# Mahabharata

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- Book: [Mahabharata](https://www.bookquiver.com/bibek-debroy/mahabharata) ([Mahabharata.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/bibek-debroy/mahabharata.md))
- Authors: [Bibek Debroy](https://www.bookquiver.com/bibek-debroy)
- Publisher: india_penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4342-521-2
- Pages: 752
- Published: 2015-06-01
- Language: en_IN
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

It is the aftermath of the war in Volume 8. Ashvatthama kills all the remaining Pandavas-with the exception of the five Pandava brothers-and Panchalas. The funeral ceremonies for the dead warriors are performed. Bhishma’s teachings in the Shanti Parva, after Yudhishthira is crowned, is about duties to be followed under different circumstances.