c) Ashoka, who was a great king, helped in the spread of Buddhism.
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Answer: Yes Ashoka was a great king who helped spread of Buddhism. After fighting in the Kalinga war , he became disappointed after witnessing the amount of people died and injured in the war . He became influenced by the teachings of Buddha and therefore adapted Buddhism as his religion .Ashoka sent Buddhist missionaries to the four corners of Asia to spread the religion, led pilgrimages to all the Buddhist sacred places, repaired old shrines, stupas and built new ones. he was a tolerant ruler. He did not campaign against Brahmanism (Hinduism) he just derided some of the Hindu ceremonies and sacrifices as wasteful.
The conversion process from Hinduism and Buddhism was easy in many places because Buddhism borrowed so many ideas and doctrines from Hinduism. When Asoka converted to Buddhism he simply changed Hindu stupas representing Mount Meru into Buddhist stupas that also represented Mt. Meru.