Military Camp of the Mahabharata
Upaplavya
उपप्लव्य
Pandava war camp before Kurukshetra
Upaplavya (In Matsya territory): Pandava war camp before Kurukshetra, located at coordinates 27.50°N, 76.30°E.
Key Facts
| Type | Military Camp |
|---|---|
| Sanskrit name | उपप्लव्य |
| Coordinates | 27.50°N, 76.30°E |
| Modern location | In Matsya territory |
| Significance | Pandava war camp before Kurukshetra |
About Upaplavya
City in Matsya kingdom where the Pandavas assembled their army before the great war. War councils and marriage alliances were formed here. Located near the Matsya capital, modern Bairat region of Rajasthan.
Why it matters: Pandava war camp before Kurukshetra
Rulers and Custodians
- Virata
Details
- Gathering
- All Pandava allies assembled here
- Wedding
- Abhimanyu married Uttara here
On the Map
Upaplavya sits at 27.50°N, 76.30°E, in In Matsya territory.
View on the full mapStories Set at Upaplavya
The Secret of the Sun
A Mother's Plea, A Warrior's Promise
The Messenger of Peace
The Divine Revelation in Hastinapura
The Year of Disguise
The Pandavas Hidden at Virata's Court
The Wedding at Upaplavya
Abhimanyu and Uttaraa
Sanjaya's Embassy
The honest voice of a dishonest court
Sudeshna of Matsya
The queen between her brother and her maid
The Price of Shelter
Virata, the old king who gave everything
The Day Bhima Asked for Peace
Krishna goads the one brother who never flinched
The First Envoy
Drupada's old priest carries the claim to Hastinapura
Matsya, the Kingdom of the Fish
The realm that hid five kings and a queen
The Women in the Tent
Subhadra, Draupadi and Uttaraa on the night Abhimanyu died
The Queens Who Came a Long Way
What the Kuru quarrel cost the kingdoms that were only allies
The Choice at Dwaraka
Ten crore soldiers on one side of the bed, one unarmed man on the other
How a Charioteer Came to Know God
The blind king asks why the sight was given to a suta
The Braid She Refused to Bind
Draupadi answers Bhima's peace with her own hair
What Kunti Sent Instead of Comfort
A mother counts her sons aloud, then tells them to fight
The Choosing of the Generalissimo
Five brothers name five different men, and Krishna names the sixth
The Cities of Tents
Two capitals raised on Kurukshetra before a single arrow
The Tree and the Forest
Krishna answers Sanjaya at Upaplavya and decides to go to the Kurus himself
Arjuna's Message to the Kurus
Sanjaya recites the message in open court, and names every man who will die
The March to Kurukshetra
Duryodhana walks out on the last counsel and orders the host to move that same day
The Gem on Ashwatthama's Head
Draupadi sits down to starve until the stone is brought to her
The Blind King Is Answered
Dhritarashtra laments the night after Abhimanyu's death, and his own messenger tells him whose fault it is
The Plunder of the Kaurava Camp
The victors ride into Duryodhana's empty tents, and Arjuna's chariot turns to ash
The Sacrifice of Battle
Duryodhana makes the coming war his own rite, and his father disowns him for it
Poverty Is a Person's Death
Yudhishthira tells Krishna why a ruined man loses his shame, and still asks for peace
The Kings Who Were Passed Over
Dhritarashtra reads his son the family's own record of elder sons who never got the throne