video to trace the spread of these numerous vedic ideas through India and how it helped western scholars and the world understand vedic thoughts and as an extension, Indian culture.