Shakuni Mama: Shakuni is a character in Mahabharata who is considered the villain and responsible for the great war of Mahabharata. He became famous by the name of Shakuni Mama.
In the Mahabharata war, he fought on behalf of the Kauravas, but Shakuni knew that the Kauravas would be defeated in this war, despite this he got his sister’s family destroyed to take his revenge.
Shakuni spent most of his time in Hastinapur, India, but what connection did he have with Afghanistan? Let us know.
Shakuni’s relationship with Afghanistan (Shakuni Connection With Afganistan)
Shakuni was the king of Gandhara (today’s Kandahar) empire. Kandahar is in Afghanistan. Gandhara was a powerful empire during the time of Mahabharata. Nowadays, Kandahar of Afghanistan is considered the stronghold of Taliban. Taliban rule runs here.
Taliban founder Maulana Mullah Omar, who was involved in the Kandahar Plane Hijack, was also born in Kandahar. Kandahar became known for two incidents in the 90s. One of them was the rise of Taliban and the other was hijacking an Indian plane and taking it to Kandahar.
Mastermind of Mahabharata
Shakuni was the brother of Gandhari, i.e. maternal uncle of Kauravas and Pandavas. The political purpose for which Gandhari was married to Dhritarashtra. To fulfill the same, Shakuni stayed in Hastinapur. Shakuni was behind the evil policies of Duryodhana.
Shakuni wanted to avenge his insult from Dhritarashtra, the king of Hastinapur and his sister’s husband, so he forced the Kauravas and the Pandavas to fight among themselves.
Which insult did Shakuni want to avenge?
Shakuni did not want his sister Gandhari to marry blind Dhritarashtra. Under the pressure of Bhishma, Gandhari had to marry Dhritarashtra. The second reason was that Dhritarashtra was unaware that Gandhari was the widow of a goat. When this matter came to light, Dhritarashtra imprisoned his father-in-law Subala and Shakuni and his 100 sons.
He was treated very badly. All the king’s sons were killed and when he requested Dhritarashtra, Shakuni was released. Subal had promised Dhritarashtra that Shakuni would always be with the Kauravas but Shakuni never forgot this insult and he conspired to wage the Mahabharata war.
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