Gandhara

Capital

Gandhara seat · Peshawar–Taxila region

As the story opens

Neutral or uncommitted

Leading figure

Shakuni · King of Gandhara, master of dice

Note

Gandhari's homeland.

Side taken, event by event

Pandava Kaurava Divided Uncommitted

In the story

1. 5Pandu, Kunti and MadriGandhari marries Dhritarashtra; Shakuni settles at the Kuru court.
2. 8The house of lacShakuni is Duryodhana's counsellor in the plot.
3. 39Day eighteen: the lake and the maceShakuni and his son Uluka fell to Sahadeva on the last day.
4. 42Yudhishthira is crownedShakuni and Uluka fell on the last day; Gandhara submits to Hastinapura.
5. 45The horse sacrificeShakuni's son fought until his mother asked for peace (14.84–14.85).
6. 51How the story was toldVyasa composes it, Vaishampayana recites it at the snake sacrifice, and a bard carries it to Naimisha

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