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Kharavela [a] was the emperor of Kalinga (present-day eastern coast of India) from 193 to 180 BC.The primary source for Kharavela is his rock-cut Hathigumpha inscription.The inscription is undated, only four of its 17 lines are completely legible, others unclear, variously interpreted and disputed by scholars.
Dated between the second century BCE and the first century CE, [2] [3] [4] it was inscribed by the Jain king Kharavela of the Kalinga kingdom. [5] [note 1] The Hathigumpha Inscription presents, among other topics, a biographical sketch of a king in the eastern region of ancient India (now part of and near Odisha). It also includes information ...
Hātigumfā inscription of Emperor Kharavela at Udayagiri Hills. Mahamegha Vahana was the founder of the Kalingan Chedi or Cheti dynasty. [9] [10] The names of Sobhanaraja, Chandraja, Ksemaraja also appear in context. [11] But, Kharavela is the most well known among them. The exact relation between Mahamegha Vahana and Kharavela is not known ...
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For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.Beginning with the establishment of dynastic rule by Yu the Great c. 2070 BC, [1] and ending with the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in AD 1912, Chinese historiography came to organize itself around the succession of monarchical dynasties.
This dynasty is mentioned in Chullakalinga Jataka and Kalingabodhi Jataka. The last ruler of First Kalinga dynasty is said to have broken away from the Danda kingdom along with the kings of Asmaka and Vidarbha as its feudal states, and established rule of Second Kalinga dynasty. Known rulers are-Dandaki; Mahakalinga; Chullakalinga
The Mahameghavahana dynasty (Mahā-Mēgha-Vāhana, 2nd or 1st century BC to early 4th century CE [3] [4]) was an ancient ruling dynasty of Kalinga after the decline of the Maurya Empire. [5] In the first century B.C., Mahameghavahana, a king of Chedirastra (or Cetarattha, i.e., kingdom of the Chedis ) [ 6 ] conquered Kalinga and Kosala .
The Bhauma dynasty, also known as Kara dynasty, ruled in eastern India between 8th and 10th centuries. Their kingdom, called Toshala (IAST: Toṣala), included parts of present-day Odisha . By the last quarter of the 8th century, the Bhauma-Karas had gained control of the former Shailodbhava territory.