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Kuru

Heartland of the Kauravas and Pandavas.

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Overview

The Kuru realm is the political centre of the Mahabharata, Hastinapura, Indraprastha and Kurukshetra.

Modern context: Haryana / western Uttar Pradesh

Primary sources

  • Mahabharata · Adi Parva
  • Bhagavad Gita · ch. 1

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Timeline

  1. Order 5 · Event

    Major Dynasties

    The great houses, Suryavamsha, Candravamsha, Yadu, and Kuru, take shape.

  2. Order 10 · Birth

    Birth of the Pandavas

    Through divine mantras, Kunti and Madri bear the five Pandava brothers.

  3. Order 12 · Birth

    Birth of the Kauravas

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

  4. Order 20 · Plot

    Lakshagriha

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

  5. Order 40 · Game

    Dice Game

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

  6. Order 50 · Exile

    Exile

    Twelve years in the forest and a year in disguise, the price of the dice.

  7. Order 70 · Embassy

    Krishna Peace Mission

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

  8. Order 80 · Discourse

    Bhagavad Gita

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

  9. Order 90 · Battle

    Bhishma's Fall

    Bhishma falls to Arjuna's arrows, aided by Shikhandin's presence.

  10. Order 100 · Death

    Abhimanyu's Death

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

  11. Order 110 · Death

    Drona's Death

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

  12. Order 120 · Death

    Karna's Death

    Arjuna slays Karna when his chariot wheel sticks in the earth.

  13. Order 130 · Battle

    End of War

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

  14. Order 140 · Rite

    Ashwamedha

    Yudhishthira's horse sacrifice reasserts dharma after the war.

  15. Order 150 · Event

    Aftermath

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

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