Kharavela

Kharavela is known by an inscription in the cave of the elephant (Hathi-gumpha) in Kalinga (North-eastern of India). It is there known as son of Vudharaja and grandson of Khemaraja of the dynasty Chedi (or Cheta) unknown in addition. It, according to this inscription, would have beaten the king Pushyamitra (towards -175) victorious of the Maurya, as well as the king bactrien Démétrios Ier (towards -175). In fact Démétrios had to withdraw itself towards Mathura because in his absence a usurper, Eucratidès, seized the throne of Bactriane. He also ran up against the power of the Satavahana in the South.

He was jainist but tolerated the other beliefs.

The inscription is very degraded and information above, although accepted by a great number of historians, are disputed by certain (the sculptures accompanying the inscription seem very after -175): they place the reign of Kharavela towards 50 of the Christian era.

Sources

India at times of Mauryas , Louis of Valley-Chick, Edition of Boccard (1930)
History of India and the Indians , Louis Frederic, Critérion (1996)

World history

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