As it AIs is the story of the 18-day Kurukshetra war at the heart of the Mahabharata.
maces covered with shiny cloth, decked with gold, sky blue steel swords, bucklers of bull hide decorated with hundred moons. - Manmatha Dutt. Mahabharata. Bhishma Vadha. chapter 88.
Ground covered with shattered chariots, torn flags, colorful umbrellas, splintered weapons, garlands, necklaces of gold, heads with earrings, bracelets, helmets. - Dutt. chp. 90
Iravat fights and is killed by the cannibal warrior Alambusa with battleaxe and sword. - Dutt. chp. 91
Ghatotkacha leading cannibal army against Duryodhana division of elephant division like a mass of clouds on the horizon, with arrows, sabers, shafts, lances, mallets, battle-axes. elephants with rent temples, bloody bodies. - Dutt. BV. chp. 92
A thick impenetrable cloud of reddish dust like smoke appeared raised by chariots, elephants and soldiers fighting. - Dutt. BV. chp. 94
tusked elephants bedecked with flags shedding blood like clouds with forks of lightning, and like mountains streaked with red chalk. - Dutt. chp. 94
The cannibal warrior Ghatotkacha fights Bhagadatta on his huge elephant at sunset. - Dutt. chp. 95-96
Bhima agile as a tiger, hunting Dhritarashtra’s son like a lion hunting small deer. - Dutt. chp. 97
ground covered with ivory swords, bucklers embossed with gold, lances, javelins of gold, mail armor, maces, arrows, fans, heads, dead horses, spikes, stakes, gold bracelets, gems, head dresses like a fire with soft flame, white conches, turbans glitter like reflected stars at night. - Dutt. chp. 97
