Evolution of Indian Geopolity in Mahabharat times.Jarasandha's son Sahadeva was established on throne of Magadh and his sister was married off to one of the Pandavas (I think Nakula). Defeated king of Pundra (central Bengal) Paundrak Vaasudeva and killed him in battle. Immediately after this victory, Krishna raided regions as distant as Kaamroopa (Assam) and defeated Narakasura, established his son Bhagadatta on throne.

He proposed duel-until-death, which was accepted by Jarasandha and by stroke of luck in favour of DI-Axis, the result of this duel came in favour of DI-axis and in one stroke, the entire strategy of Magadha fell to shambles. While Karna pardoned Jarasandha, Krishna had no intention of doing so. Furthermore, Karna had defeated him in duel few years ago. Whilst Jarasandha was an extremely accomplished warrior, Bheema was younger and more agile. The gamble of challenging Jarasandha in duel paid off. The act was more psychological operation than a military one. The action of Krishna-Arjuna-Bheema trio is similar to escapade of Shivaji while his raid of 'Lal Mahal' in Pune in the bedroom of Shaistekhan in dark night when he was least expecting. Yet, the noose of Magadh was tightening around Kuru, Indraprastha and Dwarika. He also took wives from Vrishni clan as well to cement his position in clan and garner support from his clan members. He also married princess of Ujjain and few others. He started with Rukmini (the princes of Vidarbha). Krishna had managed to establish marital relations with several yadava kings which were under Jarasandha's influence. Hence the urgency to finish off Magadha's influence was pressing as far as priorities of Vrishnis are concerned. This ring of encirclement had potential of breaking off Dwarika from rest of India. Jarasandha was stealthily encircling Kurus, while they were busy infighting and partitioning their land. Magadh's sphere of influence had already reached Avanti (Ujjain) where the Yadava kings (Vinda and Anuvinda) were staunch allies of Jarasandha. While Pandavas did not have any animosity towards Magadh, it was crucial for Vrishnis to settle the 'problem of Magadh' once and for all. The 'confused' Panchalas had by then decisively shifted in camp of Dwarika-Indraprastha axis permanently owing to marital relations between Pandavas and Draupadi. The axis of power from Dwarika to Indraprastha was forming as an 'Anti-Kuru' lobby and alternative to Magadh Lobby. These contacts were also used by Vrishnis to develop their own city of Dwarika (the defenses of which were designed by Mayasura who was captured as PoW from Khandavaprastha). This shows higher skills of Nagas and Asuras in civil engineering. The Naga and Asura architects who surrendered helped Pandavas in their project of 'Indraprastha (modern Delhi) construction'. Few survivors managed to escape this carnage, under leadership of their king 'Takshaka' who escaped to Upper Sindhu valley and founded the city of Takshshila (modern Islamabad). After a week of battle, the region was 'cleansed' of Naga people and forest and was made fit for 'civilization' and 'urbanization'.

They 'somehow' managed to divert the rains from that region and started a gigantic forest fire while encircling the forest region and killing off every Naga and Asura people dwelling in that forest. Vrishni-Pandava alliance decided to take advantage of this phenomenon and clear off the forest of Khandava in order to create arable land and space for living and building cities. However, just when conditions reached optimum, rains arrived, thereby making the bushfire impossible. All this is seen Punjab (the salt-range of Khushab) and also in northern Rajasthan. For bushfire to occur, the grassland must be sufficiently dessicated and high temperatures and wind-velocity. Furthermore, bulk of this land was forest land inhabited by Naga people.While decreasing rains were making bushfire increasingly frequent in the region, the monsoon rains used to arrive timely and prevent the fires from spreading. Krishna establishes very cordial relations with Pandavas, who just like him were thrown out of their secure power-base and were forced to establish a new power-centre in apparently resourceless land which offered dwindling prospects in long term. This is where Vrishnis enter the politics of North India, IMO. Partition of Kuru clan - The barren region which formed rapidly dessicating Yamuna-Saraswati basin was given to Pandavas, while Ganga basin was kept for Duryodhana.

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