On the field of Kurukshetra, Krishna teaches the warrior Arjuna the paths of action, knowledge, and devotion; set inside the Mahabharata, the Gita becomes the most commented and most carried scripture of Hindu life, read by every Vedanta school as one of the three foundations.
Tagged: Hindu Shaivism Smarta Tradition Vaishnavism
The Event
- Date
- c. 200 BCE–200 CE (approximate)
- Also called
- The Gita
- Era
- Classical; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Kurukshetra; today Haryana, India
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Vaishnavism, Smarta Tradition, Shaivism
- Key figures
- Krishna, Arjuna
- Key texts
- Bhagavad Gita
Primary Sources
- Bhagavad Gita (Mahabharata, book 6)
Secondary Sources
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
- Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy (Motilal Banarsidass, 1960)
Provenance: HIST-0306; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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