The protagonists of the Indian epic Mahabharata, they are the five sons of Pandu, namely, Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. They spent several years in exile and later fought and won the war of Kurukshetra against their cousins, the Kauravas, to claim the throne to Hastinapura.
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