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Volume 15:7 July 2015
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Social Classes of People in Mahabharata and Shahnameh

Nasrin Mozafari, Ph.D.
Faranak Siyanat, M.A.
Ali Akbar Khansir, Ph.D. (Corresponding Author)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine Iranian Shahnameh and Indian Mahabharata as two of the world’s greatest epics in human literature. Both these epics have played crucial role in the history of human beings in general and in Indian and Iranian societies in particular. Indian and Iranian nations have common historical backgrounds that are revealed in their social and cultural aspects. Every social class depends on the society’s tribal and national attitudes of the social class. A comparative study of Shanameh and Mahabharata can be used as a cultural bridge between the two nations. In a study of Mahabharata, social classes and ranking people can be seen in every part of Mahabharata, in a way that some of the social privileges such as wisdom, and knowledge were considered just for Brahman class. In this article, the social classification positions between Mahabharata and Shanameh will be investigated.

Keywords: Shanameh, Mahabharata, social class, Iranian and Indian people

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the two important human epics from two cultures in Asia. The relationship between Iran and India nations existed before the advent of Islam. During the time of Persian kings there were trade ties between these two nations who travelled with their ships and passed from Persian Gulf to Indian Ocean (Khansir and Mozafari 2014). Safavi (2006, p. VI) argued that India and Iran have shared close relations with each other, besides their racial affinity, even before the advent of Islam. She added that Persian kings, until the end of the Sasanian dynasty, had held Western Punjab, Sind and Baluchistan under their rule. The book of Shahnameh is one of the longest epic poems in the history of human. It was written by the Great Persian poet Ferdowsi, during the Ghaznawi power. In addition, this book is written about the Iranian Greater who have influenced the Iranian national epic between 977 A.D and 1010 CE.

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Nasrin Mozafari, Ph.D.
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
Bushehr
Iran

Faranak Siyanat, M.A.
Instructor of Bushehr University of Farhangiyan
Bushehr
Iran

Ali Akbar Khansir, Ph.D. (Corresponding Author)
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
Bushehr
Iran
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