Who was the heir to the Throne after Yudhishtira? - Page 15

Originally posted by: proteeti

Did Vajra inherit IP? I thought only his coronation was done there? 🤔

He and Janmejaya kinda ruled together na (as adults)?

Vajra was crowned in Indraprastha. In fact, I think Parikshit was as well, since Subhadra was left in charge of both of them. Vajra moved to Mathura to rule, while Parikshit moved back to Hastinapur. I think it was Janamejaya's son or grandson who moved the Puru capital to Indraprastha

I don't believe that moon theory. 😆

If we go by other citations, Abhimanyu was easily 35+ when he died.

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Lifespans in that era were shorter, not longer, than what they are today. Like it is faith to believe that Rama lived for 10,000 or 11,000 years. It is also faith to believe that people in the first 3 Yugas lived longer than people in Kalyug.

If you consider that people then typically married and had kids much earlier - in their teens, then it's easy to see how Bheeshma and Abhimanyu could have participated in the same war. Like if Bheeshma was 90, chances are that Dhritarashtra was around 50, Arjun around 30 and Abhimanyu about 16. And yeah, child marriage was prevalent, for both girls and boys

As I said Arjun being around 30 was no way possible. At the least he should be in his forties

Subhadra was not born till the time Krishna was in Gokul. Even if we assume that she was born immidiately after the Kans Vadh, she was 11.5 years younger to Krishna or 11 years younger to Arjun.

Considering a normal human, a girl would become a mother at the earliest around 13 years of age so Arjun would have at least been 24 when Abhimanyu was born.

After that the Rajsuya Yagya happened which will at least take 4-5 years since they traveled as far to Magadh winning over the states in midst. and then the game of dice and finally the exile. After the completion of exile, it would have taken a year for the preparation and commencement of the war.

Taking the least age, he couldn't have been younger than at least early forties even the war happened and Yudhishtir might have been 45.

Which means Dhritrashtra in his early sixties at least.

This will mean that Dhritrashtra would be around 100

Originally posted by: Wistfulness

I don't believe that moon theory. 😆

If we go by other citations, Abhimanyu was easily 35+ when he died.

Which citation makes him around 35 at that time?

People now that we are discussing ages, Ved Vyas ji should have been around the same age as Bheeshm since he was born before Satyavati Shantanu marriage. He could be either of the same age or maximum fifteen years younger to Bheeshm

At the time of Janmayey Nagmedh Yagya, it was he who asked Vaishampayan ji to narrate the story of Mahabharata.

Does that seem reasonable?

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

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Which citation makes him around 35 at that time?

Three and thirty years have passed away since the time, when Arjuna, having invited Agni, gratified him at Khandava, vanquishing all the celestials.

Abhimanyu was born before Arjuna's exile in the first book was over.