Question

Which of the following is a famous place associated with Mahabharat from Punjab – Haryana plain?
A. Amritsar
B. Gurudaspur
C. Kurukshetra
D. Panipat

Answer 1

Hint: Mahabharat is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India. The second one is Ramayana. It tells us about the struggle between two groups of cousins. It also has philosophical and devotional material. It discusses the four goals of life.

Complete Answer:
- A place of great religious and historical significance is Kurukshetra. This town is located in Haryana and lies in the Haryana plain of Punjab. It is the location where the Mahabharat war was fought. Lord Krishna preached his 'karma' philosophy, which is enshrined in Kurukshetra's holy Bhagwat Gita to arjuna.
- All along the sacred river Saraswathi, Kurukshetra is intimately connected to the Aryan civilization and its development. The Kurukshetra, a circuit of around 48 kos that includes a large number of holy sites, temples, and sacred tanks linked to the religious events, Mahabharat and kurus, the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas, is spread over according to Hindu mythology.
- Kurukshetra is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Holy Place") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita". As described in the epic Mahabharata, Kurukshetra is an area named after King Kuru, the ancestor of the Kauravas and Pandavas. In the late 4th century BCE, Kurukshetra was invaded by the Mauryan empire and subsequently became a center of Buddhism and Hinduism. Between the fall of the Mauryan and the rise of the Kushans that dominated the area, the history of Kurukshetra is little known.

The right answer to this is option C (Kurukshetra).

Note: The significance of the place is because the Mahabharata Kurukshetra War is said to have taken place here. A pilgrimage site with several locations attributed to Mahabharata is Thaneswar, whose urban area is combined with Kurukshetra.