Kalinga

rules against their criminals. He ordered that all the prisoners would be subjected to torture and nobody should leave their prison alive. Also during the expansion Ashoka led a war against Kalinga. Lots of people died and suffered in that war he issued an expression of regret for the suffering inflicted in Kalinga and assured that he would renounce war and embrace the propagation of dharma. Ashoka distributed wealth, built monasteries, sponsored festivals, and looked after peace and prosperity…

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…

most of India's land in what today known as Pakistan and Bangladesh. Once conquering Kalinga, he seek for a guru. After he had found enlightened he became a more fulfilling leader which he rules base on the religion Buddhism. Enlightened means a person who inform spiritual knowledge. His legacy play a key role for India independence from British. Most of his rule were written on boulders,…

ancient India and played an important role as the ruler of Maurya from 268 to 232 BC. Ashoka conquered Kalinga due to his interest in their powerful trade systems and sought to force his rule upon the people of Kalinga, modern-day Orissa. Ashoka eventually conquered Kalinga and had almost asserted his rule over the whole continent. Pataliputra was crowned as the capital city of Maurya after Kalinga was conquered. Brahmins- Brahmins, also known as priests, were at the highest peak of the caste…

ROLE OF KING IN ANCIENT INDIA Monarchy in ancient India was sovereignty over a territory by a king who functioned as its protector, a role which involved both secular and religious power. Maintenance of peace: The primary role of the king was to solve disputes and maintain peace in the society. The Aiteraiya Brahmana mentions how the king was created for discharging the vital function of peace maintenance of the state. Gods decided to create a king in the form of a man by taking specific…

After his father died, he was at war with his brothers for the throne. He won the throne after four years and ruled intelligently and energetically. What made this event stand out to me as the most important was the conquering and slaughtering of Kalinga on the east coast of India. Ashoka himself admitted that 150,000 people were abducted from their homes and 100,000 people were killed in battle. After all that, most rulers would be ecstatic and cocky, but Ashoka was filled with remorse and…

Chandragupta’s footsteps, waging war to expand his empire. I praise Asoka’s method of ruling when he soon after realized waging war wasn’t the right thing to do. Asoka felt sorrow over the slaughter of 100,000 soldiers and perished civilians at Kalinga. This resulted with him studying Buddhism and ruling by the Buddha’s teachings of “peace to all beings.” Throughout the empire, he erected huge stone pillars inscribed with his new policies. Some edicts guaranteed Asoka would treat his subjects…

As British historian H.G. Wells has written, "Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history...[the] name of Asoka shines, and shines almost alone, a star." Unlike other rulers, Asoka adopted the principles of Buddhism to run the Mauryan Empire. This led to one of the few ancient empires that cared for all of its citizens. With his ruling style, most historians consider Asoka to be the ruler that brought the Mauyran Empire to its greatest heights, and quite…

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