Kurukshetra War facts for kids

The Kurukshetra War was described in the Indian epic poem Mahābhārata.

There it is said the war took place in Mahabharata. It lasted 18 days.

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  The approximate extent of Āryāvarta during the late Vedic period (ca. 1100-500 BCE). Aryavarta was limited to northwest India and the western Ganges plain, while Greater Magadha in the east was habitated by non-Vedic Indo-Aryans, who gave rise to Jainism and Buddhism.

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  Modern bronze sculpture of Chariot with Lord Krishna and Arjuna during the Kurukshetra war.

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  Krishna Pleads with Dhritarashtra to Avoid War

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  Krishna, and Arjun on the chariot, 18th-19th century painting

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  Drishtadyumna As Commander in Chief of Pandava's Army

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  A manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Mahābhārata

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  War council at Kuru

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  Krishna displays his Vishvarupa (Universal Form) to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

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  Arjuna Wijaya statue in Central Jakarta depicting Krishna and Arjuna riding a chariot.

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  Kurukshetra War

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  Bhishma on a deathbed of arrows, from a collection of the Smithsonian Institution

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  Arjuna kills Jayadratha

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  On the left Karna with Salya as chariot driver versus Arjuna with Krishna on the right, Cirebon wayang glass painting, Java, Indonesia.

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  Krishna declaring the end of Mahabharata War by blowing Panchajanya, the Conch Shell

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  Return of heroes slain in war following chanting by Vyasa

See also

In Spanish: Guerra de Kurukshetra para niños