Bhagadatta

Bhagadatta

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Bhagadatta was a mythological king of the city of Pragjyotisha in the epic of Mahābhārata. In the Battle of Kurukshetra, he lost his life from an arrow shot by Arjuna while defending the Kauravas atop an elephant. [cite web|url=http://members.cox.net/apamnapat/entities/Bhagadatta.html|title=Bhagadatta - King of Pragjyotisha - Indian Mythology] [cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m06/m06064.htm|title=The Mahābhārata, Book 6: Bhishma Parva: Bhagavat-Gita Parva: Section LXIV]

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