HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Government/Leadership:What major event led Ashoka the Great to practice Buddhism?
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His tyrannical father Bindusara
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The bankruptcy of the Indian government
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His remorse for a massacre of 100, 000 people at the city-state Kalinga
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The invasion of Alexander the Great
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ashoka’s response to the Kalinga War is recorded in the Edicts of Ashoka. The Kalinga War prompted Ashoka, already a non-engaged Buddhist, to devote the rest of his life to ahimsa (non-violence) and to dharma-Vijaya (victory through dharma).
Detailed explanation-2: -The furious Ruler Ashoka was changed into a calm and peaceful emperor after the bloody war with Kalinga, and he became a Buddhist patron. According to A. L. Basham, a notable Indologist, Ashoka’s personal faith became Buddhism after the Kalinga War, if not earlier.
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