Mahabharata - Wuxia Story in Indian Culture

actually, after skimming the relevant sections quickly (to get the synopsis), i think this is more along the lines of homer's iliad and odyssey, the epic of gilgamesh, and the story of beowulf. i agree that there are elements that are shared with wuxia, like a historical context (if we exclude GL's stories), some sort of social unrest, and certainly individual heroes/heroines who-make-the-difference. but one thing that greatly differs between these epics and the wuxia genre is that the heroes/heroines of wuxia novels are generally outsiders/outlaws/anti-establishment, whereas those in epic poems tend to be part of the status quo and aim to uphold it. if you HAD to make the comparison, wuxia heroes/heroines tend to be more messianic (like jesus christ) and robin hood-like because they can effect change and improve the lives of the suffering populace IN SPITE of the incompetence of the government and various law-enforcers; in fact, it's BECAUSE the law is so ineffective/corrupt that these outlaws MUST take matters into their own hands.