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Breaking the Indra-Net: The Many Uses of Internet in Mahabharata

There was internet in Mahabharata. Here are all the possible situations internet must have been used for back then

Aaqib Raza Khan
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‘The Internet existed during Mahabarata’, Tripura CM, Biplab Kumar Deb, said this and almost broke the Indra-net, I mean, the internet, with his historic insight. Deb believes that in the Mahabharata, Sanjay must have been updating the blind king Dhritarashtra about the battle in Kurukshetra via live video on the internet. That must’ve been some epic internet connection, considering we still have to buffer for an hour before a do minute ka video.

Let’s go back to the future, and see how the internet must’ve been used in Mahabharata.

1. Talk About Cloud Storage

There was internet in Mahabharata. Here are all the possible situations internet must have been used for back then
The internet service provider is called Indra-Net.
(Illustration: Arnica Kala/The Quint)
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2. Joining the Hangout

There was internet in Mahabharata. Here are all the possible situations internet must have been used for back then
Pandavas send a con-call Sky-pe request to Draupadi.
(Illustration: Arnica Kala/The Quint)

3. Finding ‘Var’ in a Spur

There was internet in Mahabharata. Here are all the possible situations internet must have been used for back then
For her swayamvar, Draupadi swipes right on Arjun on JeeTinder.
(Illustration: Arnica Kala/The Quint)
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4. Consoled with PlaySthan

There was internet in Mahabharata. Here are all the possible situations internet must have been used for back then
Arjuna perfects his aim using the Angry Bird game.
(Illustration: Arnica Kala/The Quint)
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5. God Positioning System

There was internet in Mahabharata. Here are all the possible situations internet must have been used for back then
The warrior gods use Govardhan Maps to locate Kurukshetra.
(Illustration: Arnica Kala/The Quint)
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6. Chakravyuh of Fake News

There was internet in Mahabharata. Here are all the possible situations internet must have been used for back then
Pandavas send a fake WhatsApp forward to Dronacharya: “Ashwathama is dead. Forward to 5 people for good luck”.
(Illustration: Arnica Kala/The Quint)
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7. Everybody is an Admin

There was internet in Mahabharata. Here are all the possible situations internet must have been used for back then
In the end, everyone is added to one WhatsApp group – “Swarga”. Participants: Karna, the Pandavas, Draupadi ,. Yudhishthira drops a welcome message: “Feel like God. Cheers!”
(Illustration: Arnica Kala/The Quint)
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