Mahabharata is the largest and greatest epic when it comes to Indian Mythology.In India there are actually no myths everything is history for us be it Ramayan or Mahabharat. It took place five thousand years ago. It was written by Lord Ganesha while the knowledge and the content was recitated by the great sage Ved Vyas.

Long story short :

It is a story of the cousins of the kuru dynasty. Dhritarashtra and Pandu are brothers.Kauravas are the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari where Pandavas are the five sons of Pandu and his wives were Kunti and Madri.

Dhritarashtra was blind by birth. After marriage Gandhari chooses to sacrifice her eye sight for the sake of her husband and ties a cloth to her eyes for the rest of her life. This was not at all acceptable by her brother Shakuni and seeing her sister in such a condition it tore his heart and he decided to destroy the entire kuru dynasty. He was wicked and Cunning.

As Dhritarashtra was blind Pandu becomes the king. After his marriage he and his wives set out for hunting to jungle. There he mistakenly kills a sage and the sage curses him. That makes him weak and out of guilt he decides to spend sometime serving sages. He temporarily appoints Dhritarashtra as the working king and he leaves with his wives.

As the time passes...Pandu is blessed with five sons... Yudhishthir, Bheem , Arjun, Nakul and Sahadev. Dhritarashtra was...