What were the effects of the kalinga war?
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The war caused great suffering to the brahmana priests and Buddhist monks, and this in turn brought upon Ashoka much grief and remorse. He therefore abandoned the policy of physical occupation in favour of one of cultural conquest. In other words, bherighosha was replaced with dhammaghosha.
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The Rock Edict XIII describes brightly the horrors and miseries of Kalinga war and its impact on Ashoka's life. The Rock Edict XIII describes that one lakh people were killed in this war, several lakhs perished and a lakh and a half were taken prisoners.
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