Question: who ends up ruling after the war between the kauravas and pandavas
Answer: Date unknown , but lasted 18 days Location Kurukshetra , modern - day Haryana , India Result Victory for Pandavas and allies , fall of Kauravas Dhritarashtra abdicated the throne of Hastinapura and Yudhishthira succeeded him Yuyutsu was appointed as Yudhishthira 's subordinate king in Indraprastha Various succession took place due to many kings and rulers ' deaths in the war : Anga , Chedi , Gandhar , Kalinga , Kosala , Madra , Magadh , Matsya , Panchal , Sindhu , Virata Territorial changes Reunification of the Kuru states of Hastinapura and Indraprastha under the Pandavas Return of Panchal lands held by Drona to the o