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 ...

The Maurya dynasty, one of the most illustrious empires in Indian history, has left an indelible mark on the subcontinent’s culture, politics, and religion. Yet, the origins of the Mauryas remain a ...

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 ...

One of the most remarkable rulers of Lahore, as also most of the sub-continent, was the Mauryan ruler Ashoka. His visits to Lahore and the surrounding areas though briefly recorded, yet the fact ...

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 ...

Ashoka the Great stands as the most successful Mauryan leader after establishing himself as a warlike ruler who evolved into a peaceful and Buddhist follower. What would Indian history look like if ...

THE MAURYAN Emperor Ashoka evolved his own code of conduct, which he called ?dhamma? for the masses, said former Lucknow University Faculty of Arts dean Prof KK Thapalyal. THE MAURYAN Emperor Ashoka ...

The recently created Meerut circle of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered remains identified as a Mauryan-period brick platform dating back to over 2000 years ago. What is more ...