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on the Himalayas. It is possible that these Pandavs may be different and not the same."
"Have there been many Pandavs ?" The King asked with surprise.
The Acharya replied. "There have been hundreds of Pandavs".
"Could you quote an authority of some Shastra ?" The King asked with curiosity.
"Sure, The Mahabharat which they are quoting itself contains proof and that is authority." He replied casually.
"It this true ?" The King inquired of the pandits.
The pandits replied, No ! This is absolutely false. There were only five Pandavs. Additional Pandavs have neither been mentioned in Mahabharat nor anywhere else."
The Acharya was looked questionably at by Siddharaj Jaysimh.
Then the Acharya reminded the pandits of the incident described in mahabharat, saying,
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