Travel News Desk!!! You all know that the war of Mahabharata started due to many reasons, one of the major reasons was the division of land or kingdom. It is believed that more than 1 lakh people lost their lives in the Mahabharata war. When no solution was found after thousands of dilemmas that continued for several days, Shri Krishna went to Hastinapur as a peacemaker on behalf of the Pandavas. In Hastinapur, Shri Krishna proposed to give only five villages from the Kauravas to the Pandavas.
Dhritarashtra also agreed with Shri Krishna and started convincing Duryodhana to avoid the war by giving 5 villages to the Pandavas. He explained to his son that he should give up his stubbornness and make a treaty with the Pandavas so that this disaster could be avoided. Duryodhana got angry and said that I will not give even an iota of land to those Pandavas and now the decision will be taken only through war. So let us tell you which are those villages which the Pandavas refused to give to the Kauravas.
Indraprastha is also called Shripat at some places. Indraprastha was established by the Pandavas as their capital. Pandavas had established the city of Indraprastha at a desolate place like Khandavaprastha. At the behest of Lord Krishna, Mayasura built a palace and fort here. Now there is a place in Delhi called Indraprastha, where there is an old fort. It is believed that Indraprastha of Pandavas was at this place.
During the Mahabharata period it was called Vyaghraprastha. Vyaghraprastha means where the tiger lives. Many tigers were seen here hundreds of years ago. This is the place for which Baghpat was best known since the Mughal period. This is a district of Uttar Pradesh. The place in Baghpat, where the Kauravas had conspired to burn the Pandavas by building Lakshagriha. The population of Baghpat district is more than 50 thousand.
Sonipat was earlier called Swarnprastha, later it was changed to ‘Sonaprastha’ and it became Sonipat. Swarnpath means city of gold. It is currently a district of Haryana, its other small towns include Gohana, Gannaur, Mundlana, Kharkhoda and Rai.
Panipat was also called Panduprastha. This place is considered very important in Indian history, as three major battles were fought here. This is Kurukshetra near Panipat, from where the war of Mahabharata started. Panipat is located 90 km north of the capital New Delhi. It is also called ‘City of Weavers’.
Tilpat, also earlier known as Tilprastha, is a city in Faridabad district of Haryana, located on the banks of the Yamuna River. The population of this city is more than 40 thousand. In total, more than 5,000 concrete houses have been built.
