Mahabharata is considered as one of the greatest wars in the Indian history. It was fought for 18 days and many great warriors participated in this war from both, the Pandavas’ and Kauravas’ sides. Let us look at the 10 greatest warriors who participated in this war.
10. Duryodhana
Class - Rathi
Duryodhana was the eldest Kaurava. He was the son of Dhritashtra and Gandhari. His primary weapon was the Mace.
9. Bheema
Class - Atirathi
Bheema was the 2nd eledest Pandava. He was the son of Pandu and Kunti. His primary weapon was the Mace.
8. Dhrishtadyumna
Class - Atirathi
Dhrishtadyumna was Draupadi’s brother. He was the Senapati of the Pandavas’ army for all 18 days of the war. He was born with the goal to kill Dronacharya, which he eventually did.
7. Ashwatthama
Class - Maharathi
Ashwatthama was Dronacharya’s son. He too was a great warrior who fought from the Kauravas’ side. He became a chiranjivi after the war.
6. Abhimanyu
Class - Maharathi
Abhimanyu was the son of Arjuna and Subhadra. He was a young yet very skillfull warrior. He was killed after fighting many warriors at the same time inside the Chakravyuh. His son Parikshit became the king after Yudhishthira.
5. Dronacharya
Class - Maharathi (equivalent to 2 Maharathis)
Dronacharya was the guru of Pandavas and Kauravas. He fought from the Kauravas’ side, and was their senapati from the 11th to 16th day of the war. He was killed by Dhrishtadhyumna.
4. Arjuna
Class - Maharathi (equivalent to 2 Maharathis)
Arjuna was the 3rd son of Pandu and youngest son of Kunti. He was one of the greatest warriors in history. His primary weapon was the Gandiva which was given to him by Agni Deva.
3. Bheeshma
Class - Maharathi (equivalent to 2 Maharathis)
Bheeshma was the eldest son of King Shantanu, and the grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas. He had taken an akhand pratigya not to marry and have children. He fought the war from the Kauravas’ side, and was their senapati for the first 10 days of the war.
2. Karna
Class - Maharathi (equivalent to 2 Maharathis)
Karna was the son of Surya Deva, and the eldest son of Kunti. He was also known as Danveer Karna. He was one of the greatest warriors in the history. He fought the war from the Kauravas’ side and was their senapati on the 17th day of the war. His primary weapon was the the Vijava Bow which was given to him by his guru Bhagwaana Parshurama.
1. Krishna
Class - Atimaharathi
Krishna Bhagwaana did not actually fight in the war. But he participated from the Pandavas’ side as Arjuna’s Sarathi. He was the 8th Incarnation of Bhagwaana Vishnu. His primary weapon was the Sudarshana Chakra.
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