Kingdom · capital Dvaraka
Anarta (Vrishnis)
Ānarta
- Capital
- Dvaraka · Dwarka, Gujarat
- As the story opens
- Neutral or uncommitted
- Leading figure
- Krishna · Prince of the Vrishnis at Dvaraka
- Note
- The Vrishnis at Dvaraka. Kunti is the sister of Krishna's father Vasudeva.
Side taken, event by event
Pandava Kaurava Divided Uncommitted
In the story
- 9Draupadi's svayamvaraA bow no king can string, a target hit by a brahmana, and one bride for five brothers
- 10Half a kingdom: IndraprasthaBound to the Pandavas by Subhadra's marriage and Krishna's friendship.
- 11Two Kuru courtsYudhishthira's rajasuya makes Indraprastha a rival to Hastinapura
- 13The second game and the exileTwelve years in the forest and a thirteenth in hiding; the Pandavas go to Kamyaka
- 17The council at Upaplavya and the levy of armiesKrishna and Satyaki with the Pandavas; Kritavarma and the Narayana army with the Kauravas; Balarama neutral.
- 19The march to KurukshetraBalarama withdraws to the Sarasvati; Krishna drives Arjuna's chariot; Kritavarma fights for Duryodhana.
- 45The horse sacrificeParikshit is born dead and revived; Arjuna follows the horse round the land and is killed by his own son; a mongoose mocks the sacrifice
- 48The iron boltThe Vrishnis, Andhakas and Bhojas dead at Prabhasa; Dvaraka under the sea (16.8). The survivors are settled at Indraprastha.
- 49The great departureParikshit is crowned; the five brothers and Draupadi walk out of the world and fall one by one on the way to Meru