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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| - * Krishna
- * Satyaki
- * Yuyutsu
- * the five Pandavas
- Almost total (1,530,900 soldiers)
- only 8 known survivors:
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| - Territory-lessPandavasof the Kurus with the support of the mightyPanchalatribe and others.
- Kauravas(Kuru tribe) with capital atHastinapuraand their allies
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- 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
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| - (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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