Important Mahabharata Characters

                       

Dramatis persona:

1.King Shanthanu- king of Hastinapura

2.Devavrada(Bhishma)- son of Shantanu and river Ganga

3.vichitravirya-  son of Satyavati- second wife of king Shantanu

4.Dhridhrashtran- first son of vichitravirya and Ambika

5.Pandu- second son of vichitravirya and Ambalika

6. Duryodhana and 100 sons(gowravas)- sons of      Dhridhrashtran and Gandari

7.Saguni- brother of Gandari

8.Pandavas - sons of Pandu-Kundi and Mathiri

• Yudhistra-eldest son 
• Bheema
• Arjuna
• Nakula and Sahadeva first three sons are born to Kundi and twins are born to Mathiri.

9. Draupathi - wife of Pandavas

10.Bhanumathi- wife of  Dhuryodana

11. Asvathama- son of Duryodhana
12.Lord Krishna- the narrator of Mahabharata story