HISTORY
FAMOUS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Pillar Edict VII
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Lumbini Pillar Edict
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Separate Kaling Rock Edict I
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Minor Rock Edict (Ahraura)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Separate Kalinga Rock Edict I.
Detailed explanation-2: -He is the only king in the history of the world who gave up conquest after winning a war. This is what Ashoka declared in one of his inscriptions: “Eight years after becoming king I conquered Kalinga. About a lakh and a half people were captured. And more than a lakh of people were killed.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ashokan pillars were mostly inscribed in Prakrit language and were written in Brahmi script. He instructed his officials to read them for those who cannot read it on their own.
Detailed explanation-4: -The thirteenth rock edict which was issued at the end of the Kalinga war gives a vivid picture of the change of Ashoka from an aggressive and violent warrior to a great lover and preacher of peace. The direct and immediate effect of the Kalinga war was the conversion of Ashoka to Buddhism.