INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The king of Kalinga in the Maurya period was
A
Kharavela
B
Kanishka
C
Kuvishka
D
Simuka
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kharavela (also transliterated Khārabēḷa) was a monarch of Kalinga in present-day Odisha, India, who ruled during the second or first century BCE. The primary source for Kharavela is his rock-cut Hathigumpha inscription .

Detailed explanation-2: -Raja Ananta Padmanabha was the king of Kalinga during Kalinga war.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1st century bce the Kalinga emperor Kharavela conquered vast territories that collectively came to be called the Kalinga empire.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kharavela was the greatest ruler of empire who ruled during the second or first century BCE and the primary source for his reign is sourced from the rock-cut Hathigumpha inscription.

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