Ashoka Research Paper

A day after the war was over as legends say, Ashoka went out to the city and all he could see was scattered corpses and burned houses. “What have I done?” was the famous question he cried after the sight made his sick. Later Ashoka apologized for the Kalinga war and reassures the people away from his empire that he has no expansionist intentions towards them. The brutality of the conquest took him into adopting what he once knew of Buddhism. Using his position and newly way of thought on life to multiply the new philosophy. Sending missionaries to ancient Rome and to Alexandria in Egypt. From that point on, Ashoka who was once named “the cruel Ashoka” was now being described as “the pious Ashoka.
Buddhism was the most leading force in Ashoka’s …show more content…
For all religious sections, he adopted a policy of respect and would give a guarantee the full freedom to live according to their own principles, encouraging people for the “increase of their inner worthiness.” Overall he expected them to respect the beliefs of others, praise the good points of others and withhold from the hated criticism of the viewpoints of others. In order to show people, the effectiveness of the dharma, Ashoka went on tours preaching and relieving the sufferings of people, ordering his high officials to do the same. With his administrative officers, he told them to be consistently aware of the sorrows and joys of the common people and to be prompt and impartial in pushing justice. The dharma ministers were a type of high officers that were appointed to foster the work of the dharma by the public to relieve suffering if found, and take care of the special needs of women, the people around their empire, and several religious communities. Ashoka was so determined to help the people that he wanted all matters concerning the public welfare needed to be reported to him