Question

why does Ashoka the great became a buddhist patron after war of kalinga ?

Answer 1

Answer:

According to a contemporary text, the Edicts of Ashoka, Ashoka converted to Buddhism because he “felt remorse on account of the conquest of Kalinga because, during the subjugation of a previously unconquered country, slaughter, death, and taking away captive of the people necessarily occur.”

Answer 2

Answer:

because he was very sad after seeing so much blood shed there