Capital city
Dvaraka
Dvārakā
- Location
- Traditional site Dwarka, Gujarat
- Capital of
- Anarta (Vrishnis)
- Note
- Seat of the Vrishnis and Yadavas under Krishna and Balarama. Traditional identification with modern Dwarka.
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: IndraprasthaThe Pandavas are given the Khandava wilderness and build a city; Arjuna's pilgrimage and Subhadra; the burning of the forest
- 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
- 14The forest yearsOn a journey's route · Arjuna wins celestial weapons; the brothers go on pilgrimage and reunite in the Himalaya
- 16The year in hiding at Virata's courtOn a journey's route · Disguises in Matsya, Kichaka's death, the cattle raid, and a marriage that seals an alliance
- 17The council at Upaplavya and the levy of armiesBoth sides summon allies; Krishna or Krishna's army; Shalya is won over
- 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 boltThirty-six years after the war Gandhari's curse comes due: the Vrishnis kill each other at Prabhasa, Krishna and Balarama die, and the sea takes Dvaraka
- 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
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