Ashoka the Great Rajiv Rathore Written 6 year ago 0 0 3292 Born to the Mauryan (ancient Indian) Imperial house.Lived from 304-232 BC. 0 0 0 Ashoka loved to hunt and was a warlike young man, the favourite of his father Bindusara. 0 0 0 When his father died, Ashoka killed all his brothers and went on a brutal rampage to expand the empire. 0 0 0 Later on he went in war to obtain Kalinga as his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya couldn’t acquire it. 0 0 0 It culminated in the slaughter by the Daya river, where more than 100,000 citizens were killed by his army. 0 0 0 Afterwards Ashoka was appalled at the carnage and vowed then to embrace Buddhism. 0 0 0 He was a changed man. The laws that followed were relatively just and he set up pillars with his edicts carved on them across India. 0 0 0 He even promoted vegetarianism and treated all his subjects as equals. By the time of his death, he ruled India, Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan. 0 0 0 The National Emblem of India i.e. Four Lions was made by him only and he also constructed the famous Sanchi Stupa. 0 0 0
Born to the Mauryan (ancient Indian) Imperial house.Lived from 304-232 BC.
Ashoka loved to hunt and was a warlike young man, the favourite of his father Bindusara.
When his father died, Ashoka killed all his brothers and went on a brutal rampage to expand the empire.
Later on he went in war to obtain Kalinga as his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya couldn’t acquire it.
It culminated in the slaughter by the Daya river, where more than 100,000 citizens were killed by his army.
Afterwards Ashoka was appalled at the carnage and vowed then to embrace Buddhism.
He was a changed man. The laws that followed were relatively just and he set up pillars with his edicts carved on them across India.
He even promoted vegetarianism and treated all his subjects as equals. By the time of his death, he ruled India, Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan.
The National Emblem of India i.e. Four Lions was made by him only and he also constructed the famous Sanchi Stupa.