Ashvamedhikaparva (Sanskrit - “Book of Horse Sacrifice”) - the fourteenth book of the Mahabharata, consists of 2.7 thousand couplets (96 chapters according to the critical edition in Pune). Ashvamedhika Parva tells the story of the unification of the ancient Indian kingdoms under the Pandavas through the ancient Indian ritual of Ashwamedha after they defeated the Kauravas at the Battle of Kurukshetra. "Ashvamedhikaparva" includes one of the most important philosophical texts of the Mahabharata - Anugita, which is a continuation of the Bhagavad Gita. CONTENTS: From the translators (5). ASHVAMEDHIKAPARVA. BOOK ABOUT HORSE SACRIFICE Chapters 1-15 (Translation from Sanskrit by Y.V. Vasilkov) (10). Chapters 16-50: Anugita (Translation from Sanskrit by Y.V. Vasilkov) (38). Chapters 51-96 (Translation from Sanskrit by C L. Neveleva) (103). APPLICATIONS V. Vasilkov. “Anugita” and “Bhagavad Gita”: on the nature of the differences between the texts (179). S.L. Neveleva. Epic Ashwamedha (196). COMMENTARY (Compiled by Y.V. Vasilkov and S.L. Neveleva) (214). Literature (283). List of abbreviations of names of Sanskrit sources (292). Index of Sanskrit names and terms (293).