Ok you guys must have read the last part if not do that first .. It will give you an Idea from the start . The Epic India map shows the parts of India that was .. The thing is that the first question that I want you guys to answer is :

1. why do we believe in the fact that this is the original Indian Map .. The Indian map here shows the part of the Mahabharata such as Hastinapur, Panchal,Magadh,Sindhu Matsya and Indraprast .. Do we find any of these in the Indian Political or the physical map now , if not where are these now and why are these places which were so very much historical taken away from us .

As we proceed further into the lives of the characters in the Mahabharata , we see the first character that is Introduced of importance and who is also considered to be one of the main reasons for the Mahabharata war , is Santanu .. He is a descendant of the Bharata race, of the lunar dynasty and the ancestor of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.He was the youngest son of King Pratipa of Hastinapur and he became the king of hastinapur once his elder brothers were not there to do so . The problem with Santanu was he married "Devi Ganga" and that was also because of a curse that was on him from his previous life ..It was considered that Santanu was a god himself and he was given the curse by lord Brahma that he will be born on Earth as a Mortal bieng .. His love for Ganga was the reason for this curse .. The second question arises here :

1. The question is that Santanu married Ganga and Ganga took a oath from him that he would not ask him what she is going to do .. Santanu bieng all tranced by the beauty of Ganga married her ,, but when he saw her drowning all the sons of his one by one in the river Ganga , he could not take it any-more and in the last chance he asked Ganga and broke his promise .. The question is Like Shantanu when given the promise , why did he break it ?? Did not he know that if he breaks the promise then it will result in Ganga been gone forever.. This happened and so Shantanu was left all alone without a wife .. when finally he was not alone anymore when Ganga came to her and gave him back his son "Devbrat" .. Devbrat was a very good prince and also suited for the throne .. and Santanu should have left it at that and should have taken tapovan by giving the throne to Devbrat , but he is did not do so .. he was old but could not give away to his carnal pleasures and was struck again by the beauty of a fisherwoman , Satyavati .. This is the reason which led to "Bhishma"
2. My 2nd question is .. why did this happen and how was right and who was worng in this doing ??