It is possible that the Battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rigveda, may have "formed the 'nucleus' of the story" of the Kurukshetra war, though it was greatly expanded and modified in the Mahabharata's account making the Mahabharata's version of very dubious historicity. The historicity of the Kurukshetra War is subject to scholarly discussion and dispute. Modern bronze sculpture of Chariot with Lord Krishna and Arjuna during the Kurukshetra war. The dispute escalated into a full-scale war when Duryodhana, driven by jealousy, refused to restore to the Pandavas their territories after the exile as earlier decided, because Duryodhana objected that they were discovered while in exile, and that no return of their kingdom had been agreed upon. The immediate dispute between the Kauravas (sons of Dhritarashtra) and the Pandavas arose from a game of dice, which Duryodhana won by deceit, forcing his Pandava cousins to transfer their entire territories to the Kauravas (to Hastinapura) and to "go into exile" for thirteen years. The Kuru territories were divided into two and were ruled by Dhritarashtra (with his capital at Hastinapura) and Yudhishthira of the Pandavas (with his capital at Indraprastha). The first Mahabharata says that this site was chosen because a sin committed on this land was forgiven on account of the sanctity of this land. Kurukshetra was also known as "Dharmakshetra" (the "field of Dharma"), or field of righteousness. Kurukshetra (literally "field of the Kurus"), was the battleground on which this war, known as the Kurukshetra War, was fought. Central to the epic is an account of a war that took place between two rival families belonging to this clan. Mahabharata, one of the most important Hindu epics, is an account of the life and deeds of several generations of a ruling dynasty called the Kuru clan. The chapters ( parvas) dealing with the war are considered amongst the oldest in the entire Mahābhārata. The narrative describes individual battles and deaths of various heroes of both sides, military formations, war diplomacy, meetings and discussions among the characters, and the weapons used. Despite only spanning eighteen days, the war narrative forms more than a quarter of the book, suggesting its relative importance within the entire epic, which spans decades of the warring families. The location of the battle is described as Kurukshetra in northern India. 1000 BCE, while popular tradition holds that the war marks the transition to Kali Yuga and thus dates it to 3102 BCE. Attempts have been made to assign a historical date to the Kurukshetra War. The Battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rigveda, may have formed the nucleus of the story of the Kurukshetra war, though it was greatly expanded and modified in the Mahabharata's account, making the Mahabharata's version of dubious historicity. The historicity of the war remains the subject of scholarly discussion. It is also the event that laid the foundation for the Hindu sacred text of Bhagavad Gita. Several ancient kingdoms participated as allies of the rival groups. The conflict arose from a dynastic succession struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura. The Kurukshetra War ( Sanskrit: कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध ), also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Indian epic poem The Mahābhārata ( Sanskrit: महाभारत ). Only 3 known survivors - Ashwatthama, Sage Kripa and Kritavarma Only 8 known survivors - the five Pandavas, Krishna, Satyaki, Yuyutsu.
Yadava Army ( Narayani Sena of Krishna).Truce and status quo ante Bellum in elsewhere.Return of Panchal lands held by Drona to the original Panchala state.Reunification of the Kuru states of Hastinapura and Indraprastha under the Pandavas.The center of power in the Gangetic basin shifted from the Kurus to the Panchalas.Various changes in succession took place due to the deaths of many kings and rulers in the war: Anga, Chedi, Gandhara, Kalinga, Kosala, Madra, Magadha, Matsya, Panchala, Sindhu, Virata.Yuyutsu was appointed as Yudhisthira's subordinate king in Indraprastha.Dhritarashtra abdicated the throne of Hastinapur and Yudhisthira succeeded him.Victory for Pandavas and allies, fall of Kauravas.