Present Locations and Important Events in Ancient Mahabharata times

India is credited with history of 2 great epics - Mahabharata and Ramayana. Here are the list of names of ancient places where historical events of Mahabharata took place. Most of which happened in India, some are occurred at present Pakistan which was part of Bharata desam (India).

Aihole inscriptions give the date of Kurukshetra war around 3102 BCE. K. Sadananda, based on translation work, states that the Kurukshetra War started on 22 November 3067 BCE. B. N. Achar used planetarium software to argue that the Mahabharata War took place in 3067 BCE.

According to the Mahaprasthanika Parva and the Vishnu Purana, the Kali age would not affect the earth so long as it was touched by Sri Krishna's holy feet. When the Pandavas abdicated, Parikshit must have been about 16 years old (the age of majority according to Hindu lawyers). If Kali began in 1177 B.C., Parikshit would have probably been born in 1193 B.C. and the Mahabharata War should have occurred towards the end of 1194 B.C.

Ancient Places	Present Locations	Mahabharata Events
Vyasa Cave	banks of Saraswati river at Mana village in the Chamoli district of state Uttarakhand.	Veda Vyasa composed Mahabharata here with the help of Lord Ganesha.
Kurukshetra	Located in the city of Ambala in Haryana state.	Mahabharata War took place for 18 days continuously.
Ujjanak	Located in the district of Nainital of state Uttarakhand.	place where the children of Kuru clan mastered the art of archery under the guidance of Guru Dronacharya.
Varnavat	Handia of Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh.	place where the Wax house (Lakshagraha) for Pandavas was built by Duryodhana.
Panchala pradesh	situated between the River Chamba and Himalayas in the state of Uttar Pradesh.	This is the place where King Drupada, Father of Draupadi ruled.
Indraprastha	New Delhi	Khandavprasta (forest) was destroyed by Pandavas on which the Indraprastha (first town) built.
Vrindavan	Located at a distance on 10km from Mathura in the state Uttar Pradesh (U.P).	place where Krishna spent most of his childhood days playing with the beautiful girls (Gopis).
Angadesh	known as the Malini Nagari in the Gonda district of state U.P.	ruled by great Karna as throned by his Kaurava friend Duryodhana.
Barsana	situated in the city of Mathura in state U.P.	Lord Krishna, disguised as a peacock; danced here to win the heart of his eternal lover Radha.
Banganga	located at a distance of 3 km from Kurukshetra.	Sri Bhishmacharya quenches his thirst at the time he fell from arrows shooted by Arjuna on the 10th day of the War.
Drona Sagar Lake	situated in Kashipur in the state Uttarakhand	created by Pandavas for their Guru Dronacharya as Gurudakshina.
Hastinapur	located near Meerut in state U.P.	famous "Dice game" took place between Pandavas and Kauravas.
Gandhara desh	situated to the west of river Sindhu in Sindh Pradesh, Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan).	Dhritrashtra’s wife Gandhari was the daughter of King of Gandhara.
Indrakiladri	in Vijayawada city of state Andhra Pradesh.	where Arjuna gets Paasupata astram (weapon) from Lord Shiva.
Takshashila	capital of Gandhar Desh.	After the war of Mahabharata when the Pandavas left for  Himalayas, Parikshit was made the king.
Patan	situated near Mehsana district of state Gujarat.	here where Bhima killed demon Hidimba and married his sister Hidimbi.
Yayaatipur	present Jajpur in the district Cuttack of state Orissa (Odisha).	The river Vaitarni flows from near this region. Pandavas, along with Maharshi Lomesh, had offered pind-dan to their ancestors over here.
Revatak Parvata (near Dwaraka)	Girnar mountain in Junagadh district of Gujarat state.	Arjuna had abducted Subhadra from near this mountain and later, with Krishna’s approval, married her.
Vidarbha pradesh	NE region of the state Maharashtra, comprising Nagpur and Amravati Divisions.	King Bhismak of Vidarbha defeated by Sahadeva at the time of Surya yagya.
Chedi	located between the river Ganga and the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh (M.P)  state.	Shishupal, the King of Chedi, wanted to marry Rukmini but Krishna abducted her and got married to her.
Avantika	present-day city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh state.	Rishi Sandipani’s ashram was located in Avantika. Lord Krishna and Balram had taken their education.
Prabhas	west seacoast of Gujarat.	Lord Krishna was injured with the arrow of a hunter and left for his heavenly abode.
Muchhkand Tirtha	dangerous mountain range in Dhoulpur, Rajasthan state.	After winning over Mathura, when Kaalyavan followed Krishna, Krishna hidden here and covered Muchhkand, who was sleeping there with his Pitambar (yellow cloth).
Matsya Desh	located north of present-day Rajasthan state.	Pandavas had lived here at the King Viraat’s palace in disguise for one year at the time of exile. Arjun’s son Abhimanyu was married to King Viraat’s daughter Uttara.
Sindhu Desh	Sindh-Punjab, Mohen-jo-Daro	King Jaydrath (killed Abhimanyu) of Sindhu Desh was married to Dushaala, daughter of king Dhritarashtra.
Manipur	East India	Manipur’s King Chitravahan had a daughter named Chitraganda. She was married to Arjuna and had a son named Babhruvahana.
Pragjyotishpur	Guwahati, Assam	Shri Krishna killed Narkasur (king of this place) to save 16,108 girls and took to Dwarka and married. Narkasur had built a temple of Kamakhya Devi here.
Pundru Desh	part of Bihar state	King Pondrak of this region was a friend of Jarasandh and thought himself to be Krishna.
Magadha	South Bihar	Jarasandh ruled Magadh. Asti and Prapti were two daughters of Jarasandh, married to Kans.
Ekachakranagari	Aarah, Bihar	Bakasur’s son Bhishak had caught hold of the horse of Yudhishthir’s Ashvamedh Yagya and was later killed by Arjuna.
Kashi	Varanasi in U.P state.	Bhishma Pitamah had won over Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika, the three daughters of the Kashi King. Dhritarashtra was Ambika’s son and Pandu was Ambalika’s son.
Mathura	located near the banks of river Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state.	Shri Krishna killed the oppressor Kans, son of King Ugrasen, and got back Ugrasen his throne. After the fight in-between the Yaduvanshis, when the Yadavas were killed, Yudhishthir crowned Brijnath, the great-grandson of Krishna, the King of Mathura.
Gokul	located near the banks of river Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state.	Lord Krishna and his elder brother Balram were brought up.
Shivi Desh	north border of India in South Punjab state.	Grandson of the generous King Ushinar was a Shaivya, who had got his daughter Devika married to Yudhishthir.