The book traces the fate of Karna - one of the central heroes of the great epic legend of Ancient India - "Mahabharata." Following Karna through the pages of the epic (Mahabharata consists of 18 books and is 10 times larger in volume than the Iliad), the reader will get acquainted not only with the heroic tales and myths of Ancient India, but will learn about similar plots in the epic of other peoples and learn to understand epic poetry deeper and "decipher" the image of the epic hero. To interpret the actions and circumstances of the life of the Indian knight, the author attracts a wide range of epic monuments from the legends of the Ancient East to the epic of the European Middle Ages. The book is designed for readers interested in mythological and heroic epics in general and the legends of Ancient India in particular.