Dhritarashtra is well known as the King of Hastinapura and father of Kauravas. He was born as the son of Vichitravirya's first wife Ambika and was fathered by Vyasa. Dhritarashtra, along with his younger brother Pandu was trained in military arts by Bhishma and Kripacharya. Though Dritarashtra was born blind, it was said that he can crush an iron rod with his hand. Though he was the elder heir, he was denied the thrown becasue of his disability. This made him burn with jealousy and he turned him into a maniac. But soon after Pandu's abnegation of the throne, Dhritarshtra was administered as the King of Hastinapura by Bhishma. He was married to Gandhari, the princess of Gandhara(present Afghanisthan). When Gandhari was in trouble conceiving, he went into a relationship with her maid Sugadha, begetting Yuyutsu. Yuyutsu was the only son of Dhritarasthra who survived the Kurukshetra war and was appointed as the incharge of Indraprasta after the war. So, Dhritarashtra wa...