Kharavela

The Indian conqueror Kharavela (c. 209 BC ();? † after 170 BC ()) was the third king of Kalinga (now Orissa ) of the Chedi dynasty.

His deeds are known only from the Hatigumpha inscription in a monastery in Udayagiri in Bhubaneswar. The timing of the rise of this dynasty and the adjacent Shatavahana dynasty ( whose king Satakarni is mentioned in his inscription ) seems not to be finally resolved, it took place either analogous to the fall of the Mauryan Empire (c. 185 BC ) or only in the middle of the first century BC, King Kharavela, the Greek conqueror is said to have thrown back and conquered in its twelfth year, the government Shunga capital Pataliputra. From Pataliputra He attributed a statue to Kalinga, which had the Nanda king Mahapadma previously abducted from his country around 300 years. He seems to have abdicated in his 13th year of reign. Kharavela was a follower of Jainism. He also had music and dancing again, both of which were banned in the Maurya period. According to him, still reigned one son named Kudepasiri, then the kingdom seems to be in danger of lack of state cohesion.