Document Analysis Chapter 3 “Emperor Asoka‚ From The Edicts of Asoka” Q1- What reason does Asoka give for his repentance? How does he propose to deal with the forest peoples? King Asoka’s reason for repentance is that he felt bad for other religious followers like Brahamans or Shramanas because they suffer from watching their loved ones being injured‚ slaughtered and deported because these people were obedient to superiors family and so on and they also showed grateful respect to friends‚ slaves
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Asoka: a ruler whose legacy and leadership made him the founding father of India. He ruled the Mauryan Empire over 2‚000 years ago‚ and helped to spread Buddhism in and around his empire. This mighty ruler set structure in India that still has quite the powerful effect on modern day Indians. Asoka cared for his people- like helping the poor‚ communicating government to communities‚ and spreading the Buddhism religion. But‚ Asoka was not all about helping his people. He had a dark side along with
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James Lentz DBQ essay on Asoka Asoka: Ruthless Conqueror or Enlightened Ruler Asoka was one of the greatest rulers of ancient India. He was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya of Magadha who established the first Indian empire. Chandragupta reigned for twenty-four years before relinquishing his throne in favor of his son‚ Bundusara (Asoka’s father)‚ who left no noticeable mark upon the empire. My thesis would be that Asoka was an enlightened ruler and not a ruthless conqueror. The first
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ASHOKA (SARACA ASOCA) Classification[4] Kingdom Divison Class Order Family Genus Species Plantae Magnoliophyta Mgnoliopsida Fabales Caesalpinaceae Saraca Asoca DEVSTHALI VIDYAPEETH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY CONTANTS Introduction………………………………………………………………01 Synonyms……………………………………………………………………01 Biological source…………………………………………………….01 Geographical source…………………………………………….01 Cultivation and collection………………………………..02 Macroscopic Characters…………………………………….03 Botanic description……………………………………………
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Syria‚ and Babylonian. All parts of his project for the brotherhood of man and world peace. It is fitting the sacred rivers of Ganges‚ where India kings made great acts of charity to all faiths. His greatest pillar edict still stands today there’s a key idea that lies behind all the edicts of Ashoka. The message isn’t from God. What Ashoka is doing is taking the ideas of Buddhist‚ the eight fold part of truthfulness‚ compassion‚ right conduct and the teachings of the James on non violence and making
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FINAL FINAL Constantine and Ashoka have been two of the most influential leaders in history‚ but were also the center of controversy. The biggest achievement of these two leaders was their conversion to a different religion and their increased attempts to make their new religion universal in the country‚ despite the reluctance of some subjects. Both leaders had a common goal‚ to enlarge and unify their empires. Constantine brought attention to Christianity in the Roman Empire by converting to
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Tamika Wright Constantine vs. Ashoka World Civilization: Jackson State University Dr. Susan S Maneck When reviewing the histories of the religions of Christianity and Buddhism‚ you can not help but come across the names of Ashoka and Constantine the Great. Even though Ashoka and Constantine aided in the spread of their empires and respective religions they had different reasons for doing so. Constantine‚ the son of a Roman Army officer was trained as a solider early on in his life. While he
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ASHOKA Born in 265 B.C‚ the great king Ashoka was the grandson of the famous ruler Chandragupta Maurya. As a young lad‚ Ashoka excelled in whatever he was taught. Be it the art of warfare or reading the Holy Scriptures‚ Asoka excelled in whatever he did. Ashoka had many half brothers and he was loved by one and all. Thus‚ after his father died‚ he was crowned as the king of Magadha around 268 B.C. After being crowned as the king‚ he proved himself by smoothly administrating his territory and performing
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lived to be almost eighty and died at around 400 B.C.E. Ashoka’s support of Buddhism was a crucial moment in time that helped flourish the religion that would eventually spread to Sri Lanka‚ Central Asia‚ Southeast Asia‚ Tibet‚ China and Japan. [2] Ashoka (304-232 B.C.E.) was the third ruler of the Mauryan dynasty (320-185 B.C.E.)‚ that spread to all of north
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King Ashoka inherited the original empire of Maurya from his grandfather King Chandragupta. After he inherited this land he sought to expand it and took over the neighboring civilization of Kalinga
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