Interesting Stories From Indian History

What happened after the Mahabharata war      Mahabharat is the greatest Epic ever written it has a deeply rooted impact on culture, customs, and even the way people behave today. The Kurukshetra war is considered one of the bloodiest wars ever fought in human history what is known is that the Pandavas won and the Kauravas lost. Have you ever wondered what happened after the Pandavas won, who survived, how long did the Pandavas rule Hastinapur and how did they finally die let's take a look at what happened after the Mahabharata war. After winning the Kurukshetra war the Pandavas are crowned the rulers of Hastinapur with Yudhishthira leading the affairs, afflicted Gandhari curses Lord Krishna wishing him and the whole Yadav clan a painful death just like her sons. The Pandavas began to rule Hastinapur for 36 long years meanwhile Gandhari curse Lord Krishna who began to work. There were many unpleasant events that took place in Dwarka were Krishna lead and an exodus from the...

 Top 5 Weapons in Mahabharata  The first things that come to your mind, when you hear the word Mahabharat is war, when we say war here it does not just mean foot soldiers or kings fighting, we are talking about god-like warriors fighting the most invincible war. If the warriors by themselves were considered undefeatable then how powerful must their weapons be.  So, here are the top five weapons that were a part of the Kurukshetra war which are equivalent to today's nuclear or atomic missiles. 5. Brahmashirsha Astra  :  It is believed that Brahmashirsha Astra is four times powerful than the Brahmastra. The weapon manifested with the foreheads of Lord Brahma as its tip, it is similar to modern-day hydrogen bombs or thermonuclear fusion bombs, the knowledge to invoke this weapon was possessed by Parashurama, Bhishma, Drona, Arjun, Karna and Asvatthama. At the end of the Kurukshetra war Asvatthama devised the Brahmashrisha Astra from a blade of grass and invoke...

Modern Medical Science in Mahabharata  Mahabharata is one of the most important epics that form a part of Hindu Mythology and there are several seemingly fantastic incidents that take place in this Sanskrit epic by Veda Vyasa but, on closer inspection these incidents bear a close similarity to modern medical concepts. Today, I am listing top five modern reproductive medical concepts that were present in the period of the Mahabharata  5.  Prolonged Postterm Pregnancy : Impressed with gandhari devotion towards a blind husband dhritarashtra, veda vyasa gave her a boon to have a hundred son gandharai conceived, but had prolonged gestation where her pregnancy went on for nearly two years, on hearing the news of yudhishthira birth to Kunti, angry gandhari tried to destroy her fetus she began to strike her stomach causing immature delivery gandhari gave birth to a piece of lifeless flesh that was not a baby at all. 4. Artificial uterus : When Gandhari was about to throw away th...

 Arjuna Vs Karna | Who was best in Mahabharata ?                         Was Karna the better warrior than Arjuna? let's look at the various occasions when they faced off and what results were there to evaluate who was the better Archer. Broadly there were five occasions when there was some kind of comparison of their performances  1. The first encounter was of course at the Martial Exhibition when Dhronacharya had his students exhibit the skills that they had learned in his academy. Arjuna by his archery skills astonished everyone and at the same time, Karna gatecrashed that exhibition and demanded the opportunity to be allowed to exhibit his own skills saying that he would exceed whatever Parth had done so once he was granted the opportunity he managed to equal whatever arjuna had done but not exceeded thereafter he demanded an opportunity to have a direct dual fight with Arjuna. Arjuna immediately grabbed his ...

The Strongest Warrior in Mahabharata A warrior from South arrived on the battlefield with only three arrows and with three arrows he came to battle. Krishna and others were busy in pre-battle preparations. People asked him how come you have only three arrows he said with one arrow I can kill all the Kauravas, with another arrow I can kill all the Pandavas so three is more than enough for me when krishna heard this boast he asked why don't you show what kind of skills you have and he showed him a banyan tree with thousands and thousands of leaves and said let me see with a single arrow how many leaves you can pierce. Barbarik used a single arrow and pierced every leaf on the tree lastly, arrow came and started  pointing  around Krishna's feet which was over a fallen leaf, Krishna said that's very impressive and asked on whose side will you fight because nobody has seen him before as he came from the south. He said I will always fight on the losing side day by day, I will see...