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Mahabharata’s Next Gen

Entire generations were wiped away in the Mahabharata war. Almost all the main characters lost their children. They were the unfortunate generation – brave but taken away in the prime of their lives. But their glorious deeds were overshadowed by their parent’s deeds.
On Children’s Day, let us examine the lives of the Mahabharata Next Gen. We refer to many sources but would like to highlight ‘The Essential Mahabharata’, the English translation of AR Krishnasastri’s ‘Vachana Bharata’. It is a Kannada classic on the epic, translated by Arjun Bharadwaj & Hari Ravikumar. Five lucky participants have a chance to win this book.

1. Draupadi was the mother of how many children?

2. Who succeeded Yudhistira as the king of Hastinapura?

3. The Mahabharata was first recited in front of King Janmajeya. Whose descendant, was he?

4. Who killed Ekalavya as per the Mahabharata?

5. Who killed Sri Rama’s descendant in Mahabharata?

6. What was the name of Duryodhana’s son?

7. Name the wayward son of Krishna who married Duryodhana’s daughter.

8. Who was the rakshasa (demon) son of Bheema who forced Karna to exhaust his magic weapon during the war?

9. Arjuna was once killed by his son and then revived by a sanjivani (life giving) gem. Name this son of Arjuna.

10. Karna’s eldest son, Vrsasena, died in front of Karna on the 17th day of the war. Who killed him?

11. After the destruction of Dwarka, Krishna’s great grandson became the king of which region?

12. Barbarik could witness the war through his decapitated head (as per legend) as per the wish granted by Krishna. Whose Son was he?

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