Ashoka the Great
Ashoka (
Devanāgarī: अशोकः,
IAST: , ,
Prakrit Imperial title: Devanampriya Priyadarsi (
Devanāgarī: देवानांप्रिय प्रियदर्शी), "He who is the beloved of the Gods and who regards everyone amiably") and Dhamma (
Devanāgarī: धम्मः), "Lawful, Religious, Righteous") (
304 BC –
232 BC) was an
Indian emperor, of the
Maurya Dynasty who ruled from
273 BC to
232 BC. Often cited as one of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day
India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from present-day
Afghanistan and parts of
Persia in the west, to the present-day
Bengal and
Assam states of India in the east, and as far south as
Mysore state. His reign was headquartered in Magadha (present-day
Bihar state of India). He embraced
Buddhism from the prevalent Vedic tradition after witnessing the mass deaths of the war of
Kalinga, which he himself had waged. He was later dedicated in the propagation of Buddhism across Asia and established monuments marking several significant sites in the life of
Gautama Buddha.
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