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The Kurukshetra War (Sanskrit: कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध) is a mythological war described in the Indian Indian epic Mahabharata as a conflict that arose from a dynastic succession struggle between two groups of cousins of an Indian kingdom called Kuru, the Kauravas and Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura. It involved a number of ancient kingdoms participating as allies of the rival groups.The location of the battle is described as having occurred in Kurukshetra in the modern state of Haryana.

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  • The Kurukshetra War (Sanskrit: कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध) is a mythological war described in the Indian Indian epic Mahabharata as a conflict that arose from a dynastic succession struggle between two groups of cousins of an Indian kingdom called Kuru, the Kauravas and Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura. It involved a number of ancient kingdoms participating as allies of the rival groups.The location of the battle is described as having occurred in Kurukshetra in the modern state of Haryana.
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  • Kurukshetra War
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  • * Krishna
  • * Satyaki
  • * Yuyutsu
  • * the five Pandavas
  • Almost total (1,530,900 soldiers)
  • only 8 known survivors:
combatant
  • Territory-lessPandavasof the Kurus with the support of the mightyPanchalatribe and others.
  • Kauravas(Kuru tribe) with capital atHastinapuraand their allies
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place of military conflict
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  • *
  • ,
  • s
  • to the
  • Kalinga
  • * Victory for
  • * Various succession took place due to many kings and rulers' deaths in the war:
  • Anga
  • Chedi
  • Dhritarashtra
  • Gandhar
  • Kauravas
  • Kosala
  • Kurus
  • Madra
  • Magadh
  • Matsya
  • Panchal
  • Panchala
  • Pandavas
  • Sindhu
  • Virata
  • Yudhisthira
  • Yuyutsu
  • abdicated the throne of Hastinapura and
  • and allies, fall of
  • * The center of power in the Gangetic basin shifted from the
  • was appointed as Yudhisthira's subordinate king in Indraprastha
  • succeeded him
strength
  • (total 1,530,900 soldiers)
  • (total 2,405,700 soldiers)
  • 1,202,850 infantry
  • 11Akshauhinis
  • 153,090 chariots and chariot-riders
  • 153,090 elephants and elephant-riders
  • 240,570 chariots and chariot-riders
  • 240,570 elephants and elephant-riders
  • 459,270 horses and horse-riders
  • 721,710 horses and horse-riders
  • 765,450 infantry
  • 7Akshauhinis
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