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Ashoka
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This article is about the Indian emperor. For the nonprofit organization, see Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. Ashoka | Maurya Samrat | A "Chakravartin" ruler, 1st century BCE/CE. Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. Preserved at Musee Guimet | Reign | 268–232 BCE | Coronation | 268 BCE | Born | 304 BCE | Birthplace | Pataliputra, Patna | Died | 232 BCE (aged 72) | Place of death | Pataliputra, Patna | Buried | Ashes immersed in the GangesRiver, possibly at Varanasi,Cremated 232 BCE, less than 24 hours after death | Predecessor | Bindusara | Successor | Dasaratha | Wives | Kaurwaki
Devi
Padmavati
Tishyaraksha | Royal House | Mauryan dynasty | Father | Bindusara | Mother | Maharani Dharma or Shubhadrangi | Children | Mahendra, Sanghamitra, Tivala,Kunala, Jaluka, Charumati | Religious beliefs | Buddhism |
Ashoka Maurya (304–232 BCE) commonly known as Ashoka and also as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ca. 269 BCE to 232 BCE.[1] One of India 's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of Assam in the east, and as far south as northern Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The empire had Taxila, Ujjain and Pataliputra as its capital. In about 260 BCE Ashoka waged a bitterly destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha).[2] He conquered Kalinga, which none of his ancestors (starting from Chandragupta Maurya) had done. His reign was headquartered in Magadha (present-day Bihar). He embraced Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga War, which he himself had waged out of a desire for conquest. "Ashoka reflected on the war in Kalinga, which reportedly had resulted in more
Ashoka
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Indian emperor. For the nonprofit organization, see Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. Ashoka | Maurya Samrat | A "Chakravartin" ruler, 1st century BCE/CE. Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. Preserved at Musee Guimet | Reign | 268–232 BCE | Coronation | 268 BCE | Born | 304 BCE | Birthplace | Pataliputra, Patna | Died | 232 BCE (aged 72) | Place of death | Pataliputra, Patna | Buried | Ashes immersed in the GangesRiver, possibly at Varanasi,Cremated 232 BCE, less than 24 hours after death | Predecessor | Bindusara | Successor | Dasaratha | Wives | Kaurwaki
Devi
Padmavati
Tishyaraksha | Royal House | Mauryan dynasty | Father | Bindusara | Mother | Maharani Dharma or Shubhadrangi | Children | Mahendra, Sanghamitra, Tivala,Kunala, Jaluka, Charumati | Religious beliefs | Buddhism |
Ashoka Maurya (304–232 BCE) commonly known as Ashoka and also as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ca. 269 BCE to 232 BCE.[1] One of India 's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of Assam in the east, and as far south as northern Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The empire had Taxila, Ujjain and Pataliputra as its capital. In about 260 BCE Ashoka waged a bitterly destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha).[2] He conquered Kalinga, which none of his ancestors (starting from Chandragupta Maurya) had done. His reign was headquartered in Magadha (present-day Bihar). He embraced Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga War, which he himself had waged out of a desire for conquest. "Ashoka reflected on the war in Kalinga, which reportedly had resulted in more
References: [edit]Early life as Emperor An imaginary painting of Asoka 's Queen by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951)