King of the Kurus

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King of the Kurus is the royal title held by Pandu, the ruler of the Kuru kingdom and father of the Pandavas in the Indian epic Mahabharata.

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King of the Kurus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical office ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appearsIn Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedClan Kuru clan ⓘ
associatedPeople Kauravas ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ
associatedWithCapital Hastinapura ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Kuru dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Kurukshetra War ⓘ
associatedWithHouse House of Kuru ⓘ
associatedWithWork Mahabharata ⓘ
country Kuru kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kuru Kingdom
culture ancient Indian ⓘ
epicCycle Mahabharata cycle ⓘ
familyLine Bharata lineage ⓘ
fictionalStatus mythological title ⓘ
genreContext Hindu epic ⓘ
governingSystem hereditary monarchy ⓘ
governs Hastinapura ⓘ
Indraprastha ⓘ
governsPeople Kurus ⓘ
hasPredecessorTitleHolder Vichitravirya ⓘ
hasSuccessorTitleHolder Dhritarashtra ⓘ
heldByCharacterType Kuru king ⓘ
linked to: King Kuru
languageOfOrigin Sanskrit ⓘ
literaryTradition Sanskrit epic ⓘ
mythologicalContext Itihasa ⓘ
narrativeRole central royal office in the Mahabharata ⓘ
notableTitleHolder Dhritarashtra ⓘ
Pandu ⓘ
partOf Kuru monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Kuru Kingdom
politicalStatus supreme ruler of the Kuru kingdom ⓘ
realm Kuru kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kuru Kingdom
region Hastinapura ⓘ
relatedTitle King of Hastinapura ⓘ
Kuru king ⓘ
linked to: King Kuru
religiousContext Hinduism ⓘ
sourceText Vyasa’s Mahabharata ⓘ
linked to: Mahabharata
successionType dynastic succession ⓘ
symbolizes sovereignty over the Kuru realm ⓘ
timePeriod mythic age of the Mahabharata ⓘ
titleFor ruler of the Kuru kingdom ⓘ
titleHolder Pandu ⓘ
tradition Vedic-epic tradition ⓘ
usedIn epic literature ⓘ

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Pandu → title → King of the Kurus ⓘ