Rise of the Chedi Dynasty in Kalinga
In ancient India, there was a famous Kshatriya race known as the Chedi. The Chedi people were prominently mentioned in Brahmanic, Buddhist and Jaina literature. In the days of Buddha in sixth century B.C., the political map of India contained sixteen Mahajanapadas or great territories. One of those Mahajanapadas was the Chedi territory which extended between the rivers Jamuna and [...]