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=== Succession ===
=== Succession ===
[[File:Map of the Maha-Meghavahanas-min.png|thumb| Kharvela Empire at it's peak]]
Kulke and Rothermund state Kharavela's empire state that the history of ancient India is unclear including the times after Ashoka and Kharavela. Given the lack of major inscriptions by his successors, they surmise that the Kharavela empire likely disintegrated soon after his death.<ref name="Hermann_2004">{{cite book |author1=Hermann Kulke |author2=Dietmar Rothermund |title=A History of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RoW9GuFJ9GIC&pg=PA101 |year=2004 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-32920-0 |page=101 }}</ref> A little is known about the next two generations of kings - Vakradeva (a.k.a. [[Kudepasiri]] or Vakadepa) and Vadukha - but through the minor inscriptions at Udayagiri.<ref name="Hermann_2004"/>
Kulke and Rothermund state Kharavela's empire state that the history of ancient India is unclear including the times after Ashoka and Kharavela. Given the lack of major inscriptions by his successors, they surmise that the Kharavela empire likely disintegrated soon after his death.<ref name="Hermann_2004">{{cite book |author1=Hermann Kulke |author2=Dietmar Rothermund |title=A History of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RoW9GuFJ9GIC&pg=PA101 |year=2004 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-32920-0 |page=101 }}</ref> A little is known about the next two generations of kings - Vakradeva (a.k.a. [[Kudepasiri]] or Vakadepa) and Vadukha - but through the minor inscriptions at Udayagiri.<ref name="Hermann_2004"/>


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