Kauravas are the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata.
The story of birth of Kauravas is very interesting and gives hints regarding the
evil nature of them in the Mahabharat.
Dhritarashtra’s wife Gandhari had conceived but the delivery
did not happen for two years. One day she got the news that Kunti, wife of
Pandu (younger brother of Dhritarashtra), had delivered a son.
Gandhari grew jealous.
In a desperate moment, she pressed her womb so forcefully that a large lump of
flesh came out.
Sage Vyasa who was present in Hastinapura got to know about
the unfortunate incident. He advised the lump to be cut into one hundred pieces
and deposited in jars of ghee. The remnant piece was put into another jar.
In due course of time, the jars burst and a hundred boys and
a girl came out.
The boys were named Duryodhana, Dushasana and so on. The
girl was named Duhshala.