Estimating age of Mahabharata characters can be fun
(note: This is not what the text would suggest)
Bhishma -
Likely 20 when he took the vow
40 - when Vichitravirya dies
60 - when Pandu is coronated
80 - when Kuru princes come of age
100 - at the time of Bharata war
(note: This is not what the text would suggest)
Bhishma -
Likely 20 when he took the vow
40 - when Vichitravirya dies
60 - when Pandu is coronated
80 - when Kuru princes come of age
100 - at the time of Bharata war
I know this is not what the original text would suggest.
In the text, you have Arjuna's long pilgrimage during the Indraprastha years, the long reign in Indraprastha preceding the 13 years of "exile"
So strictly going by the text would give an implausibly high number
In the text, you have Arjuna's long pilgrimage during the Indraprastha years, the long reign in Indraprastha preceding the 13 years of "exile"
So strictly going by the text would give an implausibly high number
Epic also suggests Kripa/ Kripi were discovered by Shantanu some years after Bhishma's birth?
That would make Drona, Kripa just a few yrs younger than Bhishma! And more than a generation older than Dhritarashtra
You don't get that sense in popular depictions of these characters
That would make Drona, Kripa just a few yrs younger than Bhishma! And more than a generation older than Dhritarashtra
You don't get that sense in popular depictions of these characters
