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Answer:Emperor Ashoka the Great (r. 268-232 BCE and sometimes spelt Aśoka) lived from 304 to 232 BCE and was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire, the largest ever in the Indian subcontinent and one of the world's largest empires at its time. He became a model of kingship in the Buddhist tradition. Under Ashoka India had an estimated population of 30 million, much higher than any of the contemporary Hellenistic kingdoms. After Ashoka’s death, however, the Mauryan Dynasty came to an end and its empire dissolved.
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Ashoka Vardhana, popularly known as Ashoka, succeeded his father emperor Bindusara in 273 BC. Before that he had been a very successful Viceroy first at Takhshila and then at Ujjain. He ruled over a vast and united kingdom of India for 41 years.
We know much about his kingdom and rein from his rock edicts and pillar inscriptions spread all over the country. The Kalinga war, which he waged to acquire and annexed the country of that name, was a very terrible war in which thousands of people died and many more were wounded and maimed.
It proved a turning point in his life. Filled with great remorse and repentance, he renounced war and violence forever and became a devout Buddhist. Earlier he was a Hindu and worshipper of Shiva. The Kalinga war made him realize that true conquest was in the conquest of the hearts of the people. Haunted by remorse, pity and repentance he sought refuge in Buddhism and engaged himself in the well being and happiness of his subjects. He used to say, “All people are my children.”