Pandava
In the Mahabharata, a Hindu epic text, the Pandavas are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu. Named Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, they were born to Pandu's wives Kunti and Madri, the princess of Madra. All five brothers were married to the same woman, Draupadi.
Together the brothers fought and won the great war against their cousins the Kaurava, known as the Kurukshetra War, featured on the south-western bas-relief galleries of Angkor Wat Temple.
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