HISTORY
BATTLE AND WAR
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Question
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Battle of Kurukshetra
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Battle of Hidaspus
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Battle of Paniput
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -The battle fought between Kurus or Kauravas and Pandusor Pandavas along the battlefield of Kurukshetra is known as the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata war lasted for 18 days.
Detailed explanation-2: -The number 18 is an important number in Mahabharata; Duryodhana had 11 Akshouhini soldiers and Pandavas had 7, making a total of eighteen; there are eighteen chapters in the epic and last but not the least, the war lasted exactly for eighteen days, since sunrise to sunset.
Detailed explanation-3: -Day 18. Shalya takes over as the commander-in-chief of the remaining Kaurava forces. Yudhishthira kills him in spear combat and Sahadeva kills Shakuni. Nakula kills Shakuni’s son Uluka.
Detailed explanation-4: -The enmity ends when Arjuna kills Karna on the battlefield on the 17th day of the Mahabharata war unaware of the fact that he has slain his older half-brother.
Detailed explanation-5: -Why did Shri Krishna eat only peanuts for 18 days in the Mahabharata war?