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Uluka
Uluka ( , , ) is a character in the Mahabharata, one of the two principal Sanskrit epics of ancient India. He is described as the prince of the Gandhara Kingdom and the eldest son of its ruler, Shakuni, who is renowned within the epic as a cunning gambler. Uluka serves as the final emissary of his cousin, Duryodhana, on the eve of the Kurukshetra War, conveying the rejection of peace proposal to the Pandavas. Uluka participates in the Kurukshetra war from the Kaurava side and is killed by the youngest Pandava Sahadeva during the conflict, shortly before the death of his father.
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Uluka ( , , ) is a character in the Mahabharata, one of the two principal Sanskrit epics of ancient India. He is described as the prince of the Gandhara Kingdom and the eldest son of its ruler, Shakuni, who is renowned within the epic as a cunning gambler. Uluka serves as the final emissary of his cousin, Duryodhana, on the eve of the Kurukshetra War, conveying the rejection of peace proposal to the Pandavas. Uluka participates in the Kurukshetra war from the Kaurava side and is killed by the youngest Pandava Sahadeva during the conflict, shortly before the death of his father.
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