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Journeys

Pick one person and walk their whole road across the map, one stop at a time: where they were born, where they went, what they picked up on the way and who was with them. Every stop is checked against the Critical Edition, and written in plain words for young readers; the atlas itself, the event panels on the map, is written for adults. See the note for teachers and parents.

ArjunaArjuna's roadFrom a mountain of a hundred peaks through the eighteen days at Kurukshetra, and on to the sea of sand.45 stops · start here ›KrishnaKrishna's roadFrom Mathura to the sea, from the reins of Arjuna's chariot to Gandhari's curse, and to the forest where it comes due.34 stops · start here ›BhimaBhima's roadThe strongest of the brothers, from a shattered rock to two promises kept and a last walk north.38 stops · start here ›KarnaKarna's roadA basket on a river, a crown from a friend, a wheel in the earth, and one night back on the Ganga.23 stops · start here ›DraupadiDraupadi's roadBorn from a fire, won with an arrow, lost at dice, never once silent, and the first to fall on the road north.26 stops · start here ›YudhishthiraYudhishthira's roadA king who cannot refuse a game, a question nobody answers, one lie on a battlefield, and a dog at the gate of heaven.36 stops · start here ›BhishmaBhishma's roadA god born as a man, a promise made for his father's sake, sixty years of keeping it, and a bed of arrows at the end.27 stops · start here ›
More roads are being written.Each one is checked stop by stop against the text before it goes up here.