ASHOKA, A UNIQUE RULER The most famous Mauryan ruler was Ashoka. He was the first ruler who tried to take his message to the people through inscriptions. Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions were in
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ASHOKA’S KALINGA WAR AND INSCRIPTION Kalinga is the ancient name of coastal Orissa. Ashoka fought a war to conquer Kalinga. However, he was so horrified when he saw the violence and bloodshed
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WHAT WAS ASHOKAS’S DHAMMA Ashoka’s dhamma did not involve the worship of a god, or performance of a sacrifice. He felt that just as a father tries to teach his children, he had a duty t
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ASHOKA’S MESSAGES “People perform a variety of rituals when they fall ill when their children get married when children are born, or when they go on a journey. These rituals are not
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