State · 250 BCE – 500 CE
Mahameghavahana dynasty
A state of 250 BCE – 500 CE — 750 years in South Asia. It replaced Maurya Empire. It was replaced by Gupta Empire. Its line of rulers holds 1 person.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 750 years
- 250 BCE – 500
- Rulers
- 1
- the Kalingadhipati
- Most ground
- 1.66 million km²
- in 170 BCE
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Maurya Empire · replaces · 322 – 185 BCE
After it
- Gupta Empire · replaced by · 320 – 550
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kharavela | 50 BCE – 50 BCE | under a year | ending not on record |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 50 BCE – 50 BCE. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood750 years
stood longer than 94% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,659,700 km²
held more ground at its peak than 90% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 325 BCE – 575, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 170 BCE, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q6733051 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.