BIOGRAPHY OF INDIAN GREATEST EMPEROR "ASHOKA "
Website for this image Ashoka, was last major emperor of the Mauryan Website for this imag dynasty of India. His vigorous patronage of Buddhism during his reign (c. 265–238 BCE; also given as c. 273–232 BCE) furthered the expansion of that religion throughout India. Following his successful but bloody conquest of the Kalinga country on the east coast, Ashoka renounced armed conquest and adopted a policy that he called “conquest by dharma” (i.e., by principles of right life). Vaishali: pillar commemorating Ashoka Vaishali: pillar commemorating Ashoka See all media Died: 238 BCE? India Subjects Of Study: dharma In order to gain wide publicity for his teachings and his work, Ashoka made them known by means of oral announcements and by engravings on rocks and pillars at suitable sites. These inscriptions—the rock edicts and pillar edicts (e.g., the lion capital of the pillar found at Sarnath, which has become India’s national emblem), mostly dated in various years of his reign—contain st