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Ashwatthama

Son of Drona; survivor of the night massacre.

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Biography

Ashvatthama fights for the Kauravas and later unleashes the night attack after the war's main host falls.

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  • Mahabharata · Drona Parva
  • Mahabharata · Sauptika Parva

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  1. Order 110 · earliest cited

    Drona's Death

    Drona lays down arms after the false report of Ashvatthama's death.

  2. Order 130

    End of War

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

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  • Drona's Death

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    Mahabharata · Drona Parva

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  • End of War

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    Mahabharata · Shalya ParvaMahabharata · Sauptika ParvaMahabharata · Stri Parva

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