Ashoka the Great - Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty (304 BC – 232 BC) Sunday, 06 June 2010 11:34 History - Biography Bodies lay strewn around the smashed city, and the Daya River ran red with blood. The Mauryan Emperor Ashoka surveyed the damage that his army had inflicted on the Kalinga region. About 100,000 civilians were dead, as well as 10,000 of Ashoka's soldiers. Far from feeling the glorious rush of victory, Ashoka felt sick and saddened. He vowed that never again would he rain down death and destruction on other people. He would devote himself to his Buddhist faith and practice ahimsa, or nonviolence. A Chakravatin (possibly Ashoka) 1st century BC/CE. Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. Preserved at Musee Guimet This story and many others about a great emperor called Ashoka appear in ancient Vedic literature, the Asokavadana, Divyavandana andMahvamsa. For many years, westerners considered them to be mere legend. They did not conn...
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