when did ashoka win kalinga?
describe the destruction caused by the kalinga war?
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Kalinga War
Date ended c. 261 BCE, in the 7th year of Ashoka's coronation of 268 BCE. Location Kalinga, India Result Maurya Compromise settlement Territorial changes Kalinga annexed by Mauryan Empire
Belligerents
Mauryan Empire Kalinga
Commanders and leaders
In the entire Indian history this war is considered as the deadliest war costing nearly 300,000 lives.
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Kalinga War.
Date ended c. 261 BCE, in the 7th year of Ashoka's coronation of 268 BCE.
Location Kalinga, India
Result Maurya Compromise settlement
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The Kalinga War (ended c. 261 BCE)[1] was fought in ancient India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the present-day state of Odisha and north parts of Andhra Pradesh. It is presumed that the battle was fought on Dhauli hills in Dhauli which is situated on the banks of Daya River. The Kalinga War included one of the largest and deadliest battles in Indian history.[6] Kalinga did not have a king as it was culturally run without any.[7]
Kalinga War
Date ended c. 261 BCE, in the 7th year of Ashoka's coronation of 268 BCE.[1]
Location
Kalinga, India
Result Maurya Compromise settlement
Territorial
changes Kalinga annexed by Mauryan Empire
Belligerents
Mauryan Empire
Kalinga
Commanders and leaders
Ashoka
Maha Padmanabha
Strength
Total 200,000
150,000 infantry,[2]
10,000 cavalry[3]
700 war elephants[2]
Casualties and losses
70,000
150,000 (figures by Ashoka)[4][5]
This is the only major war Ashoka fought after his accession to the throne. In fact, this war marks the close of empire building and military conquests of ancient India that began with Maurya king Bindusara.[8] In the entire Indian history this war is considered as the deadliest war costing nearly 300,000 lives