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  2. List of Kuru kings - Wikipedia

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    King Kuru II of Puru dynasty after whom the dynasty was named 'Kuruvansha' or 'Kaurava'. After his name, the district in Haryana was called as Kurukshetra. [8] By the glory, zenith and name of this king the dynasty hence renamed from Paurava Kingdom to Kuru Kingdom. [9] After these Kings several kings of this dynasty established several kingdoms.

  3. Pandava - Wikipedia

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    They are acknowledged as the sons of Pandu, the King of Kuru, but were fathered by different Devas (gods) due to Pandu's cursed inability to naturally conceive children. In the epic, the Pandavas married Draupadi, the princess of Panchala, and founded the city of Indraprastha after the Kuru Kingdom was split to avoid succession disputes. After ...

  4. Kuru kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Kuru was a Vedic Indo-Aryan tribal union in northern Iron Age India of the Bharata and Puru tribes.The Kuru kingdom appeared in the Middle Vedic period [2] [4] (c. 1200 – c. 900 BCE), encompassing parts of the modern-day states of Haryana, Delhi, and some North parts of Western Uttar Pradesh.

  5. List of Puru and Yadu dynasties - Wikipedia

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    King Shantanu and Ganga The end of the Kurukshetra War, and the final moments of Bhishma, surrounded by the victorious Pandavas and Sri Krishna. Emperor Yudhishitra, with his Pandava brothers and their common wife Draupadi. Kuru II, a king of Puru dynasty after whom the dynasty was named 'Kuruvansha' or 'Kaurava'.

  6. List of characters in the Mahabharata - Wikipedia

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    In the literature, Kuru is an ancestor of Pandu and his descendants, the Pandavas, and also of Dhritarashtra and his descendants, the Kauravas. This latter name derived as a patronym from "Kuru", is only used for the descendants of Dhritarashtra. [58] King Kuru had two wives named Shubhangi and Vahini.

  7. Yudhishthira - Wikipedia

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    For the last year of the exile known as Agyaata Vaasa, Yudhishthira disguised himself as Kanka and served the King of Matsya Kingdom. [4] Yudhishthira was the leader of the successful Pandava faction in the Kurukshetra War and defeated many venerable warriors such as Shalya. He then ruled the Kuru Kingdom for 36 years until announcing his ...

  8. Pandu - Wikipedia

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    Pandu (Sanskrit: पाण्डु, romanized: Pāṇḍu, lit. 'pale') was the king of Kuru kingdom, with capital at Hastinapur in the epic Mahabharata.He was the foster-father of the five Pandavas, who are the central characters of the epic.

  9. Kaurava - Wikipedia

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    Kaurava army (left) faces the Pandavas. A 17th–18th century painting from Mewar, Rajasthan.. Kaurava is a Sanskrit term which refers to descendants of Kuru, a legendary king of India who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the epic Mahabharata.