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{{defn|The record is partially damaged. It mentions a Yavana king running away in fear and retreating to Mathura. Alain Daniélou writes that Kharavela sacked Gorathagiri (near the [[Barabar Caves|Barabar Hills]]) with a large army and subdued the town of Rajagriha (identified with present-day [[Rajgir]]).<ref name="Alan_2003"/> According to Ananta Prasad Banerji-Sastri, Kharavela expelled members of the [[Ajivika]] sect (a rival of the Jains) from the Barabari caves and mutilated their inscriptions.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Radha Kumud Mukherjee|Radhakumud Mookerji]] |title=Asoka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXyftdtE1ygC&pg=PA206 |year=1995 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0582-8 |pages=206–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=[[Arthur Llewellyn Basham]] |title=History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas, a Vanished Indian Religion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiGQzc5lRGYC&pg=PA158 |year=1951 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1204-8 |pages=158–159 }}</ref>}} | {{defn|The record is partially damaged. It mentions a Yavana king running away in fear and retreating to Mathura. Alain Daniélou writes that Kharavela sacked Gorathagiri (near the [[Barabar Caves|Barabar Hills]]) with a large army and subdued the town of Rajagriha (identified with present-day [[Rajgir]]).<ref name="Alan_2003"/> According to Ananta Prasad Banerji-Sastri, Kharavela expelled members of the [[Ajivika]] sect (a rival of the Jains) from the Barabari caves and mutilated their inscriptions.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Radha Kumud Mukherjee|Radhakumud Mookerji]] |title=Asoka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXyftdtE1ygC&pg=PA206 |year=1995 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0582-8 |pages=206–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=[[Arthur Llewellyn Basham]] |title=History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas, a Vanished Indian Religion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiGQzc5lRGYC&pg=PA158 |year=1951 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1204-8 |pages=158–159 }}</ref>}} | ||
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{{defn|Much of the record is lost. The inscription mentions ''Bharatavasa'' and a series of military campaigns with victories. Kharavela defeats the Ava king and broke up the | {{defn|Much of the record is lost. The inscription mentions ''Bharatavasa'' and a series of military campaigns with victories. Kharavela defeats the Ava king and broke up the 113-year confederacy of the "T[r]amira" countries which had endangered Kalinga.<ref name="sdstate_inscription"/> Sen and [[Alain Daniélou]] interpret "Tramira" as "Dramira" ("Dravidian") confederacy.<ref name="Romila2003"/>}} | ||
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{{defn|Parts of this record are lost. Kharavela sends his troops to Uttarpatha (the north), and subdues the king of Magadha. K. P. Jayaswal identified Bahasmita with Pushyamitra Shunga, but [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri]] discredits this theory. Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya believes that Bahasatimita may have been a king of [[Kosambi|Kaushambi]], and his rule might have extended to Magadha as well.<ref name="Sudhakar_1974"/> This section of the inscription mentions a "Ka[li]ngajinam" taken by Nanda king in the past and he brought it back to Kalinga. Kharavela built a settlement of a hundred masons with a tax exemption.<ref name="sdstate_inscription"/>}} | {{defn|Parts of this record are lost. Kharavela sends his troops to Uttarpatha (the north), and subdues the king of Magadha. K. P. Jayaswal identified Bahasmita with Pushyamitra Shunga, but [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri]] discredits this theory. Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya believes that Bahasatimita may have been a king of [[Kosambi|Kaushambi]], and his rule might have extended to Magadha as well.<ref name="Sudhakar_1974"/> This section of the inscription mentions a "Ka[li]ngajinam" taken by Nanda king in the past and he brought it back to Kalinga. Kharavela built a settlement of a hundred masons with a tax exemption.<ref name="sdstate_inscription"/>}} | ||