Question

Which is considered to be the longest poem in the world?

• A. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Mahabharata
• B. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Ramayana
• C. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Iliad
• D. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Odyssey

Answer 1

The correct option is A <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Mahabharata

With more than 220000 (100000 shloka or couplets) verses and about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem in the world. It is roughly ten times the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined, roughly five times longer than Dante's Divine Comedy, and about four times the size of the Ramayana and Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.