Indraprastha

Location

Traditional site Purana Qila area, Delhi

Capital of

Khandavaprastha

Note

Built by the Pandavas at Khandavaprastha after the burning of the Khandava forest. Identification with the Purana Qila site in Delhi is traditional.

In the story

1. 10Half a kingdom: IndraprasthaThe Pandavas are given the Khandava wilderness and build a city; Arjuna's pilgrimage and Subhadra; the burning of the forest
2. 11Two Kuru courtsYudhishthira's rajasuya makes Indraprastha a rival to Hastinapura
3. 12The dice gameYudhishthira stakes and loses everything at Hastinapura; Draupadi's question
4. 13The second game and the exileTwelve years in the forest and a thirteenth in hiding; the Pandavas go to Kamyaka
5. 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
6. 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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