early life of ashoka
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Early life of Ashoka
Ashoka was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya who founded the Mauryan dynasty. His father was Bindusara (Vindusar), who was widely considered to be a good ruler of the kingdom. His mother was Empress Subhadrangī, a Hindu Brahmin.
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Ashoka was born as Devanampriya Priyadarshi Samrat Ashoka, in 304 BC, in Pataliputra (close to modern-day Patna), to the second emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty, Bindusara, and Maharani Dharma. The grandson of the founder of Mauryan Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, he had several half-brothers from his father's other wives.
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