Kurukshetra War

The Kurukshetra War (Sanskrit: कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध), 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 Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura. The war is used as the context for the dialogues of the Bhagavad Gita.

Vedveer Arya gives a date of 3162 BCE, by distinguishing between the and Śakanta eras and applying correction of 60 years to the date given in popular tradition and based on Aihole inscription.^[31]

Śaka

B. N. Achar used to argue that the Mahabharata War took place in 3067 BCE.^[32]

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Dieter Koch dates the war to 1198 BCE using planetarium software on the basis super-conjunctions mentioned in the text.

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Kesheo Lakshman Daftari, one of the members of the Calendar Reform Committee which prepared the , holds that the war took place in 1197 BCE.^[34]

Indian national calendar

V. S. Dubey claims that the war happened near 950 BCE.

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Hastinapura

Indraprastha

Kauravas

Historicity of the Mahabharata

Kurukshetra (town)

Dating the Kurukshetra War

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Kurukshetra War: Is it real or just a myth?

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Explanation of military formations (vyuhas) used in the war

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