why the Ashoka gave up war
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The slight of such a carnage and massacre of human lives, and the sufferings of the wounded made deep impression in Ashoka's mind. The unhappiness of women and children made him very sad and unhappy. He vowed never to make a war again. He decided to devote the rest of the life to spread of Dharma: Dharmavijaya and not Digvijaya became the goal of Ashoka's life. He was the first emperor in the history of the world to give up war after victory. And so, Kalinga war was the turning point of Ashoka's life.
Answer: Ashoka gave up war because after the war of Kalinga thousands of people died, so he realised that war are not usefull as in war lot of money and lives get wasted. So to stop the wastage of money and lives, he gave up war. He also recognised dhamma, a policy or strategy of ashoka, he also taught or told his son about dhamma so that his son also can stay away from wars. For spreading the idea of dhamma he asked messengers and servants to spread it to distant lands and to write it in inscriptions respectively.
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