01/36 Prince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex &

inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwoman.

02/36 Fisherwoman Satyavatis sons die childless. Poet Vyasa is called to
impregnate the 2 widows who beget 2 sons: 1 blind & 1 pale .
03/36 Pale younger Pandu gets crown, 2 wives and curse of death if he
touches a woman. Effectively childless, he withdraws to forest.
04/36 Blind elder Dhritarashtra becomes regent and clings to throne. He
gets a wife Gandhari who blindfolds herself.
05/36 Pandus 1st wife Kunti uses a mantra and compels 3 gods to give her
3 sons. Same mantra gets 2nd wife Madri twin sons.
06/36 Impatient and frustrated Gandhari strikes pregnant belly. Out comes
a ball of flesh that Vyasa transforms into 100 sons.
07/36 Dhritarashtras 100 Kauravs raised in palace. Pandus 5 Pandavs
raised in forest. Pandu dies soon after. Madri kills herself.
08/36 Orphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside
resentful Kauravs. Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutor.
09/36 As tuition fee for martial training Drona demands half of Panchala
kingdom to settle an old score. Pandavs make it happen.
10/36 Blind uncle gifts triumphant Pandavs a (lac) palace. Kauravs set it
aflame. Pandavs escape bid on life and hide in forest.
11/36 In forest mighty Pandav Bhim kills barbarian Baka & Hidimba and
marries their sister Hidimbi who begets a son Ghatotkacha.
12/36 Panchala-king Drupada hopes to avenge division of his kingdom
through daughter Draupadi and sons Shikhandi and Dhristadhyumna.
13/36 Talented charitable Karna disqualified from archery contest at
Panchala as he is charioteers foster son, unworthy of princess.
14/36 Archer Pandav Arjun disguised as priest wins contest; wins Draupadi;
shares her with brothers on mothers orders.
15/36 Pandavs meet and befriend their cousin Krishna at Panchala archery
contest. Receive support on revealing true identity.
16/36 With Krishna as friend and Draupada as father-in-law, Pandavs boldly
return to Hastinapur and claim their fathers inheritance.
17/36 Kingdom divided. Pandavs get the forest of Khandava, which they
burn and clear to build fabulous city of Indraprastha.
18/36 Arjun, exiled for intruding Draupadis privacy, travels, meets and
marries Uloopi, Chitrangada and Krishnas sister, Subhadra.
19/36 Guided by Krishna, Bhim kills mighty Jarasandha in duel. Impressed,
all kings attend eldest Pandav Yudhishtirs coronation.
20/36 Jealous Kaurav Duryodhan invites Pandavs to gamble. Yudhishtir
loses kingdom, himself, brothers and common wife Draupadi.
21/36 Jubilant Kaurav Dushasan tries disrobing haughty Draupadi to
humiliate Pandavs but she is rescued by Krishnas miracle.
22/36 Draupadi swears to tie hair after washing it in Dushasans blood.
Unnerved Kauravs grant Pandavs 1 more game to win back kingdom.
23/36 Pandavs lose. Exiled in forest for 13 years. Final year as servants:
humiliation as well as lesson in humility.
24/36 Exile over. Kauravs refuse to return Pandav land. Peace efforts fail.
Pandavs declare war with 7 armies. Kauravs have 11.
25/36 Armies meet at Kurukshetra. Before war, Arjun loses confidence.
Krishna gives him perspective (Bhagavad Gita). 18-day war starts.
26/36 Bhisma can choose hour of death; blocks victory; lowers bow before
transsexual Shikhandi; pinned to ground by Arjuns arrows.
27/36 Drona is next commander; ruthlessly breaks all rules of war; fights at
night; gets Abhimanyu and Ghatotkacha killed.
28/36 False rumours that his son (or elephant) Ashwatthama is dead makes
Drona lower his bow; Dhristadhyumna beheads him.
29/36 Karna leads Kauravs despite knowing he is Kuntis illegitimate
abandoned firstborn. Ignorant Pandavs mock his low status.
30/36 On Krishnas advice, Arjun kills unarmed Karna as latter tries to pull
out chariot wheel stuck in mud; consumed by guilt later.
31/36 Bhim kills all Kauravs; drinks Dushasans blood; washes & ties
Draupadis hair; unlawfully strikes Duryodhan fatally on thigh.
32/36 The Pandavs celebrate victory. Ashwatthama sets aflame battle camp
at night and kills Draupadis 5 sons & 2 bros as they sleep.
33/36 Yudhishtir crowned king. Only surviving heir alive is Abhimanyus
unborn son, Parikshit. Mother, uncle, aunt go to forest to die.
34/36 After a long successful reign, Yudhishtir learns of Krishnas death and
renounces kingdom.
35/36 Pandavs & Draupadi travel to mountains. All fall to their deaths
except Yudhishtir who is granted access to paradise.
36/36 Yudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise! He is furious until he realises: as
long as he clings to rage, heaven can never be his.