Asoka Dbq Analysis

Help! Teacher! Help! Asoka is calling to a Buddhist teacher which he wants help from him to become a Buddhist. This was Asoka trying to become better after the battle of Kalinga which he felt remorse after all the killing (HA). He took the land of Kalinga for the good of his own people, and his empire (Doc). The time period was 268 BCE to 232 BCE and Asoka was the new king of the Mauryan Empire (BGE). The Mauryan Empire was located in India. These are only some of the reason that Asoka was an Enlightened Ruler not a Ruthless Conqueror. When Ashoka attacked Kalinga he was doing it for the good of his people and that it would boost his economy in the empire(Doc B). When he was done taking the land he let some of them go and did not kill all the people(Doc A).
Since they were carved into stone he could not go back on his word as they were written on a piece of paper in the castle. The edicts were placed all around the kingdom so that everyone could see them (Doc D). If some was convicted and sentenced to death they would be a load to see their family and to make things that were wrong, right (Doc D). In edict F it is said that there would be officer sent out every five years to inspection what was happening around his kingdom (HAW edict F). Those are some of the reason that he was an Enlightened ruler. So Asoka was not a ruthless ruler, but an Enlightened ruler. Although some may thing that he was a ruthless ruler by killing 200,000 people in Kalinga, he was doing it for his own people and he also let 150,00 leave the area. Which that is only 50,000 people under how many he killed, so he let go about the same amount that he killed. He also felt bad after that battle because of the amount of the dead/wounded and end the ways of wars and turn into a Buddhist. That is why Asoka was not a ruthless ruler, but an Enlightened ruler. So what do you think about Asoka now, was he a bad or good