Answer;
The story provides a sense of the battles between rival Aryan tribes
Explanation;
Mahabharata is one of the two major epics describing life during the Epic Age. Specifically reflects values and the way of life in the Gangetic Plain. The story of a great civil war among the Pandavas and the Kauravas (they were cousins).
Pandavas were the cousins and enemies of the Kauravas in the civil war described in the Mahabharata.