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reason of kalinga war
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during the expantion of mauryan empire, ashoka lead a war against the feudal state of kalinga in odisha with the aim of its annexation, same action as his grandfather attempted to do.

the people of kalinga defended their kingdom stubbornly, keeping their honour but could not win against the militry strength and of ashoka. around 300000 people died and the city was devastated

seeing the horrors and destruction of kalinga war, ashoka vowed never to fight again. he issued an edict expressing his regret for the sufferings he brought on kalinga he decided to give up the policy of digvijaya (conquering the world) and adopted dhammavijaya hewas so influenced by the teaching of buddha that he embraced buddhism and made it his religion the kalinga war and a great effect on Ashoka and increased his faith in buddhism he converted to buddhism and devoted all his time in the service of humanity and the spread of Buddhism