Ashoka symbolizes one of India's great ages. After years of brutal rule and the bloody Battle of Kalinga, Ashoka felt tremendous regret for the violence he wrought upon his enemies. He converted to ...

Ashoka was an Indian Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty. He was the son of King Bindusara, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from C. 268 to 232 BCE. Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to ...

Ashoka Vardhana, the third Mauryan emperor (the first great unified empire of India), has gone down in history for converting to Buddhism after witnessing the massacres resulting from the campaign he ...

Upset with his violent conquests that killed hundreds of thousands, the Indian king Ashoka embraced Buddhism and treated his subjects humanely. Emperor Ashoka is credited with remaking the Mauyran ...

Ashoka the Great, the Mauryan emperor who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE, is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Indian history. His conversion to ...

Emperor Ashoka is called “Chakravarti Samrat”. Chakravarti Samrat means emperor of emperors. Only Emperor Ashoka got this title in India. Emperor Ashoka is a character in Indian history that cannot be ...

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When we think of ancient India, images of grand temples, philosophical discourse, and flourishing trade often come to mind. However, behind the splendor of the Mauryan Empire—the first empire to unify ...