HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Mayurasarman
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Bindusara
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Ajatashatru
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Kharavela
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the decline of the Mauryan Empire, the region came under the control of the Mahameghavahana family, whose king Kharavela described himself as the “supreme lord of Kalinga".
Detailed explanation-2: -The Kalinga War was one of the largest and deadliest battles in Indian history. This is the only major war Ashoka fought after his accession to the throne, and marked the close of the empire-building and military conquests of ancient India that began with the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya.
Detailed explanation-3: -The modern Kalinga state is Odisha and also the north of Andhra Pradesh.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kalinga, ancient territorial subdivision of east-central India. It corresponds to present-day northern Telangana, northeastern Andhra Pradesh, most of Odisha, and a portion of Madhya Pradesh states.