Capital city
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
- 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
- 12The dice gameYudhishthira stakes and loses everything at Hastinapura; Draupadi's question
- 13The second game and the exileTwelve years in the forest and a thirteenth in hiding; the Pandavas go to Kamyaka
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