This volume brings together a number of seminal studies pre sented at the International Conference on Great Indian Epics held in February 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi by scholars from various parts of the world. Each article adds a new dimension to the subject with historical scholarship and critical interpretation, reflecting compre hensiveness, unity, clarity and rightness of perception. This definitive work adds to our knowledge of the epics and their infinite influence.