alleryThe Hathigumpha Inscription records the Jain patronage of which king?
AKharavela
BBimbisara
CAshoka
DAjatashatru
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Kharavela
1. The Hathigumpha Inscription is at the Udayagiri Caves in Odisha, dated to the 2nd century BCE.
2. It is from King Kharavela of Kalinga and details his patronage of Jain monks.
3. Ashoka, Bimbisara and Ajatashatru belong to Magadha and earlier periods.
_Source: Wikipedia, Jainism, Epigraphic and archaeological evidence_
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