Karna was King of Anga

I was wondering, was he really The King of Anga? He is always by Duryodhana's side like his secretary, other Kings ruled their Kingdom, they didn't spend most of their time in other Kingdom

I don't understand how did he become a King? Was it incorporated later to give a respectable stature? Or was he born Prince and King Of Anga?

I also wonder how because technically Duryodhan was a prince and he could not give out one part of the kingdom without his father's consent.

Originally posted by: CaptainSpark

I also wonder how because technically Duryodhan was a prince and he could not give out one part of the kingdom without his father's consent.

Yeah, He couldn't be King himself, How can he gift a Kingdom?

He gave the kingdom with the approval of Dhritarashtra and Bhishma.

But I too wonder just how much Karna truly ruled it...he was always at Hastinapur, lol, just like Shakuni. Just how much time did Shakuni spend at Gandhara?

Lol good point raised

Anyhow to answer

In those days when the kings won over states they often gave it to their children and they ruled over the actual main state of theirs.

Duryodhan was given the land of Anga by his father, he had the rights over it. He just gave it to Karna and made him the king. He did it with the consent of his father and Bheeshm.

But sometimes even I think, did he actually give the ownership onto Karna with full autonomy? Or was it something like a Kshatrap territory handed over (something like British gave Dominion status to many of its colonies, even India was so till 1950) if it was the former then I think he was actually a much bigger Danveer than is future bff, to let go an opportunity to become the king isn't easy.

About the second part he definitely ruled over Anga, we only know about him being with Duryodhan while the latter was planning plotting or fighting, it's but natural that he would invite his innermost circle and have them at his side during these times. Rest of the time, Karna remained in Anga Pradesh and Shakuni in Gandhaar

I read somewhere that Adhiratha was somehow related to to the then royal family of Anga (will link to the article if I can find it). So, by giving Karna the Anga-desh Dury basically gave him the land Karna had the greatest claim over. 😳

The part where he was with dury may be his sons ruled anga.

His kingdom was the hub of sex trafficking. So much for ruling Ang. 😆