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About Kaurav and Paandav Armies
According to Bhaagvat one Akshauhinee army is composed of 21,870 chariots, 
21,870 elephant, 
109,350 foot soldiers, and 
65,600 horse riders. 

According to Mahaabhaarat Paandav had seven Akshauhinee army and Kaurav had 11 Akshauhinee army. Thus both had :-

If they had this much army with them then we have to count their numbers, given at various places. Certainly those numbers exceed not in tens or hundreds, but in thousands. Some examples are given here:-

Example 1 :  6-Drone Parv, Sec 50
On 2nd day, Dhrishtdyumn places
    10,000
+100,000
+120,000
+170,000
+  30,000
=430,000        chariots at various places.

According to Mahaabhaarat Paandav had only seven Akshauhinee army - means 21,870 x 7 = 153,090 chariots. Then how Dhrishtdyumn placed so many chariots in his army? From where did he bring these extra chariots?
[6War, 7geetaa2]

Example 2 :  6-Drone Parv, Sec 6
When Duryodhan requests Drone to be the Commander of his army, he says - "These 11 Akshauhinee troops are obedient to you. Disposing these troops you slay your enemies."

Bheem, Arjun, Ghatotkach had been killing Kaurav army everyday, still Duryodhan had 11 Akshauhinee army on 11th day of war? How come?
[6War, 15battle11]

Example 3 :  6-Drone Parv, Sec 6
Drone killed more than 2 Akshauhinee army of Paandav, before he was killed by Dhrishtdyumn.

It means that Paandav had at least 2 Akshauhinee army - means 218,690 x 2= about 435,000 or exactly 437,380 heads, less after Drone had died. 

Certainly it is separate from 10,000 people killed daily by Bheeshm at least for 9 days - if we do not consider the 10th day as his full day - means 90,000 people. So the total loss was of Paandav army till 15th day was about 435,000 + 90,000= 525,000.

It means they still had at least 1 million army after 15 days of war.
[6War, 15battle11]

Example 4 : 6-Drone Parv, Sec 45
In this section, almost in the end, it is written that after Brihadwal fell, some 10,000 kings broke and fled.

If 10,000 kings were with Kaurav at that time, then how many kings were with Paandav? Maybe 75%, or say 50%. But were there so many kings in Bhaarat Varsh? And if there were so many kings at that time, it means that most kings owned only a city as a country.

Secondly, all the 11 and 7 Akshauhinee's armies' kings have already been counted by Bheeshm before the war started. They are very few - less than 11 towards Kaurav's side, and less than 7 on Paandav's side. This means that so many thousand kings came without their armies? This may prove that they really owned only a city as their country.
[6War, 17battle 131]

Example 5 : 6-Drone Parv, Sec
In this section Duryodhan tells Jayadrath that his 11 Akshauhinee army would protect him from Arjun who had taken vow to kill him on account of killing of Abhimanyu.

Till then 13 days had passed, thousand and thousands of people from both armies were already killed, then how his 11 Akshauhinee army was still there?
[6War, 18battle132]

Krishn-Baanaasur War : Bhaagvat, 10/u14
After the Mahaabhaarat War, Krishn invaded Shonitpur, Baanaasur's capital to get back His grandson Aniruddh. At that time He had 12 Akshauhinee army.

According to Mahaabhaarat, Kaurav had 11 Akshauhinee army which included Krishn's Naaraayanee army, and everybody knows that both Paandav and Kaurav's armies were destroyed completely, as Dhritraashtra was reported that only 7 people were alive after the war. Then how come that after a few years Krishn had 12 Akshauhinee army?

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