Kaurava
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Kaurava is a Sanskrit patronymic referring to descendant of Kuru, a legendary king of India who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the epic Mahabharata. Usually, the term is used for the 100
Kaurava army (left) faces the Pandavas. A 17th–18th century painting from Mewar, Rajasthan.
Duryodhana with his brothers 1598 from Razmnama
Kurukshetra War
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The Kurukshetra War, also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, arising from a dynastic struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandav
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…to claim the throne, since he could claim to be the eldest of his generation. All the sons of Dhritarashtra (excluding Yuyutsu) were killed in the Battle of Kurukshetra. The Mahabharata itself provides the list of names in order of their birth when Kuru descendant Janamejaya inquires about the names. The following list…
c. 1700 watercolour from Mewar depicts the Pandava and Kaurava armies arrayed against each other.
Modern bronze sculpture of Chariot with Krishna and Arjuna during the Kurukshetra War
Krishna Pleads with Dhritarashtra to Avoid War
Krishna, and Arjuna on the chariot, 18th-19th century painting