Topic summary
Kurukshetra War
- 7 Akshauhinis
- 153,090-100,300,000 chariots and chariot riders
- 10,000–153,090 elephants and elephant riders
- 459,270–1,000,000 horses and horse riders
- 765,450–1,000,000,000 infantry
- (total 1,530,900 soldiers–1,003,830,900)
- 11 Akshauhinis
- 240,570 chariots and chariot riders
- 240,570 elephants and elephant riders
- 721,710 horses and horse riders – 100,000,000 horses (mentioned possibly as a hyperbole)
- 1,202,850 infantry
- 6,000,000 protecting elephants and chariots
- 140,000,000 Pishachas
- 280,000,000 Rakshasa
- 420,000,000 Yaksha
- 100,000,000 Narayani Sena
- (total 8,450,700 – 1,048,405,700 soldiers)
- Almost total (1,530,892 soldiers)
- Only 8 known survivors: the Pandavas, Krishna, Satyaki, and Yuyutsu
- Almost total (2,405,697 soldiers)
- Only 3 known survivors - Ashwatthama, Kripa, and Kritavarma
The Kurukshetra War (Sanskrit: कुरुक्षेत्रयुद्ध), also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Hindu epic poemMahabharata, arising from a dynastic struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura. The war is used as the context for the dialogues of the Bhagavad Gita.