The story of the battle that started the war\n\nWhen Künu patriarch Devvrat Bheshima punishes the Gandhara kingdom for treason, the young prince Shakuni seelo revenge. And so begins the cat-and-mouse game between the legendary warrior and the antialled trickster, spanning across not just the heartland kingdom of Hastinapur but the entire territory of ancient India, known then as Aryavarta.\n\nWith the marauding lonians waiting at the borders.forasign of weakness, and loyalties changing with the winds, it is upto Devvrat Shuhma to protect the Hastinapur throne from threats both internal and external Hastinapur Crumbling tells the story of the greys behind the battle between good and evil the story of Satyavati's stratagens, Draupadi's humiliation, Gandhari's sacrifice, and Shikhandi's retribution, in a tale of politics, intrigue, and emotion in the ultimate battle for Hastinapur's soul