Tribes in Ancient India c8.46

c8.46

During the Kurukṣetra war, Drupada, king of the Pañcālas, helped the Pāṇḍavas with his son, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and an akṣauhiṇī of troops⁸; and Dhṛṣṭadyumna was made the commander-in-chief of the entire Pāṇḍava force. Various kinds of horses are described as having been used by the famous heroes of Pañcāla during the war.⁹ In the Udyogaparvan we read that Yudhāmanyu and Uttamañjā, two other princes of Pañcāla, went to the battle-field.¹ They were killed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s army. Mitravarmā and Kṣatradharmā, the Pañcāla heroes, were killed by Droṇa; and Kṣatradeva, son of Śikhaṇḍī, was killed by Lakṣmaṇa, son of Duryodhana.²