Who won Kurukshetra war?

Pandavas won the battle. The eldest of Pandavas, Yudhishthira
Yudhishthira
Yudhishtira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) is the eldest among the five Pandava brothers. He is mentioned in the ancient epic Mahabharata. He was sired by King Pandu of the Kuru Dynasty and his first wife, Kunti. Yudhishthira is later crowned the king of Indraprastha with his capital at Hastinapura.
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was made a king of Hastinapur.
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Who was alive after Mahabharat war?

Only twelve major warriors survive the war: the five Pandavas, Krishna, Satyaki, Ashwatthama, Kripacharya, Yuyutsu, Vrishaketu, and Kritavarma. Yudhishthira is crowned king of Hastinapur. After ruling for 36 years, he renounces the thron and passes the title on to Arjuna's grandson Parikshit.
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Who died first in Kurukshetra war?

Day 1: Uttar and Sweta, sons of Virata, were killed on day one of Mahabharata war. Shalya killed Uttar and Bhishma killed Sweta. This day belonged to Kauravas. Day 2: This day belonged to Pandavas and Satyaki killed Bhishma's charioteer.
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How did Pandavas win the Kurukshetra war?

At the end of the war, Lord Krishna himself revealed to the Pandavas that Duryodhana's army was far superior to the Pandava army. And yet the Pandavas won. It was not the capability of the Pandavas that won them the battle of the Mahabharat, they won because they were on the side of dharma and forwarded the Hari karya.
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How did Mahabharata end?

The Mahābhārata itself ends with the death of Krishna, and the subsequent end of his dynasty and ascent of the Pandava brothers to heaven.
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What Exactly Happened After Mahabharat?



Are the Pandavas still alive?

Mahabharata did not end with the victory of Pandavas and the defeat of or death to the Kauravas. This epic encompassed the death of the Pandavas, who in spite of winning the 18-day war against their cousins, failed to live happy lives. There is as much to learn from the end of this culturally rich epic.
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Who killed shakuni?

During the Kurukshetra War, Shakuni was killed by the youngest Pandava, Sahadeva.
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Who ruled Hastinapur after Pandavas?

When the child was born lifeless, it was Krishna who gave it life through His yogic powers. After Krishna left for Vaikuntam and the Pandavas renounced the world of power and pleasure, Parikshit inherited the throne of Hastinapur.
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Is Ashwathama still alive?

NO, Ashwatthama is NOT alive. He was cursed by the Supreme Krishna to wander in suffering for 3000 years.
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Where is Ashwathama now?

He was cursed around 3200 BC on last day of Mahabharata war, the curse to be on earth till end of the Kaliyuga of present Kalpa. Very few people/saints doing Narmada river parikrama have seen him or meet him in Shoolpaneshwar wildlife sanctuary which is spread across MP and Gujarat.
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Who killed Dhritarashtra?

After the great war of Mahabharata, the grief-stricken blind king along with his wife Gandhari, sister-in-law Kunti, and half brother Vidura left Hastinapura for penance. It is believed that all of them (except Vidura who predeceased him) perished in a forest fire and attained Moksha.
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On which day Shakuni died?

Sahadeva, one of the Pandavas killed Shakuni. Sahadeva killed Shakuni on 18th day of Kurukshetra War. He had pledged to kill Shakuni as revenge for Draupadi's insult by Kauravas.
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Who killed yudhisthira?

Attempted fratricide, attempted suicide – a bizarre turn of affairs on the seventeenth day! Krishna may have uttered the most profound 800 shlokas ever at the beginning of the war (Bhagvad Gita Parva).
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Who is the hero in Mahabharata?

Definition. Arjuna (also given as Arjun) is the great hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata and the philosophical-religious dialogue Bhagavad Gita.
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Who was the last king of Hastinapur?

Kshemaka was the last king of Hastinapur. Parikshit was the grandson of Arjun and the son of Abhimanyu. After Parikshit, Kshemaka was the 27th king of the Kuru dynasty.
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Who killed Arjun in Mahabharat?

Babruvahana defeated Arjuna and killed him.
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Is Kurukshetra soil red?

Well, there is no battlefield left, demarcated or preserved, for them to see. Most of the site as mentioned in the Mahabharata text is populated and occupied by farmers and landowners. Nor the soil is red in colour. "A common myth associated with Kurukshetra is that the soil is red with all the blood that spilled.
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Is Lord Parshuram still alive?

Parashurama retired in the Mahendra Mountains, according to chapter 2.3.47 of the Bhagavata Puran. He is the only incarnation of Vishnu who never dies, never returns to abstract Vishnu and lives in meditative retirement.
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Who meets Ashwathama?

6. Vasudevan and Saraswati Meet Ashwathama at Shoolpaneeshawar. Vasudevan and Saraswati, a brahmin who was considered to be the incarnation of Dattatreya by their followers, saw Ashwatthama in the dense forest of Shulpaneeshawar near Katarkheda, in 1912.
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Is Mahabharat true story?

Because Mahabharat is an epic, many people think that it is mythology and it was not true. It's all part of imaginations and one's perspectives. But this is not the case. Mahabharat was a real epic and it was a true event that happened in history.
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Who is Lord Krishna son?

Pradyumna (Sanskrit: प्रद्युम्न) is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and Rukmini. Pradyumna is considered one of the four vyuha avatars of Vishnu.
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Where is Indraprastha now?

During the Mauryan period, Indraprastha was known as Indapatta in Buddhist literature. The location of Indraprastha is uncertain but Purana Qila in present day New Delhi is frequently cited. and has been noted as such in texts as old as the 14th-century CE.
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Who killed bheem?

His repeated failures and fecklessness against Bhima angered Duryodhana so much that he wanted him dead. He hatched a cunning plot where he poisoned Bhima's food and drowned him in River Ganga. Thankfully, the Naga king Vasuki saved Bhima and also apprised him of Duryodhana's hatred for him.
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Who killed Ashwathama?

On the 14th day of the war, he kills a division of Rakshasas and Anjanaparvan (son of Ghatotkacha). He also stands against Arjuna several times, trying to prevent him from reaching Jayadratha, but is eventually defeated by Arjuna.
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What is the current name of Hastinapur?

Hastinapur – The grand city in the Mahabharata and the capital of the Kauravas and Pandavas, Hastinapur was where currently Meerut in Uttar Pradesh is.
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