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Jun 2017
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Mahabharata Episode 47: The Diplomacy Co...

SUDIPTA BHAWMIK
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Sanjay negotiates with the Pandavas

The Kauravas and the Pandavas prepare for war while the diplomatic efforts to avoid it takes its own course. Dhritarashtra sends his trusted emissary Sanjay to dissuade the Pandavas from a bloody war. Yudhistir asks for five small villages for the five brothers. Duryodhan denies the request and declares. without a fight he wouldn't give the Pandavas even a spec of land one could lift on a needle tip.

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