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Dwarka sinks
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The epic's drowned city may have a counterpart off Dwarka, though the sources read here name no survey.
In the retelling Gandhari's curse works 36 years after the war: Yadavas slay each other at Prabhasa, Krishna departs and Dwarka sinks while Arjuna escorts surviving women north. Marine archaeology off Gujarat is said to have found a submerged urban site.
Who: Krishna, Gandhari, Arjuna, Yadavas
Bound to
Gandiva: from Brahma to the sea causes
Balarāma Leaves the World origin
Places: Dwarka, Gujarat, Prabhasa (Somnath)
Where this comes from
- modern-popular · r-astro.com: Dwarka
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