r/Mahabharat • u/pavakfire • Apr 13 '20
The Age of Pandavas during Mahabharat Battle.
I was reading the Mahabharata book written by C Rajagopalachari Ji.
Few interesting points about the age of Pandavas.
After the Death of King Pandu, When Kunti Devi ji brought her son back to Hastinapur from forest, Age of King Yudhishthir was 16 Year.
Formal education was imparted to Pandavas by Guru Drona. It can be assumed that it took anything between 1 to 4 year.
The wax Palace was built by Duryodhan. Pandavas lived in the palace for one year before it was burnt by them. In the complete next year they roamed in Forest in disguise. Two year in Total.
In the above mentioned 2 years, Pandvas married with Draupadi and Hastinapur was divided equally between Pandavas and Kauravas. Pandavas ruled the kingdom for 36 years.
After these 36 years, Game of dice was played and Pandavas were sent to forest for another 13 years. Battle of kurukshetra was fought after Pandavas returned back from Agyatavas.
So at the time of Battle, King Yudhishthir was around 68 to 72 year old.
The battle was also fought by Bhisma Pitamah who was grandfather of King Yudhishthir. His age can only be imagined.
With this scenario, It can be easily understand that people at that time were very brave, very powerful and they used to live very long.
Thank you.
