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

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Pandu title King of the Kurus