Kharavela

Kharavela The greatest of the early kings of Kalinga (Orissa), his reign

and achievements are known to us from a single inscription, known as the

Hathigumpha Inscription, found in a Jaina cave in the Udayagiri Hills in the

Puri District. Belonging to the Cheta dynasty, he is said to have brought the

whole of Kalinga under his rule and even scored victories over most of his

neighbours. He patronised Jainism and constructed a number of public works.