Which tribe’s leader described himself as one of the five Pandavas ?
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The Kurukshetra War, also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Indian epic poem Mahābhārata. The conflict arose from a dynastic succession struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura in an Indian kingdom called Kuru. It involved a number of ancient kingdoms participating as allies of the rival groups.
Kurukshetra War
The Pandava and Kaurava armies face each other.JPG
c. 1700 watercolour from Mewar depicts the Pandava and Kaurava armies arrayed against each other.
Location
Kurukshetra, modern-day Haryana, India
Result Victory for Pandavas and allies, fall of Kauravas
Dhritarashtra abdicated the throne of Hastinapura and Yudhisthira succeeded him.
Yuyutsu was appointed as Yudhisthira's subordinate king in Indraprastha
Various succession took place due to many kings and rulers' deaths in the war: Anga, Chedi, Gandhar, Kalinga, Kosala, Madra, Magadh, Matsya, Panchal, Sindhu, Virata
The center of power in the Gangetic basin shifted from the Kurus to the Panchalas
Territorial
changes Reunification of the Kuru states of Hastinapura and Indraprastha under the Pandavas
Return of Panchal lands held by Drona to the original Panchala state
Truce and status quo ante bellum in elsewhere
Belligerents
Territory-less Pandavas of the Kurus with the support of the mighty Panchala tribe and others.
Kauravas(Kuru tribe) with capital at Hastinapura and their allies
Commanders and leaders
Overlord
Yudhisthira
Commanders-in-chief
Dhrishtadyumna(day 1-18) †
Strategists
Krishna
Overlord
Duryodhana †
Commanders-in-chief
Bhishma(day 1-10) †
Drona(day 11-15) †
Karna(day 16-17) †
Shalya(day 18) †
Ashwatthama(night raid)
Strategists
Shakuni †
Strength
7 Akshauhinis
153,090 chariots and chariot-riders
153,090 elephants and elephant-riders
459,270 horses and horse-riders
765,450 infantry
(total 1,530,900 soldiers)
11 Akshauhinis
240,570 chariots and chariot-riders
240,570 elephants and elephant-riders
721,710 horses and horse-riders
1,202,850 infantry
(total 2,405,700 soldiers)
Casualties and losses
Almost total(1,530,900 soldiers)
only 8 known survivors - the five Pandavas, Krishna, Satyaki, Yuyutsu.
Almost total(2,405,700 soldiers)
only 4 known survivors - Ashwatthama, Sage Kripa, Kritavarma, Vrishakethu(son of Karna).
The location of the battle is described as having occurred in Kurukshetra in north India. Despite only referring to these eighteen days, the war narrative forms more than a quarter of the book, suggesting its relative importance within the epic, which overall spans decades of the warring families. The narrative describes individual battles and deaths of various heroes of both sides, military formations, war diplomacy, meetings and discussions among the characters, and the weapons used. The chapters (parvas) dealing with the war (from chapter six to ten) are considered amongst the oldest in the entire Mahabharata.
The historicity of the war remains subject to scholarly discussions.[1] Attempts have been made to assign a historical date to the Kurukshetra War. Suggested dates range from 5561 to around 950 BCE, while popular tradition holds that the war marks the transition to Kaliyuga[2] and thus dates it to 3102 BCE. It is possible that the Battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rigveda, may have "formed the 'nucleus' of story" of the Kurukshetra war, though it was greatly expanded and modified in the Mahabharata's account, which would therefore be of very dubious historicity.[3]
Answer:
may be ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU of Gudem tribes