Amba was the eldest daughter of King of Kashi. Benares (also known as Banaras, Kashi, Kasi and Varanasi (वाराणसी)) is a Hindu holy city on the banks of the river Ganga or Ganges in the modern north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ...

Along with her sisters Ambika and Ambalika, she was taken by force by Bhishma from their Swayamvara. (Bhishma challenged the assembled Kings and Princes and defeated them.) He presented them to Satyavati for marriage to Vichitravirya, the king of Hastinapura. Ambika was the daughter of King of Kashi and wife of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapur. ... Ambalika was the daughter of King of Kashi and wife of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapur. ... Bhishma born as Devavrata, son of Santanu and the holy River Ganga, is the most respected and perhaps the most fabulous character in the Mahabharata after Lord Krishna. ... Satyavati is the great-grandmother of the Pandava and Kaurava princes, principal characters of the Mahabharata, one of the principal texts in Hindu mythology. ... In Hindu mythology, Queen Satyavati bore King Santanu two sons, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. ... In the epic Mahabharata, Hastinapura is the capital of the Kauravas, the desendents of Kuru, which include the Pandavas In the present world Hastinapura is a small town called Hastinapur, 37km from Meerut and 120km from Delhi. ...

Vichitravirya married only her sisters, since Amba had already given her heart to some other. Amba then demanded that Bhishma marry her, since he was the one to have won her in swayamvara. But he too declined since he had already taken a vow of bachelorhood. Enraged, she swore to kill him, at least in her next life, and died.

She was re-born as Shikhandi the son of Drupada. In the battle of Kurukshetra, Shikhandi was instrumental in Bhishma's death. Shikandi is a character in the Mahabharata. ... Drupada is a character in the Mahabharata. ... Kurukshetra is a district in the modern state of Haryana, India. ...