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1 day ago · Ashoka ( Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent during c. 268 to 232 BCE.
5 days ago · India - Ashoka's Edicts, Mauryan Empire, Buddhism: It was against this background of imperial administration and a changing socioeconomic framework that Ashoka issued edicts that carried his message concerning the idea and practice of dhamma, the Prakrit form of the Sanskrit dharma, a term that defies simple translation.
5 days ago · The first major event in Ashoka’s reign, which he describes in an edict, was a campaign against Kalinga in 260 bce. The suffering that resulted caused him to reevaluate the notion of conquest by violence, and gradually he was drawn to the Buddhist religion. He built a number of stupas.
3 days ago · The Maurya Empire (Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha Modern day Bihar. It was the fourth ruling dynasty of Magadh Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE.
3 days ago · In the Catskills the Ashokan Reservoir, NYC's largest, was formed by flooding a dozen towns and relocating thousands to supply the city with drinking water.
1 day ago · The shrine is recent, but perhaps it was built atop a more ancient temple. Close by, near the village of Belkhera Bhagwanpur, an Ashokan pillar stands tall, unchanged for more than two thousand years. Words carved on stone at the Ashokan rock edict at Ahraura Khas. Beyond recorded history, Mirzapur has more in its past—much more!
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