Pandavas are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu from the
Mahabharata, a Hindu epic text. Together the bothers fought and prevailed in a
great war against their cousins, the Kauravas, which was known as the
Kurukshetra War.
Kurukshetra War resulted from the conflict from a dynastic
succession struggle between the Kauravas and Pandavas for the throne in
Hastinapura. The battle occurred in Kurukshetra in the modern state of Haryana.
Haryana is a state in India situated in North India. It is
the eighteenth largest state in India by population. Vedic state of Brahmavarta
is claimed to be located in south Haryana, where initial Vedic scriptures were
composed after the great floods some 10,000 years ago.
Vedas are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the
ancient Indian subcontinent. The texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit
literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.
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