Chapter 44: The Bharata War Flashcards
Bhisma
He is the older brother of the king of Kuru. After his brother died he was of no use because he took a vow to give up any claim to his brother’s throne.
Doab
The land east of the modern city Delhi, a curve lying between the northern flow of Ganga and the branch known as the Jamuna.
Draupadi
She is the daughter of the king of Pancala, a clan which lay to the east.
Hastinapura
It is the Kuru capital which stood on the upper Ganga.
Indo-Gangetic Plain
A place between the northern reaches of the Ganga and the eastern reaches of the Indus, just south of the Himalaya mountain range.
The “Kauravas”
They are all 100 hundred sons led by the eldest prince, Duryodhana into a civil war against the five sons of Pandu.
Mahabharata
It is a mythical later work that may preserve earlier tradition.
The “Pandavas”
They are the five sons led by the eldest prince, Yudhishtra into a civil war against the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra.
Vyasa (Krishna)
He is a sage that was chosen by the queen mother of Bhisma to impregnate her daughters-in-law so they could give birth to royal heirs.
