Why Shakuni and entire Gandhar family story never told in shows? - Page 3

Originally posted by: Sutapasima

Totally agree ... 

am sure he was just a frequent visitor and all he did was encourage Duryodhan in his anti Pandav plottings n plannings ..

Those days Saas n bahus lived together in harmony and Mama bhanjas did all plottings n plannings 

BTW Gandhar of that era is same as Kandahar of present days haina ?? 

Ye most agree on Kandahar being the same as Gandhaar

Originally posted by: Sutapasima

Totally agree ... 

am sure he was just a frequent visitor and all he did was encourage Duryodhan in his anti Pandav plottings n plannings ..

Those days Saas n bahus lived together in harmony and Mama bhanjas did all plottings n plannings 

BTW Gandhar of that era is same as Kandahar of present days haina ?? 

Originally posted by: Sutapasima

Tell me .... Gandhar Rajya of that era is same as Kandahar of present days haina ?? 

Yes, it is modern day Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Originally posted by: Wistfulness

Shakuni's so-called revenge and back story finds no support in the authentic texts. It's a folklore. 

In fact, the authentic text debunks the folklore because Shakuni's brothers fought in the Kurukshetra war. 

"Sakuni also, conversant with a hundred different kinds of illusions, seeing his brothers slain, created illusions for confounding the two Krishnas."

Drona Parva

Section XXVIII

Even I find Shakuni's story as too gross a deed that someone like Bhishma, imo, could not have done.