Dhritarashtra

Biography

Dhritarashtra, son of Vyasa and Ambika, fathers one hundred sons by Gandhari, led by Duryodhana.

Primary sources

• Mahabharata · Adi Parva · ch. 105, 115

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Family

Kingdom

• HastinapuraAtlas

Dynasty

• Kuru

Timeline

1. Order 12 · earliest cited

   Birth of the Kauravas

   Gandhari bears the hundred Kauravas; Duryodhana rises as their chief.

2. Order 40

   Dice Game

   Shakuni's dice strip Yudhishthira of kingdom, brothers, and Draupadi.

3. Order 70

   Krishna Peace Mission

   Krishna goes to Hastinapura as envoy; peace fails and war is fixed.

4. Order 80

   Bhagavad Gita

   On the field of dharma, Krishna teaches Arjuna, the Gita unfolds.

5. Order 150

   Aftermath

   Grief, counsel, and the closing of the age after Kurukshetra.

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Events

• Aftermath

  Participated inTraditional

  Mahabharata · Stri ParvaMahabharata · Shanti ParvaMahabharata · Mahaprasthanika Parva

  Events
• Bhagavad Gita

  Participated inTraditional

  Mahabharata · Bhishma ParvaBhagavad Gita · ch. 1Bhagavad Gita · ch. 2Bhagavad Gita · ch. 18

  Events
• Birth of the Kauravas

  Participated inTraditional

  Mahabharata · Adi Parva

  Events
• Dice Game

  Participated inTraditional

  Mahabharata · Sabha Parva

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• Krishna Peace Mission

  Participated inTraditional

  Mahabharata · Udyoga Parva

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Genealogy

Atlas

• HastinapuraAtlas