A tribal boy, he practised archery for years keeping the statue of Guru Dronacharya who only taught the royal family before him.

This brave young boy knew the secret of entering a 'chakravyuooh' or a battle formation based on encirclement but did not know how to get out of it.

Son of Bheem, physically the strongest of the five Pandavas, he had supernatural powers of becoming invisible and changing his size.

Another brave warrior in the army of the Kauravas, he shared his name with an elephant. He had acquired the most effective 'Astra' or weapon. Known as Brahmastra, the astra never failed.

Mama' (mother's brother) of the Kauravas, he was cunning and crafty. He had a big hand in instigating Duryodhan, the eldest son of Dhritrashtra, against the Pandavas which developed into the Mahabharata war.

He was the son of river Ganga and stayed a bachelor all his life. Although he knew that the Kauravas were at fault he stayed by them till the end of his life as he had lived with them.

When Bhishma, the great grand uncle of the Kauravas and the Pandavas, refused to marry Amba, she sat in penance and got a boon from Lord Shiva that she would be able to kill Bhishma who himself had the boon of being immortal. In her next birth she was born a man and fought from the side of the Pandavas. Bhishma had sworn never to raise arms on a woman so when he came before him, Bhishma dropped his arms and gave up. Who did Amba take rebirth as?

Born in Hastinapur, he was the son of Rishi Vyas and the servant of Ambika and Ambalika. Later on he became the mahamantri (Prime Minister) of Hastinapur. He was among the very few to see the true form of God in Dhritarastra's court when Krishna was there as 'shanti dut' or messanger for peace. Who are we referring to?

The son of a bard and a member in the court of the blind king Dhritrashtra, he was gifted with the power of seeing events happening elsewhere in the world.