"The holy field of the Kurus," where in ancient times the members of that dynasty performed sacrifices. Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna just prior to beginning the battle fought there that decided the fate of the dynasty and ushered in the beginning of the Kali-yuga.
A holy place, 30 miles north of Delhi where during a battle between two clans in ancient India the dialog of the Bhagavad-Gita took place. Mahendranath Gupta, one of the householder disciples of Sri Ramakrishna; and recorder of the original Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna in Bengali, wrote under the pen name of 'M'. A teacher by profession, 'M' was often addressed by Sri Ramakrishna and others as 'master'.