
King Shantanu Married Ganga and the whole kingdom welcomed their new Queen. Ganga also cautioned King that if he questions her, then she’ll leave him. Shantanu assured her that he will never question her and won’t ever ask her to provide any explanation about some one of her action. She agreed upon a state which King will never confound her regarding her actions. Over the next day, King Shantanu again suggested Ganga. Ganga asked him to come on following moment. He approached her suggested her to marry him to be the Queen of Hastinapur. He also inherited the throne from him.ġ afternoon King Shantanu was hunting close to the bank of Ganga.

The second son Bahlika abandoned his paternal kingdom and started living together with his maternal uncle in Balkh. Devapi, the eldest son of Pratipa, was suffering from leprosy. He had been the youngest son of Pratipa, King of Hastinapur and has been born at the latter’s old age. He had been a descendant of the King Bharata, of the lunar dynasty and also great-grandfather of the Kauravas and Pandavas.

Shantanu was a Kuru warrior that ruled Hastinapura.

15 Yudhishthir (Son of Kunti and God Dharma).10 Dhritarashtra (Son of Ambika and Vyasa).7 Vichitravirya (Son of Shantanu and Satayavati).6 Chitrangada (Son of Shantanu and Satayavati).
