The kingdoms that emerged after the decline of the Mauryas were not as mighty as them. The Mauryas were succeeded by the Shungas; Pushyamitra Shunga killed the last Mauryan king Brihadrata around 189 BC to establish his kingdom. Apart from Pushyamitra Shunga, there were nine other Shunga kings who ruled over Magadha and the Gangetic valley.
The Shunga rule came to an end when Vasudeva of the Kanva dynasty overthrew the last Shunga ruler. He was followed by four other Kanva kings who ruled from Magadha. Kalinga became an independent kingdom after Ashoka’s reign, around the first century BC. Kharavela was the most famous among the Kalinga kings. He made rock-caves for the Jain monks in the hills of Orissa.
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