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. Asoka was born in 304 B.C. and was known in his youth as Canda Asoka (the fierce Asoka) because of his aggressive nature. Asoka came to the throne in 270 B.C. after a power struggle
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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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Explain the contribution of King Asoka to Buddhism King Asoka‚ the first Buddhist Emperor of the Mauryan Empire‚ can be seen as a crucial figure to the contribution to the development and expression of Buddhism. Asoka contributed to the development of Buddhism through his expansion of his Buddhist state to neighbouring empires. Asoka‚ through missionary‚ expanded Buddhism to modern day Sri Lanka and Nepal. This expansion was made possible by Asoka’s decision that only five monks were needed to
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great acts and edicts. He emphasized ahimsā‚ Ghandi-style non-violence (Korom) and tolerance for other religions. The nobler phase of his reign followed Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism‚ which came after he had waged a far too bloody war in Kalinga‚ in c. 265. Conversion: Originally a Hindu‚ Ashoka converted to Buddhism in c. 262 (according to "Holy Cow! The Apotheosis of Zebu‚ or Why the Cow Is Sacred in Hinduism‚" by Frank J. Korom; Asian Folklore Studies (2000)). In honor of the Buddha‚ he reduced
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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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events and places have been fictionalized for greater dramatic appeal. This film does not claim to be a complete historical account of Asoka’s life. It is an attempt to follow his journey.” (actual quote from Asoka) These are the words that launch Santosh Sivan’s 2001 historical drama film Asoka. Alas‚ this attempt has been wrongfully directed at one of Asoka’s love interests and later wives‚ Kaurwaki‚ and not at his actions following the Kalinga War or even how he came to know the teachings of the
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Asoka: Ruthless Conqueror or Enlightened Ruler? Prior to the ruling of Emperor Ashoka‚ kings‚ emperors‚ and rulers were rarely thought to be representations of God. Ashoka was the ruler of the Mauryan Empire which stood in India from 273 BCE to 232 BCE. The Mauryan Empire included most of India’s grounds as well as what is now known today as Bangladesh and Pakistan. Once conquering Kalinga‚ Asoka sought to find a Guru‚ seeking enlightenment. After sitting beneath the Bodhi tree‚ Asoka became a
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Was Asoka a Ruthless Conqueror or Enlightened Ruler? Asoka‚ a serious prince of Mauryan Empire‚ had many different characteristics. After he conquered Kalinga‚ he was seeking Guru to find enlightenment. Asoka took leadership of the Mauryan Empire in 268 B.C. All those things show that he was an enlightened ruler. On the other hand he was defiantly not a ruthless conqueror because he went to seek Buddha‚ the Asokan edicts‚ and cared about the misfortunate. Asoka was converted to Buddhism as a
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History vocab. Pd.6 by Brian Briggs Loess- an unstratified usually buff to yellowish brown loamy deposit found in North America‚ Europe‚ and Asia and believed to be chiefly deposited by the wind Dike- Bank‚ usually of earth‚ constructed to control or confine water. Dikes were purely defensive at first but later became a means to acquire polders (tracts of land reclaimed from a body of water through the construction of offshore dikes roughly parallel to the shoreline). After a dike is built‚
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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
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