Soon, Pandu came to be known as the best king the Kuru dynasty ever had. Excerpted with permission from Dwapar Katha: The Stories of the Mahabharata, Sudipta Bhawmik, HarperCollins India.

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The others are the sons of his brother, Pandu, who should have been king but left the throne when he was cursed with an inability to have kids. But, then, how could Pandu have these sons?