The River Goddess and the Great Vow

Before the great war, before the five brothers and their hundred cousins, there was a king who fell in love with a river, a prince who gave up his crown with a single promise, and a princess who would not rest until that promise was paid for. This is where the greatest story of India begins.

35 illustrated stories · 10 × 10 in · for ages 6 and up, and for reading aloud

Inside: How This Story Was Written, The City of Elephants, The Woman by the River, A Strange Promise, Seven Babies and the River, The Eighth Son, The Stolen Cow, The Curse and the Mercy and more.

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Who's who

• Vyasa: A great sage who wrote down the Mahabharata. He is also Satyavati's first son, and the father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura.
• Ganesha: The elephant-headed god of learning, who wrote the story down as Vyasa spoke it.
• Shantanu: King of Hastinapura. Husband first of the river goddess Ganga, and then of Satyavati.
• Ganga: Goddess of the holy river Ganga, and mother of Bhishma.
• Devavrata (Bhishma): Son of Shantanu and Ganga. He gave up the throne and vowed never to marry, and so was named Bhishma, the one of the terrible vow.
• Satyavati: A fisherman's daughter who became queen of Hastinapura. Mother of Vyasa, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya.
• Chitrangada, Vichitravirya: Satyavati's two sons with Shantanu, who both died young without children.
• Amba, Ambika, Ambalika: Three princesses of Kashi. Ambika and Ambalika married Vichitravirya. Amba was reborn as Shikhandi.