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Duryodhana

Eldest Kaurava; rival of the Pandavas

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Eldest Kaurava; rival of the Pandavas

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Duryodhana, eldest son of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari, leads the Kaurava side in the Kurukshetra war.

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  • Mahabharata · Adi Parva · ch. 114, 115
  • Mahabharata · Shalya Parva

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  1. Order 12 · earliest cited

    Birth of the Kauravas

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

  2. Order 20

    Lakshagriha

    The lacquer house plot at Varanavata, the Pandavas escape the fire.

  3. Order 40

    Dice Game

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

  4. Order 60

    Virata Parva

    The thirteenth year in disguise at Virata's court in Matsya.

  5. Order 70

    Krishna Peace Mission

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

  6. Order 100

    Abhimanyu's Death

    Young Abhimanyu enters the cakravyuha and is slain by many warriors.

  7. Order 130

    End of War

    Duryodhana falls; the Sauptika night and ashru close the eighteen days.

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