Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.1.7 Post-Mauryan period

3.1.7.1 Sungas, Kanvas and Kharavela of Kalinga

After the Mauryas, the Shungas and then the Kanvas, both Brahmana dynasties, ruled a smaller Magadha, while Kharavela of Kalinga rose in the east and left the Hathigumpha inscription.

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Key terms

  • Pushyamitra Shunga
  • Agnimitra
  • Malavikagnimitra
  • Patanjali
  • Heliodorus
  • Besnagar
  • Bharhut
  • Kanva
  • Vasudeva
  • Kharavela
  • Hathigumpha
  • Udayagiri

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