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Did you know that the alcoholic drinks you consume today had origin in ancient India? Beverage made from malted Barley were brewed in Sindh-Punjab region over 4,000 years ago? Red wines such as Syrah and Shiraz are based on ancient Indo-Aryan drink called Sura ? ... moonshine  Rum was distilled from sugarcane Punjab-Haryana region for over a thousand years, and Mead , a Norse beverage made from honey, was called  Madhu  or  Madira,  the favorite drink of our ancestors? Distillation in Indus Valley In Indian subcontinent, the earliest sign of alcohol production comes from the Indus Valley Civilization . The people living in the region that comprises modern India and Pakistan, practiced both fermentation and distillation of beverages using sweet and starchy items. Distillation vessels have been found from the ruins of Indus Valley. Distillation equipment from ancient India Humankind's first encounters with alcohol in the form of fermented fruit probably occurred as a

The Mahābhārata is an epic narrative of the Kurukṣetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pāṇḍava princes. The oldest preserved parts of the text are thought to be not much older than around 400 BCE, though the origins of the epic probably fall between the 8th and 9th centuries BCE. Great Indian Epic - Mahabharata The Epic The epic is traditionally ascribed to the sage Vyāsa , who is also a major character in the epic. Vyāsa described it as being itihāsa (history). The epic employs the story within a story structure, otherwise known as frametales, popular in many Indian religious and non-religious works. It is recited by the sage Vaiśampāyana , a disciple of Vyāsa, to the King Janamejaya who is the great-grandson of the Pāṇḍava prince Arjuna. Battle of Kurukshetra The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapur , the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two collateral branches of the family that participate in the struggle are th