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write about Ashoka briefly ​

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Ashoka (or Asoka) was India's great emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty of India who ruled from 268-232 BC. His name means "He who is loved by the Gods and who is friendly to everyone". Ashoka is often cited as one of India's greatest emperors. After a number of military conquests, he reigned over much of present-day India.

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Answer 2

Biography of Ashoka :-

Ashoka, last major emperor in the Mauryan dynasty of India. His vigorous patronage of Buddhism during his reign furthered the expansion of that religion throughout India. Following his conquest of the Kalinga country, he renounced armed conquest and adopted a policy that he called ‘conquest by dharma.’

The scholars believe that the Dhamma (the Sanskrit Dharma) which Ashoka tried to propagate was not simply the teachings of Buddhism, but it contained the noblest ideas of humanism which are the essence of all religions. His pillar and rock edicts enlighten us about Ashoka’s idea of Dhamma

There are two main sources: Buddhist sources and Ashoka’s edicts. James Prinsep, a British antiquary and colonial administrator, was the first person to decipher Ashoka’s edicts. Ashokavadana (Sanskrit) written in the second century AD, Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa (Sri Lankan Pali chronicles) give most of the information about Ashoka.

Ashoka's Major Rock Edict at Junagadh contains inscriptions by Ashoka (fourteen of the Edicts of Ashoka ), Rudradaman I and Skandagupta. Ashoka's own inscriptions are the earliest self-representations of an imperial power in the Indian subcontinent.